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| 1 | - | 25 LC 39 4761S | |
| 2 | - | The House Committee on Motor Vehicles offers the following substitute to SB 293: | |
| 1 | + | 25 LC 39 4673 | |
| 2 | + | Senate Bill 293 | |
| 3 | + | By: Senators Anderson of the 24th, Payne of the 54th, Gooch of the 51st, Robertson of the | |
| 4 | + | 29th, Kennedy of the 18th and others | |
| 5 | + | AS PASSED SENATE | |
| 3 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | - | To amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 | |
| 8 | + | To amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to | |
| 9 | + | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | license plates for certain veterans, so as to increase the number of free license plates issued2 | |
| 7 | - | to certain veterans; to provide for related matters; to | |
| 8 | - | ||
| 11 | + | to certain veterans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other3 | |
| 12 | + | purposes.4 | |
| 9 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 | |
| 10 | 14 | SECTION 1.6 | |
| 11 | 15 | Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates7 | |
| 12 | 16 | for certain veterans, is amended by revising subsection (b) as follows:8 | |
| 13 | 17 | "(b)(1) Motor vehicle and trailer owners who are veterans or women veterans, who have9 | |
| 14 | 18 | received a military medal award, or who served during active military combat shall be10 | |
| 15 | 19 | eligible to receive special and distinctive vehicle license plates for private passenger cars,11 | |
| 16 | 20 | motorcycles, trucks, or recreational vehicles used for personal transportation. Such12 | |
| 17 | 21 | license plates shall be issued in compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relating to13 | |
| 18 | 22 | registration and licensing of motor vehicles as prescribed in Article 2 of this chapter.14 | |
| 19 | 23 | (2)(A) Motor vehicle and trailer owners who are veterans or women veterans, who15 | |
| 20 | 24 | have received a military medal award, or who served during active military combat16 | |
| 21 | - | S. B. 293 (SUB) | |
| 22 | - | - 1 - 25 LC 39 4761S | |
| 23 | - | shall be issued upon application for and upon compliance with the state motor vehicle17 | |
| 25 | + | S. B. 293 | |
| 26 | + | - 1 - 25 LC 39 4673 | |
| 27 | + | shall be issued upon application for and upon compliance with the state motor vehicle | |
| 28 | + | 17 | |
| 24 | 29 | laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles a veteran's license plate, a18 | |
| 25 | 30 | woman veteran's license plate, a military medal award recipient license plate, or a19 | |
| 26 | - | commemorative service license plate for service during active military combat. Two20 | |
| 31 | + | commemorative service license plate for service during active military combat. Four | |
| 32 | + | 20 | |
| 27 | 33 | such license plates One such license plate shall be issued without payment of the21 | |
| 28 | 34 | requisite registration fee, manufacturing fee, or annual registration fee.22 | |
| 29 | 35 | (B) Each member or former member of the armed forces of the United States listed in23 | |
| 30 | 36 | this subsection shall be entitled to no more than one such free license plate at a time;24 | |
| 31 | 37 | provided, however, that, upon payment of a manufacturing fee of $25.00, a member25 | |
| 32 | 38 | shall be entitled to one additional such license plate. For each additional license plate26 | |
| 33 | 39 | for which a $25.00 manufacturing fee is required, there shall be an additional annual27 | |
| 34 | 40 | registration fee of $25.00, and such fee shall be collected by the county tag agent at the28 | |
| 35 | 41 | time of collection of other registration fees and shall be remitted to the state as provided29 | |
| 36 | - | in Code Section 40-2-34 | |
| 42 | + | in Code Section 40-2-34 four license plates issued pursuant to this subsection at a time30 | |
| 37 | 43 | without payment of the requisite registration fee, manufacturing fee, or annual31 | |
| 38 | 44 | registration fee."32 | |
| 39 | 45 | SECTION 2.33 | |
| 40 | - | This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2026.34 | |
| 41 | - | SECTION 3.35 | |
| 42 | - | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.36 | |
| 43 | - | S. B. 293 (SUB) | |
| 46 | + | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.34 | |
| 47 | + | S. B. 293 | |
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