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GA SB526
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/26/2010
Primary Sponsor
Hardie Davis
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AI Summary
- Replaces references to the "STAA system" (Surface Transportation Assistance Act) with "NHS" (National Highway System) throughout Georgia's oversize/overweight vehicle regulations and increases the maximum length for saddlemount combinations from 75 feet to 97 feet
- Establishes a driver training and certification program for oversize/overweight load escort vehicle drivers, to be implemented by July 1, 2010, with enforcement beginning January 1, 2011
- Sets minimum insurance requirements for oversize/overweight permit holders: $50,000 bodily injury and $50,000 property damage for vehicles ≤10,000 lbs gross weight; $300,000/$1 million bodily injury and $1 million property damage for commercial vehicles over 10,000 lbs
- Redirects permit fees from the department treasurer to the state general fund, with legislative intent that equivalent amounts be appropriated back to the Department of Public Safety for enforcement and to the department for permit administration and road maintenance
- Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" in state law, exempts drivers from stopping at intersections with properly signed hybrid beacons operating in unactivated dark mode, and makes speed detection device evidence inadmissible in variable speed limit zones under the same restrictions that apply near speed limit reductions
Legislative Description
Public Roads; provide for regulation of oversize and overweight loads on streets or highway
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported
4/21/2010
Committee Referrals
Transportation3/30/2010
Public Safety3/18/2010
Full Bill Text
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