Bill Text: GA HB128 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Disabled veterans and blind persons; eligibility certificate; provisions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [HB128 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB128-Introduced.html

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09 LC 21 0091/AP

House Bill 128 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Benton of the 31st

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Chapter 12 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disabled veterans and blind persons engaging in peddling, operating businesses, or practicing professions, so as to provide that a certificate of eligibility for an exemption from occupation taxes, administrative fees, and regulatory fees shall be valid for a period of ten years; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 12 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disabled veterans and blind persons engaging in peddling, operating businesses, or practicing professions, is amended by revising Code Section 43-12-3, relating to application for certificate of eligibility, as follows:

"43-12-3.

All persons within the groups enumerated in Code Section 43-12-1 seeking a certificate of exemption from the payment of occupation taxes, administrative fees, or regulatory fees for peddling, conducting a business, or practicing a profession or semiprofession must first make application to the judge of the probate court of the county in which he or she resides for a certificate of eligibility. Each applicant shall make an affidavit before the judge of the probate court that he or she is not subject to payment of any income taxes to this state. Upon receipt of the evidence required in Code Section 43-12-2 and the execution of the affidavit required by this Code section, the judge of the probate court shall issue a certificate of eligibility stating that the applicant has furnished the proof required for the issuance of a certificate of exemption required by the commissioner of veterans service. Such certificate of eligibility shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of issue."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.