07 LC 34
0932
Senate
Bill 38
By:
Senators Rogers of the 21st, Whitehead, Sr. of the 24th, Carter of the 13th,
Mullis of the 53rd, Chapman of the 3rd and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to when a certificate of title is required for a motor vehicle, so as to require
an owner of a vehicle, unless otherwise exempt, to present a valid Georgia
driver´s license or identification card when registering or renewing the
registration of a vehicle; to provide for related matters; to provide for an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when a
certificate of title is required for a motor vehicle, is amended by revising
subsection (c) as follows:
"(c)
When the owner of a vehicle is required to have a certificate of title, the tag
agent or the commissioner shall not register or renew the registration of such
vehicle
until:
(1)
A
a
certificate of title has been issued or applied
for;
and.
(2)
The owner of the vehicle, except for persons expressly exempted in Code Section
40-5-21, has presented a valid Georgia driver´s license or Georgia
identification card."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2007.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.