Bill Text: GA HB695 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Disabled veterans; free license plates and revalidation decals; 60 percent disabled; allow

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - House Second Readers [HB695 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB695-Introduced.html

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12 LC 39 0009

House Bill 695

By: Representative Stephens of the 164th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 40-2-69 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to free license plates and revalidation decals for disabled veterans, so as to allow for veterans deemed 60 percent disabled to qualify for a free license plate and annual revalidation decal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 40-2-69 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to free license plates and revalidation decals for disabled veterans, is amended by revising subsections (b) and (c) as follows:

"(b) Any veteran who was discharged under honorable conditions and who has been adjudicated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as being 100 60 percent totally disabled and entitled to receive service connected benefits shall, upon application therefor, be issued a free motor vehicle license plate upon presentation of proof that he or she is receiving or that he or she is entitled to receive benefits for a 100 60 percent service connected disability, as long as he or she is 100 60 percent disabled. A veteran who claims that such 100 60 percent total disability is permanent shall furnish proof of such permanent disability through a letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(c)(1) Once a veteran has established his or her eligibility to receive free motor vehicle license plates as a result of being permanently disabled, he or she shall be entitled to receive free plates or free revalidation decals in succeeding years on any automobile, private passenger pickup truck, motorcycle, station wagon, or van type vehicle of three-quarter tons or less that he or she may own or jointly with his or her spouse own or acquire in the future.

(2) Once a veteran has established his or her eligibility to receive free motor vehicle license plates as a result of having a 100 60 percent total disability which has not been determined to be a permanent disability, he or she shall be entitled to receive free plates or free revalidation decals in succeeding years upon furnishing, on an annual basis, proof of such 100 60 percent disability through a letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Such free plates or free revalidation decals shall apply to any automobile, private passenger pickup truck, motorcycle, station wagon, or van type vehicle of three-quarter tons or less that he or she may own or jointly with his or her spouse own or acquire in the future.

(3)(A) Two license plates or revalidation decals each year shall be furnished for vehicles other than motorcycles to veterans qualifying under this Code section unless the originals are lost. Such plates shall be fastened to both the front and the rear of the vehicle.

(B) One license plate or revalidation decal each year shall be furnished for motorcycles to veterans qualifying under this Code section unless the original is lost. Such plate shall be fastened to the rear of the vehicle.

(4) In the event of the death of the person who received the special license plates pursuant to this Code section, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, his or her surviving spouse may continue to receive the free special license plates and revalidation decals until the death of the surviving spouse."

SECTION 2.

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