Cherished Car Numberplates for Georgia

The money actually represents a savings, said committee Chairman Jack Hill, R-Reidsville. Otherwise, senators would have been forced to add $1.2 million to the $17.4 billion amended budget recommended by Gov. Sonny Perdue to buy a new supply of traditional cherished car numberplates, Hill said.

“The (manufacturing) process will be faster, and the cherished car numberplates are cheaper,” he said.

Georgia would begin shifting to flat motor vehicle cherished car numberplates instead of the traditional raised-letter tags under an initiative approved by a Senate committee Tuesday.

The Appropriations Committee unanimously adopted an amended 2010 budget that includes $600,000 to launch the program this spring, the last quarter of the fiscal year.