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Bill	Infrastructure maintenance fee and road use	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-627, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEE ASSESSED AGAINST VEHICLES OR OTHER ITEMS UPON THEIR FIRST REGISTRATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THIS FEE ALSO APPLIES TO THE FIRST TITLING OF VEHICLES, OTHER ITEMS, TRAILERS, OR SEMITRAILERS BY OWNERS OR LESSEES, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY NOT ISSUE TITLES UNTIL THE FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, TO PROVIDE IF DEALERS DO NOT LICENSE, TITLE, OR REGISTER ITEMS, THE CUSTOMERS MUST PAY THE FEES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN TITLING OR REGISTERING VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE IF THE LESSEE PURCHASES A VEHICLE HE ORIGINALLY LEASED AND THE REGISTRANT OF THE VEHICLE REMAINS THE SAME, THE PERSON DOES NOT OWE AN ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEE, TO PROVIDE ITEMS TRANSFERRED TO AN INSURER FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING FOR SALVAGE TITLES ARE EXCLUDED FROM IMPOSITION OF FEES, TO PROVIDE FEES MUST BE ASSESSED AGAINST AN OWNER OR LESSEE WHO FIRST TITLES AN ITEM IN ANOTHER STATE AND SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTERS THE ITEM IN THIS STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THE FEES MAY NOT BE IMPOSED IF THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE ITEMS IS SERVING ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-645, RELATING TO THE ROAD USE FEES IMPOSED UPON OWNERS OF VEHICLES NOT POWERED EXCLUSIVELY BY MOTOR FUELS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE FEES MUST BE COLLECTED AT THE TIME VEHICLES ARE TITLED OR REGISTERED. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3505	South Carolina H 3505 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Simrill	6	21	2	2020-12-16	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/365fbc53-17aa-47a1-ad85-27ca354dea4c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3505&session=124&summary=B	5297352c42546762b3e097cef2105a44a5abd5bf82ceaa984e25dd63e14177d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3505 (2021-2022) — Infrastructure maintenance fee and road use

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-627, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEE ASSESSED AGAINST VEHICLES OR OTHER ITEMS UPON THEIR FIRST REGISTRATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THIS FEE ALSO APPLIES TO THE FIRST TITLING OF VEHICLES, OTHER ITEMS, TRAILERS, OR SEMITRAILERS BY OWNERS OR LESSEES, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY NOT ISSUE TITLES UNTIL THE FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, TO PROVIDE IF DEALERS DO NOT LICENSE, TITLE, OR REGISTER ITEMS, THE CUSTOMERS MUST PAY THE FEES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN TITLING OR REGISTERING VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE IF THE LESSEE PURCHASES A VEHICLE HE ORIGINALLY LEASED AND THE REGISTRANT OF THE VEHICLE REMAINS THE SAME, THE PERSON DOES NOT OWE AN ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEE, TO PROVIDE ITEMS TRANSFERRED TO AN INSURER FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING FOR SALVAGE TITLES ARE EXCLUDED FROM IMPOSITION OF FEES, TO PROVIDE FEES MUST BE ASSESSED AGAINST AN OWNER OR LESSEE WHO FIRST TITLES AN ITEM IN ANOTHER STATE AND SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTERS THE ITEM IN THIS STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THE FEES MAY NOT BE IMPOSED IF THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE ITEMS IS SERVING ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-645, RELATING TO THE ROAD USE FEES IMPOSED UPON OWNERS OF VEHICLES NOT POWERED EXCLUSIVELY BY MOTOR FUELS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE FEES MUST BE COLLECTED AT THE TIME VEHICLES ARE TITLED OR REGISTERED. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/16/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/3/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/3/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/8/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 42–2 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 106–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Simrill — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2021-02-04 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: McCabe
• 2021-03-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-03 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-4
• 2021-03-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-04 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 Committee report: Favorable Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-29 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-2
• 2021-05-04 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 Ratified R 86
• 2021-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/17/21
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 70

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/365fbc53-17aa-47a1-ad85-27ca354dea4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).