08 AM 33
0619
Senators
Hill of the 32nd and Douglas of the 17th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Public Safety Committee substitute to SB 25 (LC 35 0747S) by
inserting after "vehicle;"
on line 5 of page 1
the following:
to
provide for the issuance to certain businesses of special license plates for
persons with disabilities for business vehicles used by disabled employees of
such businesses;
By
inserting a new Section 2A on page 2 between lines 7 and 8 to read as
follows:
SECTION
2A.
Said
title is further amended in Code Section 40-2-74, relating to special license
plates for persons with disabilities, by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(a.1)
Any business registered in Georgia that is a sole proprietorship, an S
Corporation under Subchapter S of Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, or a
single principal limited liability corporation or limited liability partnership
which assigns or makes available a passenger motor vehicle for the use of an
employee of such business, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating
to registration, licensing, and payment of fees and upon submitting an affidavit
of a practitioner of the healing arts stating that such employee is a person
with disabilities, as defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section 40-6-221, whose
disability or incapacity can be expected to last for more than 180 days and
stating the specific disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk,
shall be issued a specially designated disabled person´s license plate from
the commissioner. The affidavit shall also state that such business vehicle
shall be used only or primarily by such disabled employee. In the event that an
employee or other person that is not a disabled person uses a business vehicle
which has been issued a special plate pursuant to this subsection, he or she
shall not avail himself or herself of the privileges afforded under this title
to a disabled person with a special plate. Any person who is not a disabled
person as prescribed by this Code section and who willfully and falsely avails
himself or herself of the privileges afforded to such special plate under this
title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any business to which one or more
special plates are issued pursuant to this subsection which is determined by the
commissioner to have repeated violations of this subsection by an employee or
employees or other person or persons that are not disabled person as prescribed
by this Code section shall be subject to revocation of such special plate or
plates."