08 LC 35
1012S
The
Senate Public Safety Committee offered the following substitute to HB
969:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to persons not to be licensed, minimum ages for licenses, school attendance
requirements, and driving training requirements, so as to provide that a course
of instruction given within the context of a bona fide home schooling program
shall constitute an approved driver education training course; to amend Chapter
10 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
formulation and coordination of state and local highway safety programs, so as
to provide the Governor certain authority relating to the disposition of surplus
property; 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 40-5-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons
not to be licensed, minimum ages for licenses, school attendance requirements,
and driving training requirements, is amended by adding a new paragraph at the
end of subsection (a.2) to read as follows:
"(5)
For purposes of this Code section, the term 'approved driver education training
course' shall include instruction given in the course of a home education
program that satisfies the reporting requirements of all state laws governing
such programs, provided that such instruction utilizes a curriculum approved by
the department."
SECTION
2.
Chapter
10 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
formulation and coordination of state and local highway safety programs, is
amended by revising Code Section 40-10-7, relating to specific authority and
duties of the Governor, as follows:
"40-10-7.
The
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Code Section 50-5-143,
the Governor is authorized and granted the
power to contract and to exercise any other powers which may be necessary in
order to ensure that all departments of the state government and local political
subdivisions participate to the fullest extent possible in the benefits
available under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966 and similar federal
programs of highway safety. The Governor shall formulate standards for highway
safety programs for political subdivisions to assure that they meet the criteria
of the National Highway Safety Agency and shall institute a reporting system for
the local political subdivisions to report the status of their programs to the
state."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.