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Senate
Resolution 1074
By:
Senator Chance of the 16th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to
provide for additional penalties or fees for offenses involving illegal parking
in parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities, occupying a passenger
vehicle without using a safety belt, operating a motorcycle without protective
headgear, operating a boat or other watercraft while under the influence of
alcohol or drugs, and reckless driving; to provide that the General Assembly is
authorized to allocate such additional penalties or fees to the Brain and Spinal
Injury Trust Fund; to provide for the submission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
III, Section IX, Paragraph VI of the Constitution is amended by revising
subparagraph (k) as follows:
"(k)
The General Assembly is authorized to provide by general law for additional
penalties or fees in any case in any court in this state in which a person is
adjudged guilty of an offense involving driving under the influence of alcohol
or drugs;
operating any type of boat, vessel, or other watercraft under the influence of
alcohol or drugs; reckless driving; operating a motorcycle without protective
headgear; occupying a passenger vehicle without using a safety belt; or
illegally parking in a space reserved for persons with
disabilities. The General Assembly is
authorized to provide by general law for the allocation of such additional
penalties or fees to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, as provided by law,
for the specified purpose of meeting any and all costs, or any portion of the
costs, of providing care and rehabilitative services to citizens of the state
who have survived neurotrauma with head or spinal cord injuries. Moneys
appropriated for such purposes shall not lapse. The General Assembly may provide
by general law for the administration of such fund by such authority as the
General Assembly shall determine."
SECTION
3.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly
to provide for additional penalties or fees for offenses involving operating any
type of boat or other watercraft under the influence of alcohol or drugs,
reckless driving, operating a motorcycle without protective headgear, occupying
a passenger vehicle without using a safety belt, or illegally parking in a space
reserved for handicapped persons and to provide for the allocation of such
additional penalties or fees to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust
Fund?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.