Bill Text: SC H3297 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Driver's license
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-11 - Referred to Committee on Transportation [H3297 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-H3297-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-3350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES THAT CONTAIN A VETERAN DESIGNATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT CONTAINS A VETERAN DESIGNATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-3350(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 275 of 2016, is further amended to read:
"(B) An applicant for a new, renewed, or replacement South Carolina driver's license may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain a veteran designation on the front of his driver's license by providing a:
(1) United States Department of Defense discharge certificate, also known as a DD Form 214, or a National Guard separation report, also known as an NGB Form 22, that shows a characterization of service, or discharge status of 'honorable' or 'general under honorable conditions' and establishes the person's qualifying military service in the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard; and
(2) payment of a one dollar fee that must be collected by the department and placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
