08 LC 21
9441
House
Bill 930
By:
Representative Benton of the
31st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 12 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to disabled veterans and blind persons engaging in peddling, operating
businesses, or practicing professions, so as to provide that a certificate of
eligibility shall be valid for a period of five years; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
12 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disabled
veterans and blind persons engaging in peddling, operating businesses, or
practicing professions, is amended by revising Code Section 43-12-3 as
follows:
"43-12-3.
All
persons within the groups enumerated in Code Section 43-12-1 seeking a
certificate of exemption from the payment of occupation taxes, administrative
fees, or regulatory fees for peddling, conducting a business, or practicing a
profession or semiprofession must first make application to the judge of the
probate court of the county in which he or she resides for a certificate of
eligibility. Each applicant shall make an affidavit before the judge of the
probate court that he or she is not subject to payment of any income taxes to
this state. Upon receipt of the evidence required in Code Section 43-12-2 and
the execution of the affidavit required by this Code section, the judge of the
probate court shall issue a certificate of eligibility stating that the
applicant has furnished the proof required for the issuance of a certificate of
exemption required by the commissioner of veterans service.
Such
certificate of eligibility shall be valid for five years from the date of
issue."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.