Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 560 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE › Chapter 560-10 - MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION › Subject 560-10-22 - ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PRESTIGE LICENSE PLATES › Rule 560-10-22-.13 - Issuance of Special License Plates Commemorating Certain Organizations, Institutions, Associations or Groups

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Any Georgia organization, institution,
				association or group desiring the approval of the issuance of a special license
				plate commemorating the organization, institution, association, or group shall
				submit a request to the Department of Form T-212. The application shall include
				the name of the organization, its address and telephone number, the name,
				address and telephone number of the authorized representative of the
				organization, institution, association or group, and shall be accompanied by a
				proposed design for the license plate compatible with the standard design for
				special license plates adopted by the commissioner, and surety bond, along with
				any other information the commissioner requires.
(2) The organization, institution,
				association or group shall be responsible for any copyright, slogan, logo or
				graphic necessary for the manufacture of the special license plate. Such
				copyright, slogan, logo or graphic must be assigned to the State of Georgia for
				the purpose of manufacturing the commemorative license plate.
(3) No special license plate will be approved
				that adversely affects public safety. No special license plate shall be
				approved by the commissioner which is determined to be obscene, profane, or
				defamatory of a religious belief or being, race or ethnic group.
(4) After initial approval by the
				commissioner, applications for special license plates will be held by each
				organization, institution, association or group until at least 1,000
				applications are received. If 1,000 or more applications for the special
				license plate are not received by the deadline for application, a special
				license plate will not be manufactured. The organization, institution,
				association, or group holding the applications will refund the manufacturing
				fee to the applicant within 30 days of the application deadline. When the
				minimum number of requests are received, the applications and manufacturing
				fees will be forwarded by the organization to the commissioner within 15 days
				of the end of the application period accompanied by the final design of the
				special license plate. The applications will be approved by the commissioner
				and the applicants will be mailed approval notices prior to their registration
				period. The license plate will be sent to the applicant's county tag agent, and
				will be issued to the individual upon the individual's presentation of the
				approval notice, tag application and applicable fees and taxes to the county
				tag agent during the applicant's registration period.
(5) A special license plate commemorating a
				Georgia organization, institution, association or group may be issued to an
				owner of a passenger car, trailer, truck, or van type vehicle which is not
				registered under the International Registration Plan and does not exceed 14,000
				pounds owner's declared weight, provided that form MV-9Q accompanied by a
				manufacturing fee of $25 per license plate requested is submitted to the
				organization, institution, association or group between January 1 and July 31
				in the year preceding the year of issuance.
(6) There is no limit to the number of
				applications an individual may submit for a special license plate; however,
				only one such plate will be issued for each vehicle owned, jointly owned, or
				leased by the individual.
(7) In
				addition to the initial $25 manufacturing fee, the annual registration of an
				authorized vehicle with a special license plate will include the following: $20
				registration/license plate/decal fee, applicable ad valorem taxed and a $25
				annual registration fee.
(8) All
				fees collected by a county tag agent and all manufacturing fees submitted by
				the organization, institution, association, or group to the commissioner shall
				be deposited into the state treasury.
(9) Before any organization, institution,
				association, or group shall be approved for a special commemorative license
				plate, such organization, institution, association or group shall be required
				to give an annual performance bond in the amount of $25,000 with good and
				sufficient surety or sureties licensed to do business in this state payable to,
				in favor of, and for the protection of either the organization, the applicant,
				or the Revenue commissioner. Such bond shall be posted before any applications
				are accepted for the manufacture of a special license plate by the
				organization, institution, association, or group.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  40-2-60.1.