(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue "University of South Carolina 2017, 2022, and 2024 Women's Basketball National Champions" special license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names. (B) The University of South Carolina may submit to the department for its approval the emblem, seal, or other symbol it desires to be used for its respective special license plate. The department may issue this special license plate six months following approval of its design. (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 this plate is the regular registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title plus an additional fee of seventy dollars. Any portion of the additional seventy-dollar fee not set aside to defray costs of production and distribution must be distributed to the fund established for the University of South Carolina pursuant to Section 56-3-3710(B) used for the purposes provided in that section. (D) License number "1" for the "University of South Carolina 2017, 2022, and 2024 Women's Basketball National Champions" license plate is reserved for the University of South Carolina Women's Basketball Coach. (E) The department must issue to registrants who have a license plate commemorating only the 2017 Women's Basketball National Championship or only the 2017 and 2022 Women's Basketball National Championships, the license plate commemorating the 2017, 2022, and 2024 national championships once both the 2017 and the 2017 and 2022 license plates reach the end of their ten-year lifecycles. This subsection does not apply to registrants who choose to switch to the "2017, 2022, and 2024" license plate on their own. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 216, SECTION 9, provides as follows: "SECTION 9. SECTION 1 of this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this act take effect May 6, 2022." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 216, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "and 2022" following "2017"; in (D), inserted "and 2022" following "2017" and substituted "license plates are" for "license plate is"; and added (E). 2024 Act No. 178, SECTION 8, rewrote the section. "Palmetto Cross" Special License Plates [Repealed] Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, Article 140, as added by 2017 Act No. 65, Section 1, was redesignated as Article 143 to accommodate the addition of Article 140 added by 2017 Act No. 1, Section 1. SECTIONS 56-3-14310 to 56-3-14340. Repealed. "Legion of Merit" Special License Plates [Repealed] Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, Article 141, as added by 2017 Act No. 65, Section 3, was redesignated as Article 144 to accommodate the addition of Article 141 added by 2017 Act No. 5, Section 1.
‹ Prev All South Carolina sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.