05 LC 9
1618S
The
Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee offered the following
substitute to SB 93:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally,
so as to prohibit the use of plastic, other types of material, or body parts
covering license plates; 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
1 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, is amended by inserting
immediately following Code Section 40-2-6 a new Code Section 40-2-6.1 to read as
follows:
"40-2-6.1.
Any
person who willfully covers any license plate with plastic, other material, or
any part of his or her body in order to prevent or impede the ability of
surveillance equipment to clearly photograph or otherwise obtain a clear image
of the license plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine
not to exceed
$1,000.00."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.