Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 227 - Motorcycles; headgear requirement; exemption

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1. Joyce  1st             2. Mann  5th               3. Yates  106th
4. Sanders  107th


House Comm: MotV       /                Senate Comm:            /                                   
House Vote: Yeas       Nays             Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/13/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
              1/23/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              2/28/95  Favorably Reported                                                           
              3/17/95  Recommitted                                                                  
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Code Sections amended: 40-6-315                                                                     


HB 227                                             LC 9 8020






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 40-6-315 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to headgear and eye-protective
  1- 3  devices for motorcycle riders, so as to change the
  1- 4  requirement of wearing of headgear so that it will only
  1- 5  apply to certain persons; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 6  for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 40-6-315 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to headgear and eye-protective devices
  1-10  for motorcycle riders, is amended by striking subsection (a)
  1-11  in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new
  1-12  subsection (a) to read as follows:

  1-13      "(a) (1) No person under the age of 21 shall operate or
  1-14      ride upon a motorcycle unless he such person is wearing
  1-15      protective headgear which complies with standards
  1-16      established by the Board of Public Safety.

  1-17        (2)(A) Any person 21 years of age or older operating a
  1-18        motorcycle without wearing protective headgear which
  1-19        complies with standards established by the Board of
  1-20        Public Safety must be able to furnish, upon request of
  1-21        a law enforcement officer, proof of completion of a
  1-22        motorcycle rider education course approved by the
  1-23        Board of Public Safety.

  1-24        (B) No person 21 years of age or older shall be
  1-25        authorized to ride as a passenger upon  a motorcycle
  1-26        without wearing protective headgear which complies
  1-27        with standards established by the Board of Public
  1-28        Safety unless the operator of the motorcycle is able
  1-29        to furnish, upon request of a law enforcement officer,
  1-30        proof of completion of a motorcycle rider education
  1-31        course approved by the Board of Public Safety.




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                                                   LC 9 8020

  2- 1        (C) Any person 21 years of age or older who has not
  2- 2        successfully completed a motorcycle rider education
  2- 3        course approved by the Board of Public Safety shall be
  2- 4        required to wear protective headgear which complies
  2- 5        with standards established by the Board of Public
  2- 6        Safety when operating a motorcycle."

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 7  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 8  repealed.






































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