Georgia Code
Article 3 - Prestige License Plates and Special Plates for Certain Persons and Vehicles
§ 40-2-85.3. Gold Star License Plates

History. Code 1981, § 40-2-86.18 , enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 741, § 1/SB 523; Code 1981, § 40-2-85.3 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-76; Ga. L. 2010, p. 141, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 816, § 4/HB 48; Ga. L. 2018, p. 159, § 1/HB 287.
Cross references.
Exemption from ad valorem taxation for state, county, municipal, and school purposes of homesteads of unremarried surviving spouses of U.S. service members killed in action, § 48-5-52.1 .
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, in subsection (d), inserted a comma following “motor vehicle” in the third sentence, substituted “stepparent” for “step-parent” in the fourth sentence, substituted “Up to two free license plates shall be allowed for any eligible family member” for “One free license plate shall be allowed for the spouse, mother, and father,” in the fifth sentence, deleted the former sixth and seventh sentences, which read: “Siblings, children, step-parents, or surviving spouses of siblings of service members may purchase Gold Star license plates for motor vehicles registered in this state. The cost of a Gold Star license plate shall be established by the department, but shall not exceed the cost of other specialty license plates.”; and, in subsection (f), substituted “Free Gold Star license plates shall be issued only to eligible family members” for “A free Gold Star license plate shall be issued only to the spouse, mother, and father of service members” in the first sentence, and deleted “, except for nonresident siblings or surviving spouses of such nonresident siblings,” following “family member” in the second sentence.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, Code Section 40-2-86.18, as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 801, § 1/SB 539, was redesignated as Code Section 40-2-86.19; Code Section 40-2-86.18 as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 803, § 1/SB 538, was redesignated as Code Section 40-2-86.20; and Code Section 40-2-86.18 as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 1094, § 12/HB 1053, was redesignated as Code Section 40-2-86.21.
The amendment of subsection (a) of this Code section by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-76/HB 1055, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2010, p. 141, § 1. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921); Keener v. McDougall, 232 Ga. 273 (1974).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, “stepparent” was substituted for “stepparrent” in subsection (d).

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