2019 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road
Article 14 - Effect of Chapter on Powers of Local Authorities
§ 40-6-374. Form of adopting ordinance

• Local authorities shall use the following wording or similar wording in adopting by reference the provisions of this chapter or the definitions contained in Code Section 40-1-1:
  • (Municipality or County) of

    • Ordinance number

    • An ordinance adopting the Georgia Uniform Rules of the Road, Code

    • Sections [ to (except for Code Sections )] of Chapter 6 of

    • Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, to regulate traffic

    • upon the public streets of the (Municipality or County) of and

    • repealing ordinance number and all other ordinances and sections of

    • ordinances in conflict herewith.

• It is ordained by as follows:

• Section 1. Adoption by reference. Pursuant to Chapter 6 of Title 40

  • of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Code Sections 40-6-372

  • through 40-6-376, Code Sections [ to (except for Code Sections

  • )] of that chapter known as the Uniform Rules of the Road and

  • the definitions contained in Code Section 40-1-1 are hereby adopted as

  • and for the traffic regulations of this (Municipality or County) with

  • like effect as if recited herein.

• Section 2. Penalties. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by

  • law, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this

  • ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than dollars or

  • by imprisonment for not more than days or by both such fine and

  • imprisonment.

• Section 3. Repeal. The (existing ordinances covering the same matters

  • as embraced in this ordinance) are hereby repealed and all ordinances or

  • parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance

  • are hereby repealed.

• Section 4. Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect from and

  • after the day of , .

Code 1933, § 68A-1505, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 29; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 40.