A single motor vehicle owned by or leased to a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who has been awarded the Purple Heart citation and who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and on which such veteran actually places a motor vehicle license plate he or she receives from the State of Georgia pursuant to Code Section 40-2-84 is hereby exempted from all ad valorem taxes for state, county, municipal, and school purposes.
OCGA § 48-5-478.2