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House Bill 141
By: Representative Rogers of the 20th




A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 40-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to one-way roadways and rotary traffic islands, so as to provide for marking of one-way roadways at certain intersections; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.
Code Section 40-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to one-way roadways and rotary traffic islands, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all of such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices. Any intersection at which traffic on a roadway so designated for one-way traffic in all lanes is required to stop shall be marked across the width of the one-way roadway by a yellow line with yellow reflectors facing traffic traveling on the one-way roadway in the correct direction and by a red line with red reflectors facing traffic entering the one-way roadway in the wrong direction."

SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2002.

SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.