06 LC 28
2839S
House
Bill 954 (RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Geisinger of the
48th,
Chambers of the
81st,
Lindsey of the
54th,
Millar of the
79th,
Franklin of the
43rd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to offenses against public transportation, so as to provide
for circumstances under which it is unlawful to alter a public transportation
fare medium or enter buses, rail vehicles, or stations without payment of the
proper fare to the public transportation provider; to provide for related
matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
4 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to offenses against public transportation, is amended by striking in its
entirety Code Section 16-12-120.1, relating to altered fare coins, notes,
tokens, transfers, and transaction cards and the sale or exchange of tokens,
transfers, transaction cards, or tickets without consent, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"16-12-120.1.
A
person who commits or attempts to commit any of the following acts shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor
if such
person:
(1)
Sells, makes, or possesses any coin,
note,
token, stored
value card, transfer, transaction card,
ticket,
or similar
article
any other fare
medium which has been altered from its
original condition contrary to its intended use to enter or gain entry into or
on any bus, rail vehicle, or station;
(2)
Sells or exchanges any token,
stored value
card, transfer, transaction card, ticket,
fare medium, or similar article
which was
obtained by fraudulent or illegal means and which
is used or to be used as payment for entry
into or on any bus, rail vehicle, or terminal without the express consent of the
public transit agency owning or operating such vehicles or
stations;
(3)
Offers entry or provides entry into or on any bus, rapid rail car, or station to
any person without the payment of the proper fare to the public transit agency
owning or operating such vehicles or stations;
(4)
Gains entry into or on any bus, rapid rail car, or station without the payment
of the proper fare
to the
public transit agency owning or operating such vehicles or
stations; or
(5)
Gains entry into or on any bus, rapid rail car, or station through the use of a
transcard
coin, token,
transfer, transaction card,
ticket,
or
any
other
similar
fare
media
medium
which is the property of another person
when the use
of such medium is limited by its terms to a single user. This paragraph shall
not apply to stored value cards or similar fare media which deduct the cost of
the fare from the value stored on the card or other fare medium each time such
card or other fare medium is
used."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.