Bill Text: GA HB1338 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Disability parking laws; appointed law enforcer have disability; remove requirement
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [HB1338 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1338-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Disability parking laws; appointed law enforcer have disability; remove requirement
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [HB1338 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1338-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Public Safety & Homeland Security offers the following
substitute
to HB 1338:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-6-228 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to enforcement of parking laws relating to persons with disabilities, so as to
remove the requirement that a person appointed to enforce these laws have a
disability; to provide immunity for a person appointed to enforce these laws; 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 40-6-228 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
enforcement of parking laws relating to persons with disabilities, is amended by
revising subsections (a) and (c) as follows:
"(a)
Any county or municipal law enforcement agency of the state which is empowered
to enforce the provisions of this part may, in its discretion, appoint any
person who is a citizen of the United States, is of good moral character,
and
has not previously been convicted of a
felony, and
is a person with disabilities as defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section
40-6-221 to enforce the provisions of Code
Section 40-6-226 within the county or municipality in which the appointing law
enforcement agency exercises jurisdiction. Each person appointed pursuant to
this Code section shall take and subscribe an oath of office as prescribed by
the appointing authority. Any person appointed and sworn pursuant to this
subsection shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this part in the
same manner as any law enforcement officer of the state or any county or
municipality of the state subject to the limitations provided in subsections (b)
and (c) of this Code section."
"(c)
Neither the state nor any county, municipality, or other political subdivision
of the state or any department, agency, board, or officer of the state or any
county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state shall be liable or
accountable for or on account of any act or omission of any person appointed
pursuant to this Code section in connection with such person's enforcement of
the provisions of Code Section 40-6-226.
No person
appointed pursuant to this Code section shall be liable on account of any act or
omission in connection with such person's enforcement of the provisions of Code
Section 40-6-226."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.