09 LC
34 2128
House
Bill 549
By:
Representatives Ralston of the
7th
and Willard of the
49th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to specify the information which
the Department of Driver Services may provide for purposes of creating juror
lists; to provide for related matters to provide for an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to drivers' licenses, is amended in Code Section 40-5-2, relating to keeping and
furnishing of information on licensees, by revising paragraph (7) of subsection
(f) as follows:
"(7)
The lists required to be made available to boards of jury commissioners and the
Administrative Office of the Courts pursuant to Code Section 15-12-40 regarding
county residents who are the holders of drivers' licenses or personal
identification cards issued pursuant to this chapter. Such lists shall identify
each such person by name, address, date of birth,
gender,
driver's license or personal identification card number issued pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter, and
gender,
and, whenever racial and ethnic
information is collected by the department for purposes of voter registration
pursuant to Code Section 21-2-221,
by racial
or ethnic group
the department
shall also provide such information. The department shall also provide the
address, effective date, document issue date, document expiration date, and the
date of the most recent conviction on department records regarding such person,
and shall indicate whether the document is a driver's license or a personal
identification card."
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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.