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The
House Committee on Judiciary Non-civil offers the following substitute to
HB 538:
HB 538:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-5-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to optional driver improvement programs, so as to provide that defensive driving
courses be certified and approved by the Department of Driver Services; to
provide that certificates of completion from unlicensed courses shall not be
recognized; 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 40-5-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optional
driver improvement programs, is amended by revising subsection (a) as
follows:
"(a)
Any driver improvement program at which attendance is required by court order
shall conform to the requirements of this article.
When a
defensive driving course is required by a court having jurisdiction over
misdemeanor traffic law offenses or by any prosecuting attorney thereof, such
course shall be certified and approved by the department under the provisions of
Code Sections 40-5-82 and 40-5-83. Certificates of completion from unlicensed
defensive driving courses shall not be recognized for any purposes under this
article."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.