Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1349 - Driver's license; require U. S. citizenship status

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 40-5-28

1. Bunn  74th             2. Kaye  37th              3. Brown  130th
4. Smith  102nd           5. Walker  87th            6. Sanders  107th


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              1/23/96  Read 1st Time                                                                
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HB 1349                                            LC 21 3634






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the issuance,
  1- 3  expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to
  1- 4  provide that each such license shall state whether or not
  1- 5  the licensee is a citizen of the United States; to repeal
  1- 6  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of
  1- 9  Georgia Annotated, relating to the issuance, expiration, and
  1-10  renewal of drivers' licenses, is amended by striking in its
  1-11  entirety Code Section 40-5-28, relating to the issuance of
  1-12  licenses, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  1-13    "40-5-28. (Index)

  1-14    The department shall, upon payment of the required fee,
  1-15    issue to every applicant qualifying therefor a driver's
  1-16    license indicating the type or general class of vehicles
  1-17    the licensee may drive, which license shall be upon a form
  1-18    prescribed by the department and which shall bear thereon
  1-19    a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, a color
  1-20    photograph of the licensee, the licensee's full name, the
  1-21    licensee's United States citizenship status, either a
  1-22    facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon
  1-23    which the licensee shall write his or her usual signature
  1-24    with a pen and ink immediately upon receipt of the
  1-25    license, and such other information or identification as
  1-26    is required by the department. No license shall be valid
  1-27    until it has been so signed by the licensee.  United
  1-28    States citizenship will be indicated on the face of the
  1-29    license by placement of an 'X' in the appropriate 'Yes' or
  1-30    'No' box after the question 'United States citizen?'"






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                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 2  repealed.













































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