Georgia 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB84 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/04/2025

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Senate Bill 84
By: Senators Albers of the 56th, Payne of the 54th, Burns of the 23rd, Still of the 48th and
Williams of the 25th 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
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special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit2
corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit3
corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring the Shepherd Center; to4
establish a specialty license plate benefiting the Georgia Transplant Foundation; to provide5
for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for compliance with6
constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8
SECTION 1.9
Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license10
plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with11
proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, is12
amended in subsection (l) by adding new paragraphs to read as follows:13
"(71)  A special license plate honoring the Shepherd Center.  The funds raised by the sale
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of this special license plate shall be disbursed to Shepherd Center, Inc.15
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(72)  A special license plate recognizing the importance of organ donation.  The funds16
raised by the sale of this special license plate shall be disbursed to the Georgia Transplant17
Foundation."18
SECTION 2.19
This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2026.20
SECTION 3.21
In accordance with the requirements of Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(n) of the22
Constitution of the State of Georgia, this Act shall not become law unless it receives the23
requisite two-thirds' majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.24
SECTION 4.25
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.26
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