06 LC 28
2911
House
Bill 1505
By:
Representatives Heckstall of the
62nd,
Holmes of the
61st,
Williams of the
89th,
Jordan of the
77th,
and Johnson of the
37th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as
to require certain counties and municipalities within such counties that license
or regulate taxicabs to require as a condition of licensure or operation within
such jurisdiction to have certain safety equipment installed in each taxicab; to
provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, is amended by
inserting a new Code Section 36-60-24 to read as follows:
"36-60-24.
On
and after July 1, 2006, each county in this state with a population of 235,000
or more persons according to the United States decennial census of 2000 or any
future such census and every municipality located within such county that
licenses the operation of taxicabs within its jurisdiction shall require as a
condition for the issuance or renewal of a license for the operation of a
taxicab that a bullet resistant barrier be installed in such taxicab separating
the driver of such taxicab from the back seat passenger
compartment."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.