Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 560-10-22-.13 — Issuance of Special License Plates Commemorating Certain Organizations, Institutions, Associations or Groups

(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. Cite as Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-10-22-.13 Authority: O.C.G.A. Sec. 40-2-60.1 . History. Original Rule entitled "Issuance of Special License Plates Commemorating Certain Organizations, Institutions, Associations or Groups" adopted. F. Feb. 17, 1998; eff. Mar. 9, 1998.