06 LC
35 0080
House
Bill 1171
By:
Representatives Day of the
163rd,
Murphy of the
23rd,
Ralston of the
7th,
and Amerson of the
9th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-61 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the surrender and return of
driverś
licenses, so as to provide for a specific date of surrender of a
driveŕs
license for the computation of license suspensions and revocations; to change
certain provisions relating to the surrender and return of
driverś
licenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-5-61 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
surrender and return of
driverś
licenses, is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting a new subsection
(e) to read as follows:
∀(e)
For the purpose of making any determination under this Code section relating to
the return of revoked or suspended licenses to drivers, the period of revocation
or suspension shall begin on the date the license is surrendered to the
department or a court of competent jurisdiction under any provision of this
chapter or on the date that the
department
processes the citation or conviction
or judgment is
entered, whichever date shall first occur.
If the license is lost, or for any other reason surrender to the department is
impossible, the period of revocation or suspension may begin on the date set
forth in a sworn affidavit setting forth the date and reasons for such
impossibility, if the department shall have sufficient evidence to believe that
the date set forth in such affidavit is true; in the absence of such evidence,
the date of receipt of such affidavit by the department shall be
controlling;
but in no event shall the date of surrender be calculated from any date
following the date of
conviction.∀
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.