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The
House Committee on Public Safety offers the following substitute to HB
242:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 3 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to traffic-control signal monitoring devices, so as to
change provisions regarding reports of use of such devices to elected officials;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
3 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to traffic-control signal monitoring devices, is amended by striking Code
Section 40-14-24, relating to reporting of traffic-control signal monitoring
device use to elected officials, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"40-14-24.
Each
county or municipality using any traffic-control signal monitoring device shall
submit not later than February 1 of each year a report on such use during the
preceding calendar year to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor,
and
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives,
the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Majority Leader
and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives,
and the chairpersons and members of the Senate Committee on Public Safety and
Homeland Defense and the House Committee on Public
Safety. Such report shall include,
without limitation:
(1)
A description of the locations where traffic-control signal monitoring devices
were used;
(2)
The number of violations recorded at each location and in the aggregate on a
monthly basis;
(3)
The total number of citations issued;
(4)
The number of civil monetary penalties and total amount of such penalties paid
after citation without contest;
(5)
The number of violations adjudicated and results of such adjudications,
including a breakdown of dispositions made;
(6)
The total amount of civil monetary penalties paid; and
(7)
The quality of the adjudication process and its
results."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.