LC 34 0482
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 delete a
prohibition against the sale or exchange of tokens, transfers, transaction
cards, or tickets without consent; 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:
(1)
Sells, makes, or possesses any coin, note, token, transfer, transaction card, or
similar article 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, transfer, transaction card, ticket, fare medium,
or similar article 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)(2)
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)(3)
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)(4)
Gains entry into or on any bus, rapid rail car, or station through the use of a
transcard, transaction card, or other similar fare media which is the property
of another
person.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.