South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Jackson and K. Johnson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5899cm21.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Hearing Impaired special license plates

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 91)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 91)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 147 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE "HEARING IMPAIRED" SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES TO PERSONS WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 147

Hearing Impaired Special License Plates

    Section 56-3-14710.    The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue 'Hearing Impaired' special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered in their names who are hearing impaired. The application for this special motor vehicle license plate must include an original certificate from a licensed physician, as defined in Section 40-75-5, that certifies that the applicant has a permanent, uncorrectable hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or both ears. The fee for each special license plate is the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5. Each special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued."

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

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