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The
House Committee on Motor Vehicles offers the following substitute to SB
287:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to replacement permits or licenses, so as to provide that when a person reports
that his or her instructional permit or driver's license has been lost, stolen,
or forged, the department shall charge a fee for a replacement permit or
license; to provide that the department shall offer such license or permit
holder the option of being issued a replacement permit or license with a new
number; to provide that the replaced number of the lost, stolen, or forged
permit or 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reported as lost, stolen, or forged and no longer valid; to provide for related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.
Code
Section 40-5-31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
replacement permits or licenses, is amended by revising subsection (a) and
adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(a)
In the event that an instruction permit or a driver's license issued under this
chapter is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the same was issued may upon
payment of the required fee and upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the
department that such permit has been lost or destroyed:
(1)
Obtain a new permit or license; or
(2)
Obtain a replacement permit or license.
A
new permit obtained under this Code section shall be obtained in the same manner
and under the same conditions and limitations as provided in Code Section
40-5-24. A new license obtained under this Code section shall be obtained in
the same manner and under the same conditions and limitations as provided in
Code Section 40-5-32, relating to renewals of licenses. A
first
replacement permit or license obtained under this Code section shall be issued
only for the remaining period for which the original permit or license was
issued for a fee of $5.00, and no examination or eyesight test shall be required
to obtain such replacement permit.
All subsequent
replacement permits or licenses obtained under this Code section shall be issued
only for the remaining period for which the original permit or license was
issued for a fee of $10.00, and no examination or eyesight test shall be
required to obtain such replacement
permit."
"(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 lost, 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 lost, stolen, or forged, the department shall offer
to issue a replacement permit or license as provided in this Code section with a
new number. If the holder of the license or permit elects to have the
department issue a replacement driver's license or permit with a new number, the
department shall either remove the previous permit or license number from the
data base of valid permits and licenses maintained by the department or indicate
in the data base that the permit or license associated with such number has
been reported as lost, 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.