06 HB 513/AP
House
Bill 513 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Scott of the
153rd
and Day of the
163rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
keeping of records of applications for licenses and information on licensees and
furnishing of information, so as to provide for furnishing of driver history
information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to keeping of
records of applications for licenses and information on licensees and furnishing
of information, is amended by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (f) and
inserting in its place the following:
"(4)
To a local fire or law enforcement department, a copy of the abstract of the
driving record of any applicant for employment or any current employee
and to the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of providing a local fire or law
enforcement department with the abstract through the Criminal Justice
Information System. It shall be unlawful
for any person who receives an abstract of the driving record of an individual
under this subsection to disclose any information pertaining to such abstract or
to make any use thereof except in the performance of official duties with the
local fire or law enforcement
department;".
SECTION
2.
Said
Code section is further amended by striking subparagraph (c)(1)(A) and inserting
in its place a new subparagraph to read as follows:
"(A)
With the written instructions and consent of the driver upon whom the operating
record has been made and
compiled; such
instructions and consent shall be signed by the driver but shall not be required
to be
notarized;".
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.