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GA HB908

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2016

Primary Sponsor

Alan Powell

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015-2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) of all classes (I, II, and III) operated on Georgia's roads, streets, and highways are made explicitly subject to the state's uniform rules of the road
  • ATVs operated on public roads are entitled to full use of a lane, and no motor vehicle may be driven in a manner that deprives an ATV of full lane use
  • ATVs are prohibited from overtaking and passing in the same lane as the vehicle being overtaken, operating between lanes of traffic or rows of vehicles, or riding two or more abreast in a single lane
  • Counties, municipalities, and consolidated governments are authorized to prohibit ATV use by ordinance on highways, roads, rights of way, streets, sidewalks, shared-use paths, public parks, and government property within their jurisdictions
  • Violations of the road operation rules or local prohibition ordinances are classified as misdemeanors

Legislative Description

Motor vehicles; certain all-terrain vehicles subject to the uniform rules of the road; clarify

Last Action

House Second Readers

2/9/2016

Full Bill Text

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