Bill Text: SC H3721 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Automobile dealers
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-22 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry [H3721 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-H3721-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-15-410, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NONFRANCHISE AUTOMOBILE DEALER PRE-LICENSING COURSE REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER WHO HAS OPERATED A DEALERSHIP FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OR HAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS OF PRE-LICENSING EDUCATION COURSES WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ADDITIONAL PRE-LICENSING COURSES WHEN HE MOVES HIS DEALERSHIP TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-15-410 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 9 of 2005, is amended to read:
"Section 56-15-410. (A) An applicant for an initial nonfranchise automobile dealer license must complete successfully at least eight hours of pre-licensing education courses before he may be issued a license. At least one shareholder listed on the application for an initial nonfranchise automobile dealer license must comply with the education requirement contained in this section.
(B) A dealer who has operated a dealership for at least five years, or who has completed successfully at least eight hours of pre-licensing education courses within the last five years, is not required to complete additional pre-licensing courses when he moves his dealership to another location."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
