Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Article 13. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES · Part 3. PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES

40-6-330.1. Required equipment for personal transportation vehicles; grandfather clause.

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(a)
All personal transportation vehicles shall be equipped with:#
1. (1)
  A braking system sufficient for the weight and passenger capacity of the vehicle, including a parking brake;#
2. (2)
  A reverse warning device functional at all times when the directional control is in the reverse position;#
3. (3)
  A main power switch. When the switch is in the ‘‘off’’ position, or the key or other device that activates the switch is removed, the motive power circuit shall be inoperative. If the switch uses a key, it shall be removable only in the ‘‘off’’ position;#
4. (4)
  Head lamps;#
5. (5)
  Reflex reflectors;#
6. (6)
  Tail lamps;#
7. (7)
  A horn;#
8. (8)
  A rearview mirror;#
9. (9)
  Safety warning labels; and#
10. (10)
  Hip restraints and hand holds or a combination thereof.#
(b)
The requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any personal transportation vehicles operated during daylight hours authorized by local ordinances enacted prior to January 1, 2012.#

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.

History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 598, § 2; Code 1933, § 68A-1401, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-6-330; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5A-9; Ga. L. 2002, p. 506, § 5; Ga. L. 2002, p. 512, § 10; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 18-13/HB 501; Code 1981, § 40-6-330.1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2014, p. 745, § 10/HB 877.

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For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 281 (2002).

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