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HB 469 - Special license plates; Purple Heart; include trailers

Hembree, Bill (98th)

Status Summary	HC:	MotV	SC:		FR:	02/04/99	LA:	02/05/99	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 and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to change certain provisions relating to license plates for veterans awarded Purple Heart; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 40-2-84

HB 469                                             LC 25 1116 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        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 and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, 
  1- 4  so as to change certain provisions relating to license 
  1- 5  plates for veterans awarded Purple Heart; to repeal 
  1- 6  conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 8                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1- 9  Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of 
  1-10  Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and 
  1-11  special plates for certain persons and vehicles, is amended 
  1-12  by striking Code Section 40-2-84, relating to license plates 
  1-13  for veterans awarded Purple Heart, and inserting in lieu 
  1-14  thereof the following: 
 
  1-15    "40-2-84. 
 
  1-16    (a) Motor vehicle or trailer owners who are veterans of 
  1-17    the armed forces of the United States who have been 
  1-18    awarded the Purple Heart citation shall be eligible to 
  1-19    receive a special and distinctive vehicle license plate 
  1-20    for a private passenger car or truck used for personal 
  1-21    transportation or for a trailer, provided that the 
  1-22    requisite number of applications are received by the 
  1-23    commissioner as provided in subsection (b) of this Code 
  1-24    section.  Such license plate shall be issued in compliance 
  1-25    with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration 
  1-26    and licensing of motor vehicles as prescribed in Article 2 
  1-27    of this chapter. 
 
  1-28    (b) A veteran who qualifies for the special and 
  1-29    distinctive license plate pursuant to subsection (a) of 
  1-30    this Code section shall make application therefor with the 
  1-31    commissioner and include the requisite fee.  Said 
  1-32    applicant may apply for and be limited to not more than 
  1-33    one free license plate at a time; provided, however, that 
  1-34    upon payment of the regular license fee provided for in 
 
 
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  2- 1    Code Section 48-10-2 and payment of the manufacturing fee 
  2- 2    provided for in this Code section, a veteran may obtain an 
  2- 3    additional such license plate.  The commissioner shall 
  2- 4    retain all applications received for such special and 
  2- 5    distinctive license plate until a minimum of 250 
  2- 6    applications have been received. After receipt of 250 
  2- 7    applications for such distinctive license plate, the 
  2- 8    commissioner shall design a distinctive license plate as 
  2- 9    provided in subsection (c) of this Code section and issue 
  2-10    the distinctive license plates to present and future 
  2-11    qualifying applicants.  If the commissioner does not 
  2-12    receive the required minimum 250 applications no later 
  2-13    than July 31 of the year preceding the year of issuance of 
  2-14    such plates, the commissioner shall not accept any 
  2-15    applications for nor issue such distinctive license plates 
  2-16    and all fees shall be refunded to applicants.  The 
  2-17    commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations 
  2-18    as may be necessary to enforce compliance with all state 
  2-19    license laws relating to the use and operation of private 
  2-20    passenger cars and trucks and trailers before issuing 
  2-21    these license plates in lieu of the regular Georgia 
  2-22    license plates.  The manufacturing fee for each additional 
  2-23    special and distinctive license plate shall be $25.00. 
  2-24    The commissioner is specifically authorized to promulgate 
  2-25    all rules and regulations necessary to ensure compliance 
  2-26    in instances where such vehicles have been transferred or 
  2-27    sold. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code 
  2-28    section, such plates shall be nontransferable. 
 
  2-29    (c) The special and distinctive vehicle license plates 
  2-30    shall be as prescribed in Article 2 of this chapter for 
  2-31    private passenger cars or trucks used for personal 
  2-32    transportation or for trailers.  Additional words or 
  2-33    symbols, in addition to the numbers and letters prescribed 
  2-34    by law, shall be inscribed upon such license plates so as 
  2-35    to identify distinctively the owner as a Purple Heart 
  2-36    recipient. 
 
  2-37    (d) The license plate issued pursuant to this Code section 
  2-38    shall be transferred between vehicles as provided in Code 
  2-39    Section 40-2-80.  The spouse of a deceased veteran of the 
  2-40    armed forces of the United States who was awarded the 
  2-41    Purple Heart citation shall continue to be eligible to be 
  2-42    issued a distinctive personalized license plate as 
  2-43    provided in this Code section for any vehicle owned by 
  2-44    such veteran ownership of which is transferred to the 
  2-45    surviving spouse or for any other vehicle owned by such 
 
 
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  3- 1    surviving spouse either at the time of the qualifying 
  3- 2    veteran's death or acquired thereafter, so long as such 
  3- 3    person does not remarry. 
 
  3- 4    (e) For each additional special license plate issued under 
  3- 5    this Code section there shall be an additional $25.00 
  3- 6    annual registration fee which fee shall be collected by 
  3- 7    the county tag agent at the time of collection of other 
  3- 8    registration fees and shall be remitted to the state as 
  3- 9    provided in Code Section 40-2-34." 
 
  3-10                           SECTION 2. 
 
  3-11  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  3-12  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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