07
LC 34 0962
House
Bill 254
By:
Representatives Roberts of the
154th,
Black of the
174th,
Shaw of the
176th,
McCall of the
30th,
Sheldon of the
105th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to issuance of limited driving permits for certain offenders, so as to allow for
issuance of a limited driving permit to a driver between 18 and 21 years old who
has his or her license suspended for driving 24 or more miles per hour but less
than 34 miles per hour over the speed limit; 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.
Code
Section 40-5-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance
of limited driving permits for certain offenders, is amended by revising
subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)
To whom
issued.
(1)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Code Section 40-5-57 or 40-5-63 or any
other Code section of this chapter, any person who has not been previously
convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of Code Section 40-6-391
within five years, as measured from the dates of previous arrests for which
convictions were obtained or pleas of nolo contendere were accepted to the date
of the current arrest for which a conviction is obtained or a plea of nolo
contendere is accepted, may apply for a limited driving permit when and only
when that person´s driver´s license has been suspended in accordance
with paragraph (2) of subsection (a.1) of Code Section 40-5-22, subsection (d)
of Code Section 40-5-57, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section
40-5-63,
or
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section
40-5-67.2, or
subsection (a) of Code Section 40-5-57.1, when the person is 18 or over and his
or her license was suspended for exceeding the speed limit by 24 miles per hour
or more but less than 34 miles per
hour.
(2)
Any person whose driver´s license has been suspended and who is subject to
a court order for installation and use of an ignition interlock device as a
condition of probation pursuant to the provisions Article 7 of Chapter 8 of
Title 42 may apply for a limited driving permit."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2007.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.