Bill Text: SC S0242 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Special license plate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-03-17 - Act No. 5 [S0242 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-S0242-Comm_Sub.html

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COMMITTEE REPORT

March 2, 2021

S. 242

Introduced by Senators Young and Campsen

S. Printed 3/2/21--H.

Read the first time February 11, 2021.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLIC WORKS

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 242) to amend Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code, relating to motor vehicle registration and licensing, by adding Article 147, to provide that the Department of Motor Vehicles, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

MERITA A. ALLISON for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 147, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE "DRIVERS FOR A CURE" SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

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

'Drivers For a Cure' Special License Plates

Section 56-3-14710.    (A)    The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue 'Drivers For a Cure' special license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles registered in their names. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period that expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued.

(B)    This special license plate must be the same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license plates.

(C)    The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. The biennial fee for each special license plate is thirty dollars plus the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. Any portion of the thirty-dollar fee in excess of the costs of production and distribution of the license plates must be distributed evenly between the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center and the Duke Cancer Institute."

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