Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 34 - Drivers' Lic.,Those under 21 - valid until 21

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 40-5-32

1. Marable  52nd          2. Ray  19th               3. Dean  31st
4. Hill  4th


Senate Comm: Pub S      /         House Comm: M Veh      /                      
Senate Vote: Yeas 48    Nays 1                                                  
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              Senate          Action          House                             
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             1/10/95   Read 1st time          2/1/95                            
             1/27/95   Favorably Reported     2/28/95                           
             1/30/95   Read 2nd Time          2/2/95                            
             1/31/95   Read 3rd Time          3/14/95                           
             1/31/95   Passed/Adopted         3/14/95                           
             FA        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub   FA                                
             3/17/95   Amend/Sub Agreed To                                      
             3/28/95   Sent To Governor                                         
             4/18/95   Signed by Governor                                       
             V4        Act/Veto Number                                          
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Code Sections amended: 40-5-32                                                  


SB 34 95                                             SB34/AP

      SENATE BILL 34

      By:  Senators Marable of the 52nd, Ray of the 19th,
           Dean of the 31st and Hill of the 4th

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to
  1- 3  provide that any license issued to a person under the age of
  1- 4  21 years shall remain valid until such person reaches the
  1- 5  age of 21 years; to provide for renewal of existing licenses
  1- 6  of persons under 21 years at no cost for that period of time
  1- 7  until such person reaches the age of 21 years; to repeal
  1- 8  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-11  Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, is amended by
  1-12  striking Code Section 40-5-32, relating to expiration and
  1-13  renewal of licenses, in its entirety and inserting in lieu
  1-14  thereof the following:

  1-15    "40-5-32. (Index)

  1-16    (a) Every driver's license shall expire on the licensee's
  1-17    birthday in the fourth year following the issuance of such
  1-18    license, except that any license issued to a person under
  1-19    the age of 21 years shall be valid until such person
  1-20    reaches the age of 21 years, notwithstanding that such
  1-21    period may exceed four years.  Any license issued prior to
  1-22    July 1, 1994, to a person under the age of 21 years may,
  1-23    at its expiration, be renewed only for that period of time
  1-24    remaining until such person reaches the age of 21 years at
  1-25    no cost.  Every such license shall be renewed on or before
  1-26    its expiration upon application, payment of the required
  1-27    fee, and satisfactory completion of the examination
  1-28    required or authorized by subsection (b) of this Code
  1-29    section.  Every holder of a veteran's or honorary license
  1-30    shall meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this Code
  1-31    section on or before his or her birthday every four years,
  1-32    beginning from the date on which the holder was last
  1-33    required to take an examination under former Ga. L. 1972,


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                                                     SB34/AP

  2- 1    p. 1076, as amended by Ga. L. 1973, pp. 916, 917.  The
  2- 2    department may allow a veteran or honorary license holder
  2- 3    to retain his or her expired veteran's or honorary license
  2- 4    as a souvenir.  The board shall issue such rules and
  2- 5    regulations as are required to enforce this subsection.

  2- 6    (b) The department shall require every person applying for
  2- 7    renewal of a driver's license to take and pass
  2- 8    successfully such test of his or her eyesight as the
  2- 9    department shall prescribe.  At the time of the renewal,
  2-10    the department shall issue a pamphlet containing
  2-11    information pertaining to new traffic laws and to traffic
  2-12    laws most frequently violated.  The board may issue such
  2-13    rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this
  2-14    subsection."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-15  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-16  repealed.





























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