Senate Bill 81

Chair's Name: Tom Rice

Committee: Motor Vehicles

Senate Sponsor: Chip Pearson

House Sponsor: Earl Ehrhart

SB 81 cleans up the specialty license plate code sections and creates additional specialty plates to commemorate 100 years of scouting to benefit the Boys Scouts of America, as well as a plates to benefit the Georgia Council for the Arts, the treatment of autism, the Garden Club of Georgia, Georgia Junior Golf Foundation, and the Cobb County Public Schools Education Foundation.

This bill received a Do Pass recommendation from the Motor Vehicles Committee and comes to the House Floor under the Modified Structured Rule. 

Chairman Rice's opinion of this legislation:

WHAT PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY DOES THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESS?

This bill seeks to streamline the process of creating special license plates, by requiring nonprofit groups wishing to create one to meet all the criteria and have it certified by the Department of Revenue before the General Assembly considers it. 

WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION?

This bill comes in response to the amount of proposed special plates considered by the General Assembly each year that never meet the requirements for production.

THIS LEGISLATION:

• Reduces the Size of Government:

Cuts down on the time spent on special plates by not having to consider those that can�t meet all requirements.

• Increases Personal Responsibility:

Requires those nonprofit groups wishing to create special tags for their benefit to do the work to satisfy Department of Revenue before any legislative action is taken.