HB 950 - Motor vehicles; assembled; registration and licensing; provide

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Committees

HC:MotV
SC:PUB SAF

Current Status

04/04/08 - Senate Disagrees House Amend/Sub

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for registration and licensing of assembled motor vehicles and motorcycles; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificates of title for motor vehicles, so as to provide for the issuance of certificates of title to owners of assembled motor vehicles and motorcycles; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date	Time	Vote No	Yeas	Nays	NV	Exc	Description
02/14/2008	12:01PM	House Vote #580	159	000	012	009	PASS
04/02/2008	5:29PM	Senate Vote #942	051	000	000	005	PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
04/04/2008	2:21PM	House Vote #1056	134	002	032	012	Agree Sen Sub as Am

Status History

Bill History
Date	Action
01/16/2008	House First Readers
01/17/2008	House Second Readers
02/08/2008	House Committee Favorably Reported
02/14/2008	House Third Readers
02/14/2008	House Passed/Adopted
02/19/2008	Senate Read and Referred
03/27/2008	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/28/2008	Senate Read Second Time
04/02/2008	Senate Third Read
04/02/2008	Senate Passed/Adopted
04/04/2008	House Agree Senate Amend or Sub
04/04/2008	Senate Disagrees House Amend/Sub

Footnotes

4/4/2008 House agrees to Senate Substitute as House amended

Versions

08 AM 33 0670

NOT GERMANE

Senators Thomas of the 54th, Moody of the 56th, Hawkins of the 49th, Seay of the 34th, Grant of the 25th and others offered the following amendment:

Amend the Senate committee substitute to HB 950 by inserting after "interests;" on line 7 of page 1 the following:

"to amend Code Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use of safety belts in passenger vehicles, so as to eliminate certain exceptions to the required use of safety belts; "

By inserting a new Section 7A on page 5 between lines 34 and 35 to read as follows:

"SECTION 7A.

Code Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use of safety belts in passenger vehicles, is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows:

"(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'passenger vehicle' means every motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, pickup trucks, vans, or sport utility vehicles, designed to carry ten passengers or less fewer and used for the transportation of persons. Such term shall not include motorcycles, motor driven cycles, or farm vehicles equipped for and used primarily for off-road agricultural use but shall not mean pickup trucks, motorcycles, motor driven cycles, or vehicles equipped for off-road use, provided that the term 'passenger vehicle' includes any sport utility vehicle and also includes pickup trucks for any occupant who is under 18 years of age."