05 LC 25
3924
House
Bill 395
By:
Representatives Forster of the
3rd,
Bridges of the
10th,
Bryant of the
160th,
Maxwell of the
17th,
Amerson of the
9th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-2-84 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to license plates for veterans awarded Purple Heart, so as to provide for a
certain inscription on such license plates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-2-84 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license
plates for veterans awarded Purple Heart, is amended by striking subsection (c)
and inserting a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(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 or for boat trailers. Additional words or symbols, in addition to
the numbers and letters prescribed by law, shall be inscribed upon such license
plates so as to identify distinctively the owner as a Purple Heart recipient.
For any
redesigned plates issued on or after January 1, 1996, such inscription shall
include the designation 'Combat
Wounded'."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.