O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-161 (2019)

Headlights to be lit when transporting children; communication equipment required

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) It shall be unlawful to operate any school bus which is transporting children unless the headlights on such school bus are illuminated. (b) It shall be unlawful to operate any school bus which is transporting children unless the driver of the bus is equipped with one or more devices to allow live communication between the driver and school officials or public safety officials or both. Such communication may be provided by two-way radio, cellular telephone, or any other device which provides similar communications capability.

History

(Ga. L. 1964, p. 338, § 1; Code 1933, § 68A-706, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1629, § 1.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Code section not applicable to public transit systems transporting school children, § 40-8-114.