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HB 645 - Special plates; U. S. armed forces Georgia veterans

Childers, E. (Buddy) M (13th)	Smith, Paul E (12th)	Reece, Barbara Massey (11th)

Status Summary	HC:	MotV	SC:		FR:	02/16/99	LA:	02/17/99	H - Read 2nd Time

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A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates, so as to provide for a prestige license plate for United States armed forces Georgia veterans; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 40-2-86.5

HB 645                                             LC 18 9492 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official 
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license 
  1- 3  plates, so as to provide for a prestige license plate for 
  1- 4  United States armed forces Georgia veterans; to provide for 
  1- 5  procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for 
  1- 6  powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue 
  1- 7  commissioner and county tag agents; to provide for an 
  1- 8  effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1- 9  purposes. 
 
  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-11                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-12  Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of 
  1-13  Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates, is 
  1-14  amended by adding a new Code section at the end thereof, to 
  1-15  be designated Code Section 40-2-86.5, to read as follows: 
 
  1-16    "40-2-86.5. 
 
  1-17    (a) Motor vehicle owners who are Georgia veterans of the 
  1-18    armed forces of the United States shall be eligible to 
  1-19    receive special and distinctive vehicle license plates for 
  1-20    private passenger cars, trucks, or recreational vehicles 
  1-21    used for personal transportation.  Such license plates 
  1-22    shall be issued in compliance with the state motor vehicle 
  1-23    laws relating to registration and licensing of motor 
  1-24    vehicles as prescribed in Article 2 of this chapter. 
 
  1-25    (b) A veteran who qualifies for the special and 
  1-26    distinctive license plate pursuant to subsection (a) of 
  1-27    this Code section shall make application therefor with the 
  1-28    commissioner and include the requisite fee.  The 
  1-29    commissioner shall design a distinctive license plate to 
  1-30    commemorate service by Georgia veterans of the United 
  1-31    States armed forces.  The commissioner shall promulgate 
  1-32    such rules and regulations as may be necessary to enforce 
  1-33    compliance with all state license laws relating to the use 
  1-34    and operation of private passenger cars and trucks before 
 
 
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  2- 1    issuing these license plates in lieu of the regular 
  2- 2    Georgia license plates.  The manufacturing fee for such 
  2- 3    special and distinctive license plates shall be $25.00. 
  2- 4    The commissioner is specifically authorized to promulgate 
  2- 5    all rules and regulations necessary to ensure compliance 
  2- 6    in instances where such vehicles have been transferred or 
  2- 7    sold.  Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code 
  2- 8    section, such plates shall be nontransferable. 
 
  2- 9    (c) The special and distinctive vehicle license plates 
  2-10    shall be as prescribed in Article 2 of this chapter for 
  2-11    private passenger cars or trucks used for personal 
  2-12    transportation.  Such plates shall contain such words or 
  2-13    symbols, in addition to the numbers and letters prescribed 
  2-14    by law, so as to identify distinctively the owners as 
  2-15    Georgia veterans of the armed forces of the United States. 
 
  2-16    (d) The license plate issued pursuant to this Code section 
  2-17    shall be transferred between vehicles as provided in Code 
  2-18    Section 40-2-80.  The spouse of a deceased Georgia veteran 
  2-19    of the armed forces of the United States shall continue to 
  2-20    be eligible to be issued a distinctive personalized 
  2-21    license plate as provided in this Code section for any 
  2-22    vehicle owned by such veteran ownership of which is 
  2-23    transferred to the surviving spouse or for any other 
  2-24    vehicle owned by such surviving spouse either at the time 
  2-25    of the qualifying veteran's death or acquired thereafter, 
  2-26    so long as such person does not remarry. 
 
  2-27    (e) Special license plates issued under this Code section 
  2-28    shall be renewed annually with a revalidation decal as 
  2-29    provided in Code Section 40-2-31 upon payment of an 
  2-30    additional $25.00 annual registration fee, which fee shall 
  2-31    be collected by the county tag agent at the time of 
  2-32    collection of other registration fees and remitted to the 
  2-33    state as provided in Code Section 40-2-34.  It shall be a 
  2-34    requirement that a county name decal shall be affixed and 
  2-35    displayed on license plates issued under this Code 
  2-36    section." 
 
  2-37                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-38  This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2000. 
 
  2-39                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-40  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-41  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
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