05 LC 21
8109
House
Bill 439
By:
Representatives Yates of the
73rd,
Freeman of the
140th,
Lakly of the
72nd,
Warren of the
122nd,
and Thomas of the
100th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 certain disabled veterans, so
as to provide for certain duties for the Department of Veterans Service; 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 certain disabled veterans, is amended
by striking in their entirety subsections (b) and (c) and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"(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
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 percent service connected disability, as
long as he or she is 100 percent disabled. A veteran who claims that such 100
percent total disability is permanent shall furnish proof of such permanent
disability through a letter from the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs or
from the Department of Veterans
Service.
(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 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 percent disability
through a letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
or from the
Department of Veterans Service. 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."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.