§ 15-243. Investigation and issuance.

(a)

Upon filing of an application for a solicitor's permit, the police department shall review the application for the purpose of ascertaining whether the applicant has plead to, or has been convicted of, a felony, or a misdemeanor involving violence or moral turpitude. After ascertaining that the application has been properly completed, and that the applicant has not been disqualified by virtue of prior pleas of conviction, the finance department shall approve the application.

(b)

In any case in which it appears to the finance department that a solicitor's permit should not be issued to an applicant, the finance department shall so inform the applicant, and upon the applicant's request, shall furnish the applicant with a reasonably detailed written statement of the reasons why the permit will not be issued.

(c)

Following approval of the permit application and prior to issuance of a permit, the applicant shall obtain a business license and pay the required license fee.

(d)

Upon payment of the business license fee, the applicant shall receive from the finance department a copy of the license application, which the applicant shall then carry to the police department. Upon payment by the applicant of a fee in the amount established by action of the board of commissioners, a copy of which is on file in the office of the clerk of the board of commissioners, the police department shall photograph the applicant and provide the applicant with a permit bearing the applicant's photograph, name, and organization, and identifying the applicant as a solicitor.

(Code 1976, §§ 7-1161, 7-1163, 7-1165, 7-1175(a); Ord. No. 89-19, § 3(c), 5-9-89; Ord. No. 11-02, Pt. I, § 1, 11-27-01)

State law reference

Exemption of blind persons, disabled veterans, etc., from license fees, O.C.G.A. § 43-12-1 et seq.