06 LC
35 0101
Senate
Bill 570
By:
Senator Carter of the 13th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-8-73.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to affixing of materials which reduce light transmission or increase light
reflectance through windows or windshields of motor vehicles, so as to authorize
a person who is a certified optometrist to provide an attestation in support of
a medical exemption for restrictions to limitations on reducing light
transmission or increasing light reflectance on windows of motor vehicles; 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.
Code
Section 40-8-73.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
affixing of materials which reduce light transmission or increase light
reflectance through windows or windshields of motor vehicles, is amended by
striking subsection (d) and inserting a new subsection (d) to read as
follows:
"(d)
The Department of Public Safety may, upon application from a person required for
medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and only if such
application is supported by written attestation of such fact from a person
licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43 or
a person
certified as an optometrist under Chapter 30 of Title
43, issue an exemption from the provisions
of this Code section for any motor vehicle owned by such person or in which such
person is a habitual passenger. The exemption shall be issued with such
conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by the Department of Public
Safety."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2006.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.