07 HB
317/FA/AP
House
Bill 317 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Ralston of the
7th,
Floyd of the
147th,
Rogers of the
26th,
Smith of the
168th,
Bridges of the
10th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 46-1-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions and exclusions for Title 46, so as to change the definition of motor
contract carrier or motor common carrier; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 46-1-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions and exclusions for Title 46, is amended by revising division
(9)(C)(ii) as follows:
"(ii)
Taxicabs, drays, trucks, buses, and other motor vehicles which operate within
the corporate limits of municipalities and are subject to regulation by the
governing authorities of such municipalities. This exception shall apply to
taxicabs
and buses
such
vehicles even though such vehicles may, in
the prosecution of their regular business, occasionally go beyond the corporate
limits of such
municipalities.
Such exception shall not include such vehicles engaged in the moving of
household goods nor include passenger vans (I) having a capacity of ten persons
or more, (II) conducting nonmetered transportation service and not operated by a
municipality or municipal, county, or regional governmental authority, and (III)
which are engaged in private for-hire transportation operating between points
within the corporate limits of a municipality. Pursuant to Code Section
44-1-13, all tow trucks engaged in nonconsensual towing operations between
points within the corporate limits of a municipality shall remain subject to the
jurisdiction of the commission and the municipality within which such
nonconsensual towing operations are
conducted;"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.