Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1165 - License plates; "Helping Schools" tags; issuance

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 40-2-50

1. McBee  88th            2. Taylor  134th           3. Godbee  145th
4. Kaye  37th


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HB 1165                                            LC 19 2727






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and
  1- 3  licensing generally, so as to authorize the issuance of
  1- 4  "Helping Schools" license plates; to provide for a fee; to
  1- 5  provide for promulgation of rules and regulations by the
  1- 6  commissioner of revenue; to provide for annual renewal; to
  1- 7  provide for disposition of the proceeds for educational
  1- 8  purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal
  1- 9  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-11  Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of
  1-12  Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing
  1-13  generally, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new
  1-14  Code Section 40-2-50 to read as follows:

  1-15    "40-2-50. (Index)

  1-16    (a) Any motor vehicle owner who is a resident of Georgia,
  1-17    upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to
  1-18    registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon the
  1-19    payment of an initial manufacturing fee of $15.00 in
  1-20    addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee,
  1-21    shall be issued a special license plate which shall bear
  1-22    the words 'Helping Schools.'

  1-23    (b) The commissioner is authorized and directed to design
  1-24    the distinctive 'Helping Schools' license plate, establish
  1-25    procedures, and promulgate rules and regulations to
  1-26    effectuate the purposes of this Code section.

  1-27    (c) Special license plates issued under this Code section
  1-28    shall be renewed annually with a revalidation decal, as
  1-29    provided in Code Section 40-2-31, upon payment of a $15.00
  1-30    annual renewal fee, in addition to all other fees required
  1-31    by law, which fee shall be collected by the county tag
  1-32    agent at the time of collection of other registration fees
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                                                  LC 19 2727

  2- 1    and shall be remitted to the state as provided in Code
  2- 2    Section 40-2-34.  Special license plates issued under this
  2- 3    Code section may be transferred between vehicles as
  2- 4    provided in Code Section 40-2-80.

  2- 5    (d) The state shall be the beneficiary of and shall
  2- 6    receive $5.00 of the $15.00 'Helping Schools' tag fee for
  2- 7    each such tag and $10.00 of each such tag fee shall be
  2- 8    distributed by the commissioner to the extent practicable
  2- 9    to the local school district in which said funds were
  2-10    generated to be used for the purchase of classroom
  2-11    supplies and equipment in grades K through 12 of the
  2-12    public schools of such school district.  The state shall
  2-13    bear the cost of the manufacture of each such license
  2-14    plate.

  2-15    (e) The commissioner may begin issuing 'Helping Schools'
  2-16    license plates with the year 1997."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-17  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-18  repealed.



























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