1. A. A special series of private passenger automobile license plates are hereby designated, which may, upon proper application being made therefor, be issued to duly elected State Constitutional Officers, said plates to bear the title of the office holder or any other numerical designation approved by the State Constitutional Officer and the Department; to duly elected members of Statewide Commissions and the numerical designation of the district or circuit which such member represents; to any past Governor of South Carolina, said plates to bear the word "Governor" and the numerical designation of the years in office.

   No special personalized motor vehicle license plates included in this section will be issued requiring special or separate dies unless the cost of such dies will be recovered within a two-year license period from the fifteen-dollar ($15.00) annual fee charge for personalized license plates and none of these plates will be manufactured to include the word designation "Chairman."

2. B. A special series of private passenger automobile license plates are hereby designated, which may, upon proper application being made therefor, be issued to members of the South Carolina Supreme Court, Members of the South Carolina Circuit Court and qualified residents of any Federal Judiciary Office. The fee for the issue of such special plates shall be the regular motor vehicle registration fee as set forth in Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 56 of the 1976 Code.
3. C. The specially designated license plates issued hereunder shall not be transferable except to another vehicle of the same owner and only then upon receipt of proper application therefor and payment of the fee required by law for registration and license of that vehicle. Such plates shall not be transferable to another person unless so authorized by the Department.
4. D. Specially designated license plates issued hereunder shall be surrendered to the Department of Public Safety upon expiration of term of office, resignation, or death of the holder, in exchange for license plates not specially designated.

HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 3, eff March 27, 1998.