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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-12-4. Description of proposed business.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-12-4. Description of proposed business.

All persons eligible for a certificate of exemption to be issued by the commissioner of veterans service shall state in their application filed with the commissioner of veterans service the kind of business to be operated and the place where such business is proposed to be carried on; and only the business described in the application shall be exempt from the payment of state, county, and municipal business or occupation taxes or administrative fees and regulatory fees imposed by local governments. No person shall operate in his or her own name any other business than that described in his or her application filed with the commissioner of veterans service.

## History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 431, § 7; Ga. L. 1971, p. 348, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1401, § 15; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1268, § 1.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 1401, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: “It is the intent of this Act to implement certain changes required by Article IV, Section V, Paragraph I, subparagraph (b) of the [1976] Constitution of the State of Georgia.” See Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IV, Sec. V, Para. I.