06 LC 34
0503
House
Bill 1006
By:
Representative Ashe of the
56th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to prestige license plates for certain persons and vehicles,
so as to emphasize that the renewal registration fees for prestige plates are to
be distributed in the same manner as the initial fees; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to prestige license plates for certain persons and vehicles, is amended by
striking paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f) of Code Section 40-2-86.8,
relating to the special license plate supporting breast cancer programs, and
inserting in their place the following:
∀(f)(1)
The funds derived from the sale of the special license plates provided by this
Code section,
including
funds derived from the annual renewal registration
fee, less a $1.00 processing fee which
shall be granted to county tag offices per plate sold and less the actual cost
of manufacturing such plates, shall be deposited in the Indigent Care Trust Fund
created by Code Section 31-8-152 to fund cancer screening and treatment related
programs for those persons who are medically indigent and may have breast
cancer. To the extent consistent with Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(i)
of the Constitution and Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 31, such programs may
include education, breast cancer screening, grants-in-aid to breast cancer
victims, pharmacy assistance programs for breast cancer victims, and other
projects to encourage public support for the special license plate and the
activities which it funds.
(2)
As soon as practicable after the end of each month, the commissioner shall
report the net amount derived from the sale
or
renewal of such license plates, not
including actual manufacturing costs, to the Office of Planning and Budget and
the Department of Community
Health.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.