06 LC 34
0699/AP
House
Resolution 1564 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Dollar of the
45th
and Rice of the
51st
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to
provide for special motor vehicle license plates and dedicate the revenue from
such plates for stated purposes, including dedications for the ultimate use of
agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations where it is found that there will be
a benefit to the state; to provide for related matters; to provide for
submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
III, Section IX, Paragraph VI of the Constitution, relating to appropriations
for specific sums, is amended by adding a new subparagraph to read as
follows:
"(n)
The General Assembly may provide by law for the issuance and renewal of special
motor vehicle license plates that motor vehicle owners may optionally purchase
and renew for additional fees. The General Assembly may provide for all or a
portion of the net revenue, as defined by the General Assembly, derived from the
additional fees charged for any such special license plate to be dedicated to an
agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation to implement or support programs related
to the nature of the special license plate, as intended by the authorizing
statute. Any dedication of funds enacted pursuant to the authority of this
subparagraph may be in whole or in part for the ultimate use of a nonprofit
corporation, without limitation by Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI, if the
General Assembly determines that the license plate program and such
appropriation will benefit both the state and the nonprofit corporation. Any
law enacted pursuant to the authority of this subparagraph may provide that
funds dedicated pursuant to such law shall not lapse as otherwise required by
Article III, Section IX, Paragraph IV(c). Any law enacted pursuant to the
authority of this subparagraph shall be required to receive a two
thirdś
majority vote in both the Senate and the House of
Representatives."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly
to provide for special motor vehicle license plates and dedicate the revenue
from such plates for stated purposes, including dedications for the ultimate use
of agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations where it is found that there will
be a benefit to the state?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.