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HB 279 floor amend 1

WITHDRAWN

Senator Williams of the 19th offered the following Floor Amendment to HB 279:

Amend HB 279 by renumbering Sections 3 as Sections 4, respectively.

By adding the following between lines 15 and 16 on page 2

“SECTION 3.

Code Section 32-6-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition of fines related to violations of the load limitations, is amended by striking subsection (a) of said Code Section and inserting in its place the following:

“(a) Any person who violates the load limitation provisions of Code Section 32-6-26 shall be conclusively presumed to have damaged the public roads, including bridges, of this state by reason of such overloading and shall recompense the state for such damage in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) For the first 1,000 pounds of excess weight, 0.8¢ per pound; plus 1.5¢ per pound for the next 2,000 pounds of excess weight; plus 3¢ per pound for the next 2,000 pounds of excess weight; plus 4¢ per pound for the next 3,000 pounds of excess weight; plus 5¢ per pound for all excess weight over 8,000 pounds 5¢ per pound for all excess weight over the allowed weight limitations;