08 LC 25
5240S
The
House Committee on Game, Fish and Parks offers the following substitute to HB
1070:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 7 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to off-road vehicles, so as to prohibit operation of the vehicles within certain
waterways; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
7 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to off-road
vehicles, is amended by revising Code Section 40-7-4, relating to operating
restrictions on off-road vehicles, as follows:
"40-7-4.
Any
person operating an off-road vehicle under any of the following conditions shall
be deemed to be in violation of this chapter and subject to the penalties
provided in Code Section 40-7-6:
(1)
Without operative brakes or without mufflers or other silencing
equipment;
(2)
On any private property without the express written permission of the owner of
the property or his
agent;
(3)
Within the banks of any navigable stream or waterway in this state;
or
(4)
Within the banks of any nonnavigable stream or waterway without written
permission of the riparian owners of adjacent upland property or their
agents."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 40-7-6, relating to
enforcement and penalties for violations of the provisions relating to off-road
vehicles, as follows:
"40-7-6.
All
peace officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any person who
violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$25.00."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.