South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006
A31, R32, S3
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Leatherman, Verdin, Gregory and Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6177cm05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3024
Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2005
Introduced in the House on February 1, 2005
Last Amended on March 16, 2005
Passed by the General Assembly on March 22, 2005
Became law without Governor's signature, April 7, 2005
Summary: Allocation of fees collected from special license plates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
12/8/2004SenatePrefiled
12/8/2004SenateReferred to Committee on Transportation
1/11/2005SenateIntroduced and read first time SJ81
1/11/2005SenateReferred to Committee on TransportationSJ81
1/19/2005SenateCommittee report: Favorable TransportationSJ14
1/26/2005SenateRead second time SJ32
1/27/2005SenateRead third time and sent to House SJ19
2/1/2005HouseIntroduced and read first time HJ12
2/1/2005HouseReferred to Committee on Education and Public WorksHJ12
3/15/2005HouseRecalled from Committee on Education and Public WorksHJ110
3/16/2005HouseAmended HJ11
3/16/2005HouseRead second time HJ12
3/17/2005HouseRead third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ2
3/22/2005SenateConcurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ15
3/31/2005Ratified R 32
4/7/2005Became law without Governor's signature
4/8/2005Copies available
4/8/2005Effective date 04/07/05
4/13/2005Act No.31
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/8/2004
1/19/2005
3/15/2005
3/16/2005
(A31, R32, S3)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5633950, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE “KEEP SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUTIFUL” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE LICENSE PLATE TO “KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL”, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM THE FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS LICENSE PLATE MUST BE USED TO ENHANCE INSTEAD OF BEAUTIFY THE STATE’S ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, TO REVISE THE ALLOCATION OF THE FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, AND TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FUND USED TO FINANCE THE ENHANCEMENTS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
“Keep It Beautiful” special license plates
SECTION1.Section 5633950 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
“Section 5633950.The department may issue a special commemorative ‘Keep It Beautiful’ motor vehicle license plate for use by owners on their private passenger motor vehicles to establish a special fund to be used by the Department of Transportation for the purposes of enhancing the state’s roads and highways. These enhancements may include landscaping, wildflower plantings, scenic easements, or other highway enhancement projects. The Department of Transportation, in implementing this program, may not expend beautification funds for wildflowers without prior approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture shall ensure, before granting approval, that the varieties of wildflowers used in beautification are not harmful to agriculture at or near a proposed project. The biennial fee for the commemorative license plate is fiftyfour dollars. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the fees collected for this special license plate, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the department’s expenses in producing and administering this special license plate. Any remaining funds must be placed in a special ‘Highway Beautification Fund’ established within and administered by the Department of Transportation. This biennial fee is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 7 of this title. The commemorative plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates and must be imprinted with the words ‘Keep It Beautiful’. The plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twentyfour months from the month they are issued.”
Time effective
SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 31st day of March, 2005.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 4/7/05.
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