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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-2-156. Proportional license fees for certain vehicles registered during specific months.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-2-156. Proportional license fees for certain vehicles registered during specific months.

Any person registering any of the vehicles named in paragraph (3), (9), or (10) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-151, except those named in divisions (a)(3)(A)(i), (a)(3)(A)(ii), (a)(3)(A)(iii), (a)(10)(A)(i), (a)(10)(A)(ii), and (a)(10)(A)(iii) of Code Section 40-2-151 between the dates of:

(1) March 1 and May 31 of any year shall pay three-fourths of the annual license fee provided in this article;

(2) June 1 and August 31 of any year shall pay one-half of the annual license fee provided in this article; or

(3) September 1 and November 30 of any year shall pay one-fourth of the annual license fee provided in this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 259, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1031, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 606, § 1; Code 1933, § 91A-5307, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Code 1981, § 48-10-7; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1053, § 6; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 48; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 48; Ga. L. 1997, p. 419, § 40; Code 1981, § 40-2-156, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, §§ 1, 4, 5.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall not abate any prosecution, punishment, penalty, administrative proceedings or remedies, or civil action related to any violation of law committed prior to the effective date of this Act.” This act became effective July 1, 2002.

## Law Reviews

For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 215 (1997).