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8107/AP
House
Bill 442 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Yates of the
73rd,
Lakly of the
72nd,
Freeman of the
140th,
and Warren of the
122nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 43-12-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to qualifications for an exemption from occupation taxes, administrative fees,
and regulatory fees, so as to provide for certain duties of 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 43-12-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
qualifications for an exemption from occupation taxes, administrative fees, and
regulatory fees, is amended by striking in their entirety subsections (c) and
(d) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(c)
A war veteran must furnish satisfactory proof that he or she has a physical
disability which is disabling to the extent of 10 percent or more; that his or
her service in the armed forces of the United States was terminated under
conditions other than dishonorable; and that his or her service or some part
thereof was rendered during a war period as defined by an act of the Congress of
the United States, approved March 20, 1933, entitled 'An Act to Maintain the
Credit of the United States,' and commonly known as Public Law No. 2, 73rd
Congress; or that some part of his or her service was rendered on or after
December 7, 1941, and before December 31, 1946; or that some part of his or her
service was rendered on or after June 27, 1950, and before January 31, 1955; or
that some part of his or her service was rendered on or after August 5, 1964,
and before May 8, 1975. Proof of such 10 percent disability shall be established
upon the written certificate of two physicians as to such disability, or by a
letter or other written evidence from the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs or the
Department of Veterans Service stating the
degree of disability, or by written evidence from the branch of the armed forces
of the United States in which such veteran served.
(d)
A veteran of peace-time service in the United States armed forces must furnish
proof that he or she has a physical disability to the extent of 25 percent or
more incurred in the line of duty during the period of such service by a letter
or other evidence from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
or the
Department of Veterans Service stating the
degree of disability or by written evidence from the branch of the armed forces
of the United States in which such veteran served and that his or her service in
the armed forces of the United States was terminated under conditions other than
dishonorable."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.