05 LC 28
1960
House
Bill 82
By:
Representatives Powell of the
29th
and Hembree of the
67th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for certain penalties for a
driver who commits a right of way violation resulting in a collision with a
motorcyclist, pedestrian, or bicyclist; to provide that a driver who violates
certain traffic laws and causes serious injury to a person shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor; 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
6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to uniform
rules of the road, is amended by adding a new Code Section 40-6-77 to read as
follows:
"40-6-77.
Any
person who causes an injury to another person as a result of a collision with a
motorcyclist, bicyclist, or pedestrian by committing any right of way violation
under this chapter when such motorcyclist, bicyclist, or pedestrian is abiding
by the provisions of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $250.00 in addition to any period of
imprisonment that may also be
imposed."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended in Code Section 40-6-394, relating to serious injury
by vehicle, by designating the existing provisions as subsection (a) and adding
a new subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
Whoever, without an intention to do so, shall cause bodily harm to another by
depriving him or her of a member of his or her body, by rendering a member of
his or her body useless, by seriously disfiguring his or her body or a member
thereof, or by causing organic brain damage which renders the body or any member
thereof useless through a violation of any other provision of this title other
than Code Section 40-6-390 or 40-6-391 shall be guilty of the crime of serious
injury by vehicle. A person convicted under this Code section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Code Section
17-10-3."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.