2001-2002 Bill 3915: Motor Vehicle License Plates, Issuance of Special to National And

1 BIL: 3915 2 TYP: General Bill GB 3 INB: House 4 IND: 20010410 5 PSP: J. Young 6 SPO: J. Young, Barrett, Coates, Harrison, McLeod, Rivers, Sandifer and 7 J.E. Smith 8 DDN: l:\council\bills\swb\5313djc01.doc 9 RBY: House 10 COM: Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW 11 SUB: Motor vehicle license plates, issuance of special to National and State 12 Guard, U.S. Armed Forces, Military Reserve 13 14 15 16 HST: 17 18 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 19 ______20 House 20010410 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW 21 referred to Committee 22 23 24 Versions of This Bill 25 26 27 28 29 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1750, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO 13 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES AUTHORIZED FOR MEMBERS 14 OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVE, SO AS TO 15 PROVIDE THAT ONE PLATE MAY BE ISSUED TO AN 16 ACTIVE RESERVIST FOR EACH PRIVATE PASSENGER 17 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN HIS NAME IN THIS 18 STATE PROVIDED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESERVIST 19 PLATES ISSUED TO ONE PERSON SHALL NOT EXCEED 20 THREE; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1760, RELATING TO 21 THE DESIGN OF RESERVIST PLATES, SO AS TO REQUIRE 22 THAT THE PLATE MUST BEAR THE INSIGNIA AND NAME 23 OF THE BRANCH OF SERVICE OF WHICH THE RESERVIST 24 IS A MEMBER; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1815, AS 25 AMENDED, RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR 26 RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND 27 MEMBERS OF THE STATE GUARD, SO AS TO DELETE THE 28 REQUIREMENT THAT CURRENT STOCKS OF CERTAIN 29 PLATES BE EXHAUSTED BEFORE THE SPECIAL PLATES 30 MAY BE ISSUED; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1820, AS 31 AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DESIGN OF SPECIAL 32 PLATES FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD, SO AS TO DELETE 33 THE REQUIREMENT THAT CURRENT STOCKS OF 34 CERTAIN PLATES BE EXHAUSTED BEFORE THE SPECIAL 35 PLATES MAY BE ISSUED; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-4310, 36 AS AMENDED, RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES 37 FOR RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE 38 UNITED STATES, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES 39 IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE SECTION; AND TO AMEND 40 SECTION 56-3-4320, RELATING TO THE DESIGN OF 41 RETIRED MILITARY PLATES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT 42 THE PLATE MUST BEAR THE INSIGNIA AND NAME OF

1 [3915] 1 1 THE BRANCH OF SERVICE FROM WHICH THE MEMBER IS 2 RETIRED. 3 4 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 5 Carolina: 6 7 SECTION 1. Section 56-3-1750 of the 1976 Code, as last 8 amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read: 9 10 “Section 56-3-1750. The department may issue a special motor 11 vehicle license plate to active members of the United States Air 12 Force Reserve, United States Army Reserve, United States Coast 13 Guard Reserve, United States Marine Corps Reserve, or United 14 States Navy Reserve who are residents of the State for a private 15 passenger motor vehicle registered in their respective names. The 16 biennial fee for the special license plate is the regular motor 17 vehicle registration fee plus the personalized license plate fee 18 provided by Section 56-3-2020. Only one One plate may be issued 19 to a person. an active reservist for each private passenger motor 20 vehicle registered in his name in this State, provided the total 21 number of reservist plates issued to one person shall not exceed 22 three.” 23 24 SECTION 2. Section 56-3-1760 of the 1976 Code, as added by 25 Act 164 of 1993, is amended to read: 26 27 “Section 56-3-1760. The special license plate must be of the 28 same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license 29 plates. The department shall imprint the special license plates with 30 the words “United States Military Reserve” or an abbreviation 31 selected by the department, with numbers the department may 32 determine. The plate shall bear the insignia of the branch of 33 service of which the reservist is a member. Below the branch 34 insignia the department shall imprint the name of the reservist’s 35 branch of service, to wit: ‘U.S. Army Reserve’, ‘U.S. Air Force 36 Reserve’, ‘U.S. Navy Reserve’, ‘U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’, or 37 ‘U.S. Coast Guard Reserve’. The license plate must be for a 38 biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month 39 it is issued.” 40 41 SECTION 3. Section 56-3-1815 of the 1976 Code, as last 42 amended by Act 63 of 1999, is further amended to read: 43

