Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 14. USE OF SPEED DETECTION DEVICES AND RED LIGHT CAMERAS · Article 2. SPEED DETECTION DEVICES

40-14-17. Laser devices; reliability and admissibility of evidence.

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Evidence of speed based on a speed detection device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a model that has been approved by the Department of Public Safety shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court, judicial, or administrative proceedings in this state. A certified copy of the Department of Public Safety list of approved models of such laser devices shall be self-authenticating and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court, judicial, or administrative proceedings in this state.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 40-14-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 5, § 1.

For annual survey article discussing developments in the law of evidence, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 279 (1999).

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