Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB638: MARTA; prohibit stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta
Status: Failed, January 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), so as to prohibit the stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), so as to prohibit the stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta; to provide for penalties; to authorize the use of automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices for the issuance of a civil monetary penalty to owners of motor vehicles illegally stopped or parked in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), so as to prohibit the stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta; to provide for penalties; to authorize the use of automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices for the issuance of a civil monetary penalty to owners of motor vehicles illegally stopped or parked in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the issuance of citations for such civil monetary penalty; to provide for agreements between agents operating automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices; to provide for the disbursement of funds collected; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for cooperation; to provide for device and records inspections; to provide for definitions; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: H. B. LC 39 4663 SECTION 1. Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), is amended by …