05 LC 34
0137/AP
House
Bill 613 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Wix of the
33rd,
Ehrhart of the
36th,
and Lord of the
142nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the examination of applicants for
driveŕs
licenses, so as to change the renewal period of licenses for bioptic drivers
from two to four years; to eliminate the need for a road test upon renewal; to
provide for related matters; 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 40-5-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
examination of applicants for
driveŕs
licenses, is amended by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (c) and replacing
it with the following:
"(4)
The user of a bioptic telescope shall require renewal of his or her license
biennially
every four
years.
The
However,
the person must be reevaluated at least
biennially by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
and must
biennially pass the
driveŕs
road test examination administered by the
department. A certification by the
optometrist or ophthalmologist that the
useŕs
visual acuity, visual field, and eye health remain stable shall be presented to
the department at the time of the biennial
road
test
eye
examination. In the event that changes in vision are determined, the
persońs
license shall expire and the person must successfully repeat all of the steps
described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
in order to have his or her license reinstated.
If no
significant changes occur in the
useŕs
vision at the second biennial examination in a license renewal cycle, the
useŕs
license shall be renewed without the necessity of a road test examination or any
further eyesight
examination."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.