08 LC 34
1696
House
Bill 1349
By:
Representatives Floyd of the
99th,
Cox of the
102nd,
Reese of the
98th,
Rice of the
51st,
Thomas of the
100th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 11 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions for the uniform rules of the
road for motor vehicles, so as to prohibit the carrying of ladders stacked more
than three high in a ladder rack; to provide for a penalty; 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
11 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to miscellaneous provisions for the uniform rules of the road for motor
vehicles, is revised by inserting a new Code section to read as
follows:
"40-6-254.1.
(a)
In addition to the requirements contained in Code Section 40-6-254, no person
shall operate any motor vehicle with ladders attached to the vehicle unless such
vehicle has an installed ladder rack or other cargo rack that is manufactured
for the purpose of carrying ladders or other cargo on a vehicle and that is
secured to the top of such vehicle or, in the case of a pickup truck, attached
to the bed of such truck.
(b)
No person shall operate any motor vehicle with ladders stacked more than three
high on either side of an installed ladder rack or other cargo
rack.
(c)
No person shall operate any motor vehicle while carrying any cargo, including
walk boards, stacked more than 20 inches high in the space between stacked
ladders in an installed ladder rack or other cargo rack.
(d)
No person shall operate a vehicle carrying ladders without properly securing
such ladders with at least two ratcheting tiedown straps that are anchored in at
least two points and interlaced so as to prevent the ladders from moving
forward, backward, or laterally.
(e)
Any person who operates a vehicle in violation of this Code section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2008.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.