06 LC 33
1109
House
Bill 1114
By:
Representatives Jackson of the
161st,
Day of the
163rd,
and Sailor of the
93rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the use of safety belts in passenger vehicles, so as to require the use of
safety belts in pickup trucks; to require the use of safety belts by occupants
in the rear seats of a passenger vehicle; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use
of safety belts in passenger vehicles, is amended by striking subsections (a)
and (b) and inserting in their respective places new subsections (a) and (b) to
read as follows:
∀(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'passenger vehicle' means every motor
vehicle designed to carry ten passengers or less and used for the transportation
of persons but shall not mean
pickup
trucks, motorcycles, motor driven cycles,
or vehicles equipped for off-road use, provided that the term 'passenger
vehicle' includes any sport utility vehicle
and also
includes pickup trucks for any occupant who is under 18 years of
age.
(b)
Each occupant of the front
seat
and rear
seats of a passenger vehicle shall, while
such passenger vehicle is being operated on a public road, street, or highway of
this state, be restrained by a seat safety belt approved under Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard
208.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.