South Carolina § 56-3-645 - Road use fees for vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, and fuels other than motor fuel.
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§ 56-3-645. Road use fees for vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, and fuels other than motor fuel.
(A) In addition to the registration fees imposed by this chapter, the owner of motor vehicles that are powered:
(1) exclusively by electricity, hydrogen, or any fuel other than motor fuel, as defined in Section 12-28-110(39), that are not subject to motor fuel user fees imposed by Chapter 28, Title 12 shall pay a biennial road use fee of one hundred twenty dollars; and
(2) by a combination of motor fuel subject to motor fuel user fees imposed by Chapter 28, Title 12 and electricity, hydrogen, or any fuel other than motor fuel that is not subject to motor fuel user fees imposed by Chapter 28, Title 12 shall pay a biennial road use fee of sixty dollars.
(B) All of the fees collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund.
(C) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall collect this fee at the same time as the vehicle subject to the fee is titled or registered.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 40 (H.3516), SECTION 6.A, eff January 1, 2018; 2021 Act No. 70 (H.3505), SECTION 2, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 70, SECTION 2, in (C), inserted "titled or" following "subject to the fee is".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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