Bill Text: GA HB533 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Drivers' licenses; examinations; only in English language; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-25 - House Second Readers [HB533 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB533-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 533
By:
Representatives Mills of the
25th,
Day of the
163rd,
Williams of the
4th,
Talton of the
145th,
Everson of the
106th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to examination of applicants for certain drivers' licenses, so as to provide
that such examinations shall be administered only in the English language; to
provide for an exception; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-5-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
examination of applicants for certain drivers' licenses, is amended by adding a
new subsection to read as follows:
"(e)
All written and oral examinations required pursuant to this Code section shall
be administered only in the English language; provided, however, that the
department may administer examinations to persons eligible for a temporary
license pursuant to Code Section 40-5-21.1 in a language other than
English."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.