08 LC 37
0719S
The
House Committee on Judiciary offers the following substitute to SR
1074:
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, 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
equal to 10
percent of the original fine 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; 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 equal to 10 percent of the original
fine 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, 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.