Two dollars of the yearly premium for uninsured motorist coverage is directed to be paid to the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles to be allocated in the manner provided in Section 56-10-552 on a quarterly basis. Interest earned by the "Uninsured Fund" must be retained by that fund. There is no requirement for an insurer or an agent to offer underinsured motorist coverage at limits less than the statutorily required bodily injury or property damage limits.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 56-9-840 [1962 Code Section 46-750.33:1; 1971 (57) 854; 1974 (58) 2718] recodified as Section 38-73-470 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Reenacted, 1991 Act No. 11, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 787; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 783; 1997 Act No. 154, Section 3; 2002 Act No. 324, Section 9, eff July 1, 2002; 2012 Act No. 264, Section 1, eff June 18, 2012; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 10, eff July 1, 2016.
Editor's Note
2002 Act No. 324, Section 12, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect July 1, 2002; provided, however, that Section 56-10-650 and Sections 5, 6, and 9 are effective one hundred eighty days after the latter of certification by the department to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that the program has been implemented and is fully prepared to accept data transmitted by the insurers or publication of final regulations by the department."
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 275, Section 10, amended the section, providing that all or a portion of the fees or fines collected by the department of motor vehicles shall be credited to the state highway fund.
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