Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 939 - Picking up/discharging passengers; prohibit in certain school zones

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1. Godbee  145th


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HB 939                                            LC 19 2502






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 40-6-203 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to stopping, standing, or
  1- 3  parking in specified places, so as to prohibit standing or
  1- 4  parking a vehicle in a school zone where parking is
  1- 5  prohibited to pick up or discharge passengers; to provide an
  1- 6  effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1- 7  purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Code Section 40-6-203 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-10  Annotated, relating to stopping, standing, or parking in
  1-11  specified places, is amended by adding at the end thereof a
  1-12  new subsection (d) to read as follows:

  1-13    "(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) and
  1-14    (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section, in any area
  1-15    identified as a school zone and which is marked by
  1-16    official signs prohibiting parking, it shall be unlawful
  1-17    for any person to stand or park a vehicle even momentarily
  1-18    to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-19  This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
  1-20  Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

                         SECTION 3.

  1-21  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-22  repealed.










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