Bill Text: GA SB526 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public Roads; provide for regulation of oversize and overweight loads on streets or highway

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-21 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SB526 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SB526-Amended.html

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ADOPTED
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Williams of the 19th, Douglas of the 17th and Murphy of the 27th offered the following amendment:

Amend the Senate Public Safety Committee substitute to SB 526 (LC 35 1838S) by inserting following "holders;" on line 5 the following:
to provide for the disposition of fines;

By striking lines 267 through 271 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(d) Pursuant to Notwithstanding any provision of Code Section 48-2-17 to the contrary, all fees collected in accordance with this Code section shall be paid to the treasurer of the department to help defray the expenses of enforcing the limitations set forth in this article and may also be used for public road maintenance purposes in addition to any sums appropriated therefor to the department the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services to be deposited into the general fund of the state treasury.

(e) As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services shall report the amount of the funds received pursuant to this Code section to the Office of Planning and Budget. It is the intent of the General Assembly that, subject to appropriation, an amount equal to such proceeds received from such fines in any fiscal year be made available to the Department of Public Safety during the following fiscal year to help defray the expenses of enforcing the limitations set forth in this article and to the treasurer of the department for use in connection with permit administrative costs and for public road maintenance purposes."