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Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-49.2

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(a) In order to promote and financially benefit the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund established pursuant to Code Section 32-6-75.2, there shall be issued special and distinctive wildflower license plates to promote roadside enhancement and beautification projects and programs.

(b) The Department of Transportation shall design special distinctive license plates appropriate to promote conservation of wildflowers within the state. The wildflower motor vehicle license plate must be of the same size and general design of general issue motor vehicle license plates; such plates shall include a unique identifying number, whereby the total characters do not exceed the sum of six, provided that no two recipients receive identical plates. Such design shall provide space in which to indicate the name of the county of issuance.

(c) The design of the initial edition of the wildflower motor vehicle license plate, as well as the design of subsequent editions and excepting only any part or parts of the designs owned by others and licensed to the state, shall be owned solely by the State of Georgia for its exclusive use and control, except as authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner may take such steps as may be necessary to give notice of and protect such right, including the copyright or copyrights. However, such steps shall be cumulative of the ownership and exclusive use and control established by this subsection as a matter of law, and no person shall reproduce or otherwise use such design or designs, except as authorized by the commissioner.

(d) Any Georgia resident who is the owner of a motor vehicle, except a vehicle registered under the International Registration Plan, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon the payment of a fee of not more than $25.00 in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall be issued a wildflower motor vehicle license plate. Revalidation decals shall, upon payment of fees required by law and collected by the county tag agent and remitted to the state as provided in Code Section 40-2-34, be issued for wildflower fund license plates in the same manner as provided for general issue license plates.

(e) The funds derived from the sale of wildflower motor vehicle license plates, less a $1.00 processing fee which shall be granted to county tag offices per plate sold and less the actual manufacturing cost of the plates, shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation to be deposited in the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund established by Code Section 32-6-75.2 and shall be expended only for the purposes enumerated in Code Section 32-6-75.2.

(f) An applicant may request a wildflower motor vehicle license plate any time during the applicant´s registration period. If a wildflower motor vehicle license plate is to replace a current valid license plate, the department shall issue the wildflower motor vehicle license plate with appropriate decals attached. When an applicant requests a wildflower motor vehicle license plate at the beginning of the registration period, the applicant shall pay the tax together with all applicable fees.

(g) Wildflower motor vehicle license plates shall be transferred from one vehicle to another vehicle in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 40-2-42.

(h) Wildflower motor vehicle license plates shall be issued within 30 days of application.

(i) The commissioner is authorized to establish procedures and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code section.

Last modified: April 25, 2006