1 [3915] 2 1 “Section 56-3-1815. The department may must issue a special 2 motor vehicle license plate to a retired member of the South 3 Carolina National Guard and may must issue a special motor 4 vehicle license plate to a member of the South Carolina State 5 Guard who is a resident of the State for a private passenger motor 6 vehicle owned or leased by a member or a retiree only after the 7 current stock of South Carolina Guard, National Guard, and South 8 Carolina National Guard Retired license plates is exhausted upon 9 request.” 10 11 SECTION 4. Section 56-3-1820 of the 1976 Code, as last 12 amended by Act 63 of 1999, is further amended to read: 13 14 “Section 56-3-1820. The special license plates must be of the 15 same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license 16 plates upon which must be imprinted the figure of the ‘Minute 17 Man”’ with numbers, or letters, or both, as determined by the 18 department. The license plate must provide a space on the top of 19 the plate to affix a decal indicating ‘National Guard”’, ‘Retired 20 National Guard”’, ‘Air National Guard”’, or ‘State Guard”’. This 21 license plate must be issued only after the current stock of South 22 Carolina State Guard, National Guard, and South Carolina 23 National Guard Retired license plates is exhausted. The biennial 24 fee for the special license plate is the regular motor vehicle 25 registration fee prescribed by Article 5 of this chapter. The plates 26 must be issued for biennial periods November first to October 27 thirty-first.” 28 29 SECTION 5. Section 56-3-4310 of the 1976 Code, as last 30 amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read: 31 32 “Section 56-3-4310. (A) The department shall issue a special 33 motor vehicle license plate for use on a private passenger motor 34 vehicle owned by any retired member of the United States Armed 35 Forces who is a resident of this State in accordance with the 36 provisions of this section. 37 (B) The annual fee for the special license plate is the regular 38 motor vehicle registration fee plus the personalized license plate 39 fee provided by Section 56-3-2020, and only one plate may be 40 issued to any person for each vehicle owned by that person, up to a 41 maximum of two vehicles. The revenue from the issuance of 42 plates under this article must be deposited in the manner provided 43 under Section 56-3-2020. The department shall issue the license

1 [3915] 3 1 plate or the revalidation sticker upon receipt of an application 2 made under oath and in the form required by the department. 3 (C) Any person is authorized to use the special license plates 4 provided by this section article if he provides evidence that he is a 5 retired member of one of the branches of the United States Armed 6 Forces designated in Section 56 - 3 - 4320.” 7 8 SECTION 6. Section 56-3-4320 of the 1976 code, as added by 9 Act 96 of 1991, is amended to read: 10 11 “Section 56-3-4320. The special license plate must be of the 12 same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license 13 plates. The department shall imprint the special license plates with 14 the words “U.S. Armed Forces, Retired”. The plate shall bear the 15 insignia of the branch of service from which the individual retired. 16 Below the branch insignia the department shall imprint the name 17 of the retired member’s branch of service followed by a comma 18 and the word ‘Retired’, to wit: ‘U.S. Army, Retired’, ‘U.S. Air 19 Force, Retired’, ‘U.S. Navy, Retired’, ‘U.S. Marine Corps, 20 Retired’, or ‘U.S. Coast Guard, Retired’.” 21 22 SECTION 7. This act takes effect upon approval by the 23 Governor. 24 ----XX----

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