Renewal applications or supplemental information for the preceding year filed after December 31st of each year may be rejected by the Secretary of State, and all applications filed or completed after that date may be required to be in the form of an initial registration application, accompanied by the payment of all fees incident to an initial registration.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 590-9-2-.04
O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-17-3, 43-17-10.