Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 65 - DUI - lic. suspension period for those pleading nolo

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1. Ralston  51st          2. Oliver  42nd            3. Clay  37th


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SB 65 95                                          LC 21 2975

      SENATE BILL 65

      By:  Senators Ralston of the 51st, Oliver of the 42nd,
           Clay of the 37th and others

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 40-5-63 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to periods of suspension of
  1- 3  drivers' licenses, so as to provide a period of suspension
  1- 4  of the licenses of drivers under the age of 18 convicted of
  1- 5  or pleading nolo contendere to driving under the influence
  1- 6  of drugs or alcohol; to provide for applicability; to repeal
  1- 7  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Code Section 40-5-63 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-10  Annotated, relating to periods of suspension of drivers'
  1-11  licenses, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the
  1-12  following:

  1-13    "(f) Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary
  1-14    notwithstanding, the driver's license of any person under
  1-15    the age of 18 convicted of or entering a plea of guilty or
  1-16    nolo contendere to a violation of Code Section 40-6-391
  1-17    shall be suspended for a period of 12 months or until such
  1-18    person's eighteenth birthday, whichever period is longer.
  1-19    Persons whose drivers' licenses have been suspended
  1-20    pursuant to this subsection shall not be entitled to a
  1-21    limited driving permit during the period of suspension."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-22  This Act shall be applicable to violations occurring on or
  1-23  after July 1, 1995.

                         SECTION 3.

  1-24  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-25  repealed.






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