Bill Text: GA SB233 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Pawnbrokers; provide limitations regarding certain fees/taxes for pawnbroker transactions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - Senate Recommitted [SB233 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB233-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 233
By:
Senator Miller of the 49th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to pawnbrokers, so as to provide for limitations
regarding certain fees or taxes for pawnbroker transactions; to provide for
related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
5 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to pawnbrokers, is amended by revising Code Section
44-12-135, relating to the effect of pawnbroker general laws on local laws, as
follows:
"44-12-135.
(a)
Nothing in this part shall supersede existing local laws nor relieve a
pawnbroker from the necessity of complying with them. The requirements of local
laws shall be construed as cumulative to this part.
(b)
The governing authority of a municipality or county and any department or agency
thereof shall not be authorized to adopt ordinances or resolutions that require
the collection of any fee or tax collected or imposed on pawn transactions on a
per transaction basis or on a sale of tangible personal property to a pawnbroker
for purposes of resale by the pawnbroker. This subsection shall not prohibit
regulatory fees or occupation taxes levied and imposed pursuant to Article 1 of
Chapter 13 of Title 48."
SECTION
2.
Said
part is further amended by revising Code Section 44-12-136, relating to the
supervision of pawnbrokers by municipalities, as follows:
"44-12-136.
Municipal
authorities may license pawnbrokers, define their powers and privileges by
ordinance, impose taxes upon them, revoke their licenses, and exercise such
general supervision as will ensure fair dealing between the pawnbroker and his
or
her
customers,
except as expressly prohibited in this
part."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2012.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.