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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES |
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Chapter 12. DISABLED VETERANS AND BLIND PERSONS ENGAGING IN PEDDLING, OPERATING BUSINESSES, OR PRACTICING PROFESSIONS |
Chapter 12. DISABLED VETERANS AND BLIND PERSONS ENGAGING IN PEDDLING, OPERATING BUSINESSES, OR PRACTICING PROFESSIONS
| § 43-12-1. Exemption from payment of occupation tax, administrative fee, or regulatory fee |
| § 43-12-2. Qualifications; proof of blindness, handicap, or disability |
| § 43-12-3. Application for certificate of eligibility; ten-year period of validity |
| § 43-12-4. Description of proposed business |
| § 43-12-5. Certificate of eligibility as prima-facie evidence of right to a certificate of exemption; requirement of additional proof; rules and regulations as to certificates of exemption |
| § 43-12-6. Cancellation or suspension of certificates of exemption |
| § 43-12-7. Payment of income taxes by applicants for exemption |
| § 43-12-8. Restrictions on businesses, professions, or semiprofessions which may be engaged in |
| § 43-12-9. Utilization of certificate of exemption by person other than lawful holder |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 43 Chapter 12 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Veterans preference, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IV, Sec. III, Para. II. Veteran's affairs, T. 38, C. 4. Peddlers and itinerant traders, § 43-32-1 et seq. Veterans' civil service preference, T. 45, C. 2, A. 2.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
EDITOR'S NOTES. --In light of the similarity of the provisions, opinions under former Code 1933, Ch. 84-20 are included in the annotations for this chapter.
ALTHOUGH CITIES MAY COMPEL DISABLED VETERANS TO OBTAIN LICENSES, CITIES CANNOT COMPEL PAYMENT FOR LICENSES. --If one has qualified as a disabled veteran under provisions of this chapter, a city cannot compel that veteran to pay license fee or tax imposed upon conduct of that veteran's business; however, if the city has enacted by valid ordinance under police powers vested in the city regulating businesses, the city may require one to obtain a license under provisions of that ordinance though one still may not be required to pay any fee for such license. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 904.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND INSURANCE AGENTS NOT EXEMPT FROM PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEES. --Veteran's certificate of exemption issued under authority of this chapter does not exempt either a real estate broker or a general insurance agent from payment of license fees. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 229 (decided under former Code 1933, Ch. 84-20, as it read prior to its revision by Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 431, § 2.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 24 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 89 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 61 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 18 et seq., 60 et seq. New Topic Service, Americans with Disabilities Act, § 1 et seq.
C.J.S. --15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 266 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 398, 614, 615. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1063. 16C C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1351 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 15 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 49 et seq. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 79 et seq., 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
EDITOR'S NOTES. --In light of the similarity of the provisions, opinions under former Code 1933, Ch. 84-20 are included in the annotations for this chapter.
ALTHOUGH CITIES MAY COMPEL DISABLED VETERANS TO OBTAIN LICENSES, CITIES CANNOT COMPEL PAYMENT FOR LICENSES. --If one has qualified as a disabled veteran under provisions of this chapter, a city cannot compel that veteran to pay license fee or tax imposed upon conduct of that veteran's business; however, if the city has enacted by valid ordinance under police powers vested in the city regulating businesses, the city may require one to obtain a license under provisions of that ordinance though one still may not be required to pay any fee for such license. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 904.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND INSURANCE AGENTS NOT EXEMPT FROM PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEES. --Veteran's certificate of exemption issued under authority of this chapter does not exempt either a real estate broker or a general insurance agent from payment of license fees. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 229 (decided under former Code 1933, Ch. 84-20, as it read prior to its revision by Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 431, § 2.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 24 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 89 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 61 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 18 et seq., 60 et seq. New Topic Service, Americans with Disabilities Act, § 1 et seq.
C.J.S. --15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 266 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 398, 614, 615. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1063. 16C C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1351 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 15 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 49 et seq. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 79 et seq., 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.