1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 S. 478 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Senator Reese 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6229cm05.doc 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on February 10, 2005 13 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation 14 15 Summary: Certain unregistered, uninsured, and unlicensed vehicles allowed to be parked on private 16 property 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/10/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-10 23 2/10/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-10 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 2/10/2005 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-125 SO AS TO ALLOW 13 CERTAIN UNINSURED, UNREGISTERED, AND 14 UNLICENSED VEHICLES TO BE PARKED LEGALLY ON 15 PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 16 17 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 18 Carolina: 19 20 SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is 21 amended by adding: 22 23 “Section 56-3-125. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of 24 law, the owner of a vehicle that must be registered and licensed 25 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter legally may park the 26 vehicle on private property without obtaining proof of financial 27 responsibility, registering, or licensing the vehicle for one calendar 28 year as long as: 29 (1) the vehicle’s tires remain inflated during this period; 30 (2) the vehicle is not classified as a wrecked or salvaged 31 vehicle; and 32 (3) all county and municipal taxes assessed against the 33 vehicle have been paid. 34 (B) Upon the payment of property taxes assessed against a 35 vehicle subject to the provisions of this section, the county 36 treasurer must issue to its owner a decal that must be placed on the 37 vehicle’s driver’s side rear window that indicates that the vehicle is 38 temporarily out-of-service. 39 (C) The owner of the vehicle may renew the temporarily 40 out-of-service decal on an annual basis.” 41

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