South Carolina S 178: Tolls; require DOT to impose a toll along interstate highway 95 where it crosses Lake Marion

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2025-2026 Bill 178 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 14, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 178

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Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 7-5-320, RELATING TO APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSES 
AND VOTER REGISTRATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATION 
OR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION, INCLUDING RENEWAL APPLICATIONS, 
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL SERVE AS AN APPLICATION FOR 
VOTER REGISTRATION; TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE APPLICANT SIGN A 
SEPARATE VOTER REGISTRATION PORTION OF THE APPLICATION IN ORDER TO REGISTER; TO 
PROVIDE THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL CONSENT TO THE USE OF HIS SIGNATURE FROM HIS 
STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD OR DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR 
VEHICLES FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES; AND TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE BY WHICH 
AN INDIVIDUAL CAN DECLINE REGISTRATION.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 7-5-320 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
7-5-320. (A)(1) Each state identification card application or motor vehicle driver's 
license application, including a renewal application, submitted to the 
Department of Motor Vehicles serves as an application for voter registration 
unless the applicant fails to sign the voter registration application. Failure 
to sign the voter registration portion of the driver's license application 
serves as a declination to register. For voter 
registration purposes, the applicant shall consent to the use of his signature 
from his state identification card or driver's license issued by the Department 
of Motor Vehicles.

 (2) 
An application for voter registration submitted under item (1) is considered to 
update any previous voter registration by the applicant.

 (B) No 
information relating to the failure of an applicant for a state motor vehicle 
driver's license to sign a voter registration application may be used for any 
purpose other than voter registration. If a person who 
registers to vote pursuant to subsection (A) will be under eighteen years of 
age on the date of the next general, special, or primary election, then the 
person's name and other identifying information may not be disclosed as a 
public record. Once a person reaches the age of eighteen years of age, they are 
dully considered registered to vote and can participate in any upcoming 
election and their name and identifying information can be disclosed as a 
public record.

 (C)(1) The Department of Motor Vehicles 
shall include a voter registration form as part of an application for a state identification card or motor vehicle driver's license.

 (2) 
The voter registration application portion of an application for a state motor 
vehicle driver's license:

 (a) 
may not require any information that duplicates information required in the 
driver's license portion of the form, other than a second signature or other 
information necessary under subitem (c);

 (b) 
may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to:

 (i) 
prevent duplicate voter registrations; and

 (ii) 
enable a county board of voter registration and elections to assess the 
eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other 
parts of the election process;

 (c) 
includes a statement that:

 (i) 
states each eligibility requirement, including citizenship;

 (ii) 
contains an attestation that the applicant meets each requirement; and

 (iii) requires the signature of the 
applicant under penalty of perjury; and explains that under penalty of perjury the applicant has 
consented to the use of his signature from his South Carolina State 
identification card or driver's license for voter registration purposes; and

 (iv) explains that if a person who 
registers to vote pursuant to this section will be under eighteen years of age 
on the date of the next general, special, or primary election, then the 
person's voter registration information, including but not limited to, the 
person's name and other identifying information, may not be disclosed as a 
public record. Once a person reaches the age of eighteen years of age, they are 
dully considered registered to vote and can participate in any upcoming 
election and their name and identifying information can be disclosed as a 
public record;

 (d) 
includes the information required in subitem (c) in 
print identical to that used in the attestation portion of the application, as well as:

 (i) 
the information required in Section 7-5-320(C)(2)(c);

 (ii) 
a statement that, if an applicant declines to register to vote, the fact that 
the applicant has declined to register will remain confidential and will be 
used only for voter re