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Senate
Bill 294
By:
Senator Seabaugh of the 28th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-2-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to prestige license plates, so as to remove the requirement of an additional
annual registration fee; to provide for related matters; to provide for an
effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-2-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige
license plates, is revised to read as follows:
"40-2-60.
(a)
Motor vehicle owners who are residents of Georgia, upon complying with the motor
vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and,
except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, upon the payment of a
fee of $25.00 in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall
be issued
special
personalized prestige license plates by the commissioner.
Special
personalized
Personalized
prestige license plates issued pursuant to
this Code section shall
not
be subject to an additional annual registration fee
of
$25.00 as a condition of obtaining an
annual revalidation decal for such license plate
which fee
shall be collected by the county tag agent at the time of collection of other
registration fees and shall be remitted to the state as provided in Code Section
40-2-34.
(b)
For the purpose of this Code section, a license plate with a low number or
special number
may
also
shall
be considered
as
a
personalized
prestige or
personalized
license
plate.
(c)
Additional fees for
other
special or distinctive license plates issued pursuant to this
article
chapter
shall be as prescribed in the Code section authorizing such
plate, and,
when no additional fee is specified, no additional fee shall be
required.
(d)
The commissioner is authorized to establish procedures and promulgate rules and
regulations for carrying out
the provisions
of this Code section."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010, and shall apply to renewals of
personalized prestige license plates issued on or after that date.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.