Bill Text: GA HB468 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Bill 468 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Special license plates; Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, Global War on Terrorism; add veterans

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted [HB468 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB468-Introduced.html

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House Bill 468

By: Representatives Coomer of the 14th, Yates of the 73rd, Collins of the 27th, Hatchett of the 143rd, and Black of the 174th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates for veterans, so as to add veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and the Global War on Terrorism; 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 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates for veterans, is amended by revising subsections (a), (c), and (d) as follows:

"(a)(1) Motor vehicle owners who are retired veterans of the armed forces of the United States or persons who served and were discharged under honorable conditions during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or the Global War on Terror as defined by Presidential Executive Order 13289, Section 2, shall be eligible to receive special and distinctive vehicle license plates for private passenger cars, trucks, or recreational vehicles used for personal transportation. Such license plates shall be issued in compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles as prescribed in Article 2 of this chapter.

(2)(A) Motor vehicle owners who retired from active duty with the armed forces of the United States shall be issued upon application for and upon compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles a retired veteran's license plate. One such retired veteran's license plate shall be issued without the requisite registration fee, manufacturing fee, or annual registration fee.

(B) Each retired member of the armed forces shall be entitled to no more than one such free license plate at a time; provided, however, that upon payment of a manufacturing fee of $25.00, a member shall be entitled to one additional such license plate. For each additional license plate for which a $25.00 manufacturing fee is required, there shall be an additional annual registration fee of $25.00 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."

"(c) The special and distinctive vehicle license plates shall be as prescribed in Article 2 of this chapter for private passenger cars or trucks used for personal transportation. Such plates shall contain such words or symbols, in addition to the numbers and letters prescribed by law, so as to identify distinctively the owners as retired veterans of the armed forces of the United States or persons who served and were discharged under honorable conditions during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or the Global War on Terror as defined by Presidential Executive Order 13289, Section 2, and shall additionally, for such plates manufactured after July 1, 2001, identify distinctly the owner as a veteran of one of the following branches of the armed forces: Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard.

(d) The license plate issued pursuant to this Code section shall be transferred between vehicles as provided in Code Section 40-2-80. The spouse of a deceased retired veteran of the armed forces of the United States or of a deceased person who served and was discharged under honorable conditions during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or the Global War on Terror as defined by Presidential Executive Order 13289, Section 2, shall continue to be eligible to be issued a distinctive personalized license plate as provided in this Code section for any vehicle owned by such veteran ownership of which is transferred to the surviving spouse or for any other vehicle owned by such surviving spouse either at the time of the qualifying veteran's death or acquired thereafter, so long as such person does not remarry."

SECTION 2.

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