Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 289 - Driver's license; conviction records; assessment of points

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1. Murphy  18th


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Code Sections amended: 40-5-2                                                                       


HB 289                                            LC 14 6412






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 40-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 2  Annotated, relating to maintenance of driver's license
  1- 3  records and driver records by the Department of Public
  1- 4  Safety, so as to provide that the records of convictions
  1- 5  therein shall include only those convictions for which the
  1- 6  assessment of points on the driving record is required; to
  1- 7  provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 8  for other purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  Code Section 40-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-11  Annotated, relating to maintenance of driver's license
  1-12  records and driver records by the Department of Public
  1-13  Safety, is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting
  1-14  in its place a new subsection to read as follows:

  1-15    "(c) The department shall also file all accident reports
  1-16    and abstracts of court records of convictions requiring
  1-17    the assessment of points on the driving record that are
  1-18    received by it under the laws of this state and in
  1-19    connection therewith maintain convenient records or make
  1-20    suitable notations in order that an individual record of
  1-21    each licensee showing the convictions of such licensee and
  1-22    the traffic accidents in which he has been involved shall
  1-23    be readily ascertainable and available for the
  1-24    consideration of the department upon any application for
  1-25    renewal of license and at other suitable times.  For
  1-26    purposes of issuing a driver's operating record to the
  1-27    public as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
  1-28    (d) of this Code section, the period of calculation for
  1-29    compilation of such report shall be determined by the date
  1-30    of arrest."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-31  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-32  repealed.


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