South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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A107, R114, H3122

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. J.M. Neal
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5039cm11.docx

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2011
Introduced in the Senate on February 2, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on January 10, 2012
Governor's Action: February 1, 2012, Signed

Summary: Department of Motor Vehicles

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/7/2010  House   Prefiled
   12/7/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/11/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 52)
   1/11/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 52)
   1/26/2011  House   Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 6)
    2/1/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 12)
    2/2/2011  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 29)
    2/2/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11)
    2/2/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 11)
   5/25/2011  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)
   5/26/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
    6/1/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 42)
    6/1/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-35  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 42)
   1/10/2012  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 46)
   1/26/2012          Ratified R 114
    2/1/2012          Signed By Governor
    2/8/2012          Effective date 02/01/12
   2/10/2012          Act No. 107

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/7/2010
1/26/2011
5/25/2011
5/26/2011

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A107, R114, H3122)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-180, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PERMITS TO MOVE VEHICLES DURING AN EMERGENCY, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "MOVE" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM "OPERATE", TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT RESTRICTS THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMITS TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTION PLACED ON THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT MAY BE ISSUED FOR A VEHICLE, AND TO REVISE THE INFORMATION THAT MUST BE SPECIFIED ON THE PERMIT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Special permits to move a vehicle

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-180.    The department may issue in writing special permits to operate vehicles otherwise required to be registered and licensed under this chapter when the vehicles do not display the required current license plate or plates or registration cards. A special permit issued pursuant to this section, shall specify the date on which the permit expires, and must be carried at all times on the vehicle authorized to be operated."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 26th day of January, 2012.

Approved the 1st day of February, 2012.

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