Georgia § 48-5-470 - 1. Exemption of motor vehicles used for transporting persons with disabilities or disabled students to or from educational institutions.
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§ 48-5-470. 1. Exemption of motor vehicles used for transporting persons with disabilities or disabled students to or from educational institutions.
All motor vehicles owned by a school or educational institution and used principally for the purpose of transporting persons with disabilities or disabled students to or from such school or educational institution are exempted from any and all ad valorem taxes imposed by any tax jurisdiction in this state. The exemption provided for in this Code section shall apply only when such school or educational institution is qualified as an exempt organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3), as such section exists on January 1, 1984. (Code 1981, § 48-5-470.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 788, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 9; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 11.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that that Act applies to taxable years ending on or after March 11, 1987, and that a taxpayer with a taxable year ending on or after January 1, 1987, and before March 11, 1987, may elect to have the provisions of that Act apply. Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, also provided that tax, penalty, and interest liabilities and refund eligibility for prior taxable years shall not be affected by that Act. Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10 not codified by the General Assembly, also provided that provisions of the federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 and of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which as of January 1, 1987, were not yet effective, become effective for purposes of Georgia taxation on the same dates as they became effective for federal purposes.
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