09 LC 28
4803
Senate
Bill 287
By:
Senators Hill of the 32nd and Murphy of the 27th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to drivers' licenses, so as to provide that, when a person reports that his or
her instructional permit or driver's license has been stolen or forged, the
department shall issue a replacement permit or license with a new number; to
provide that the number of the stolen or forged license shall be either removed
from the data base of valid permits and licenses or the number in the data base
shall be marked as having been reported stolen or forged and no longer valid; to
provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers'
licenses, is amended by revising Code Section 40-5-31, relating to replacement
permits or licenses, by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(e)
When a person to whom an instruction permit or driver's license has been issued
reports to the department that such instruction permit or driver's license has
been stolen or forged and requests a replacement permit or license, pays the
required fee, and provides proof sufficient to the department that such permit
or license has been stolen or forged, the department shall issue a replacement
permit or license as provided in this Code section with a new number and shall
either remove the previous permit or license number from the data base of valid
permits and licenses maintained by the department or indicate on the
data base that the permit or license associated with such number has been
reported as stolen or forged and is no longer active or
valid."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.