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ADOPTED
The
Senate Transportation Committee offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 279 by adding "To amend Code Section 32-6-24 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to lengths of vehicles and loads, so as to increase the
permissible length for semitrailers; to" and deleting "To" on line 1 on page
1.
By
renumbering Sections 1 and 2 as Sections 2 and 3, respectively.
By
adding the following between lines 5 and 6 on page 1:
"SECTION
1.
Code
Section 32-6-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to lengths
of vehicles and loads, is amended by deleting "and" at the end of subparagraph
(b)(1)(D) and inserting a new subparagraph (b)(1)(F) to read as
follows:
'(F)
Semitrailer length requirements in this paragraph shall not apply to truck
tractor-semitrailer combinations operating on interstate highways, STAA system
routes, or other roads within a corridor extending 15 miles on either side of
such interstate highways or STAA routes unless signs that indicate semitrailer
length restrictions are posted; provided, however, such truck
tractor-semitrailer combinations do not have semitrailers exceeding 57 feet in
length and the maximum total gross weight of the vehicle and load does not
exceed 50,000 pounds;
and'".