06 LC
33 1403S
The
Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee offered the following
substitute to SB 524:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
authority to regulate time periods and to establish zones of use for off-road
vehicles, so as to provide that off-road vehicles driven or ridden legally on
private property for sport or for training purposes shall not cause such private
property to be subject to local ordinances regarding noise control, noise
pollution, or noise abatement except under certain circumstances; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authority
to regulate time periods and to establish zones of use for off-road vehicles, is
amended by adding a new subsection to the end of such Code section to read as
follows:
"(c)
No off-road vehicle driven or ridden legally on private property for sport or
for training purposes shall cause such private property to be subject to local
ordinances regarding noise control, noise pollution, or noise abatement unless
it can be shown that the off-road vehicle was driven or ridden within 100 yards
of a residence on adjacent
property."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.