Georgia Code
Article 2 - Registration and Licensing Generally
§ 40-2-31. License Plate Design; Revalidation and County Decals

(b.1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Sections 40-2-131 and 48-2-17, the commissioner shall retain the costs of manufacturing and delivery of license plates, revalidation decals, and county name decals from the registration fee as set forth in Code Section 40-2-151; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to license plates issued pursuant to Article 2B of this chapter.
History. Ga. L. 1927, p. 226, § 8; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 84; Code 1933, § 68-214; Ga. L. 1939, p. 182, § 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 341, § 3; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 343, Part 1, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 659, § 7C; Ga. L. 1969, p. 266, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 615, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 714, §§ 1, 2; Code 1981, § 40-2-29 ; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1584, §§ 2A, 5A; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1333, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 949, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 380, § 3; Code 1981, § 40-2-31 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 809, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1118, § 4; Ga. L. 1997, p. 419, § 6; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 40; Ga. L. 2002, p. 512, § 6; Ga. L. 2006, p. 434, § 1/HB 363; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-67/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1070, § 2/SB 293; Ga. L. 2021, p. 124, § 4/SB 210.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, inserted “or a distinctive number to be displayed electronically upon a license plate by a digital license plate provider pursuant to Article 2B of this chapter” at the end of subsection (a); substituted “Except for license plates issued pursuant to Article 2B of this chapter, the license” for “The license” at the beginning of the third sentence in subsection (b); added the proviso at the end of subsection (b.1); substituted “Except for license plates issued pursuant to Article 2B of this chapter, the face” for “The face” at the beginning of subsection (c); inserted “and the license plate was not issued pursuant to Article 2B of this chapter,” near the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (d); substituted “metal license plate” for “permanent license plate” near the middle of the last sentence of subsection (e); deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (f)(2); substituted “; and” for a period at the end of paragraph (f)(3); added paragraph (f)(4); and substituted “metal license plate” for “permanent license plate” near the beginning of the second sentence and near the end of the last sentence of subsection (g).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, a period was deleted at the beginning of subsection (b.1).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 809, § 22, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Any local law enacted pursuant to Code Section 40-2-21, which is in conflict with the provisions of this Act shall stand repealed on the effective date of this Act.” The act became effective January 1, 1997.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 1118, § 18, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Those parts of Act No. 385, Ga. L. 1995, an Act amending Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and amending Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles and mobile homes, approved April 19, 1995, in conflict with this Act are repealed.”
Ga. L. 2012, p. 1070, § 4/SB 293, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012, and shall apply to license plates issued on or after such date.”
Law reviews.
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 215 (1997).

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