06 LC 35
0162S
The
House Committee on Motor Vehicles offers the following substitute to HB
1171:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to cancellation, suspension, and revocation of
driverś
licenses, so as to require implementation of electronic transmission of uniform
traffic citations to the Department of Driver Services; to provide for related
matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
3 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to cancellation, suspension, and revocation of
driverś
licenses, is amended by striking subsection (b) of Code Section 40-5-53,
relating to when courts have to send
driverś
licenses and reports of convictions to the department, and inserting a new
subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
Every court in each county of this state having jurisdiction over offenses
committed under this chapter and Chapter 6 of this title or any other law of
this state or ordinance adopted by a local authority regulating the operation of
motor vehicles on highways shall forward to the department, within ten days
after the conviction of any person in such court for a violation of any such law
other than regulations governing speeding in a noncommercial motor vehicle for
which no points are assigned under Code Section 40-5-57, standing, or parking, a
uniform citation form authorized by Article 1 of Chapter 13 of this title.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in satisfaction of the
reporting requirement of this subsection, the courts of this state shall
transmit the information contained on the uniform citation form by electronic
means, using the electronic reporting method approved by the department. The
department shall pay to the clerk of the court forwarding the required report
40¢ for each report transmitted electronically in a timely manner as
required in this subsection; and notwithstanding any general or local law to the
contrary, the clerk shall pay such fees over to the general fund of the city or
county operating the court.
Where a
court has not implemented transmittal by electronic means, the commissioner may
require such court or courts to submit by electronic means no later than a
future date to be determined by the
commissioner."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2007.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.