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17-10-3
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21-2-413
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Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 12 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
Article 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Part 2 - TRANSPORTATION PASSENGER SAFETY
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O.C.G.A.§ 16-12-122
Definitions
As used in this part, the term:
(1) "Aircraft" means any machine, whether
heavier or lighter than air, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the
air.
(2) "Avoid a security measure" means to take
any action that is intended to result in any person, baggage, container, or item
of any type being allowed into a secure area without being subjected to security
measures or the assembly of items into an object or substance that is prohibited
under the laws of this state or of the United States or any of their agencies,
political subdivisions, or authorities after such items have passed through a
security measure into a secure area.
(3) "Bus" means any passenger bus or coach or
other motor vehicle having a seating capacity of not less than 15 passengers
operated by a transportation company for the purpose of carrying passengers or
freight for hire.
(4) "Charter" means a group of persons,
pursuant to a common purpose and under a single contract and at a fixed charge
for the vehicle in accordance with a transportation company's tariff, who have
acquired the exclusive use of an aircraft, bus, or rail vehicle to travel
together as a group to a specified destination.
(5) "Interfere with a security measure" means
to take any action that is intended to defeat, disable, or prevent the full
operation of equipment or procedures designed or intended to detect any object
or substance, including, but not limited to, disabling of any device so that it
cannot fully function, creation of any diversion intended to defeat a security
measure, or packaging of any item or substance so as to avoid detection by a
security measure.
(6) "Passenger" means any person served by the
transportation company; and, in addition to the ordinary meaning of passenger,
the term shall include any person accompanying or meeting another person who is
transported by such company, any person shipping or receiving freight, and any
person purchasing a ticket or receiving a pass.
(7) "Rail vehicle" means any railroad or rail
transit car, carriage, coach, or other vehicle, whether self-propelled or not
and designed to be operated upon a rail or rails or other fixed right of way by
a transportation company for the purpose of carrying passengers or freight or
both for hire.
(8) "Secure area" means any enclosed or
unenclosed area within a terminal whereby access is restricted in any manner or
the possession of items subject to security measures is prohibited. Access to a
secure area may be restricted to persons specifically authorized by law,
regulation, or policy of the governing authority or transportation company
operating said terminal, and such access into a secure area may be conditioned
on passing through security measures, and possession of items may be restricted
to designated persons who are acting in the course of their official duties.
(9) "Security measure" means any process or
procedure by which employees, agents, passengers, persons accompanying
passengers, containers, baggage, freight, or possessions of passengers or
persons accompanying passengers are screened, inspected, or examined by any
means for the purpose of ensuring the safety and welfare of aircraft, bus, or
rail vehicles and the employees, agents, passengers, and freight of any
transportation company. The security measures may be operated by or under the
authority of any governmental entity, transportation company, or any entity
contracting therewith.
(10) "Terminal" means an aircraft, bus, or rail
vehicle station, depot, any such transportation facility, or infrastructure
relating thereto operated by a transportation company or governmental entity or
authority. This term includes a reasonable area immediately adjacent to any
designated stop along the route traveled by any coach or rail vehicle operated
by a transportation company or governmental entity operating aircraft, bus, or
rail vehicle transportation facility and parking lots or parking areas adjacent
to a terminal.
(11) "Transportation company" or
"company" means any person, group of persons, or corporation providing
for-hire transportation to passengers or freight by aircraft, by bus upon the
highways in this state, by rail vehicle upon any public or private right of way
in this state, or by all, including passengers and freight in interstate or
intrastate travel. This term shall also include transportation facilities owned
or operated by local public bodies; by municipalities; and by public
corporations, authorities, boards, and commissions established under the laws of
this state, any of the several states, the United States, or any foreign nation.
HISTORY:
Ga. L. 1978, p. 2238, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 415, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 5.