hb279_Sen_floor_amend_2_AM_34_0053

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NOT GERMANE

Senators Adelman of the 42nd, Zamarripa of the 36th, Reed of the 35th and Weber of the 40th offered the following amendment:

Amend HB 279 by inserting after "vehicles;" on line 3 on page 1 the following:
"to amend Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to maximum speed limits, so as to provide a short title; to provide for a maximum speed limit for certain vehicles on certain highways in this state;"

By renumbering Section 2 as Section 3.

By inserting the following between lines 15 and 16 on page 2:

"SECTION 2.

Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to maximum speed limits, is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follows:

'(d) This subsection shall be known and may be cited as "Culluḿs Law." Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, no person shall drive a vehicle having ten or more wheels or an empty weight in excess of 8,000 pounds in excess of 55 miles per hour:

(1) On a highway on the federal interstate system or on physically divided highways with full control of access which are outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more that have a posted or designated maximum speed limit of 70 miles per hour;

(2) On a highway on the federal interstate system or on physically divided highways with full control of access which are outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more that have a posted or designated maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour; or

(3) On those sections of physically divided highways without full access control on the state highway system that have a posted or designated maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour.

Such maximum speed limit for vehicles having ten or more wheels or an empty weight in excess of 8,000 pounds shall be appropriately posted or designated on such highways along with the maximum speed limit for other vehicles.'"