40-10-1.
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This chapter shall be
known and may be cited as the 'Highway Safety Coordination Act of
1967.'
40-10-2.
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It is the
public policy of this state in every way possible to reduce the number of
traffic accidents, deaths, injuries, and property damage through the formulation
of comprehensive highway safety programs. The Governor, as the chief executive
and highest elected official of this state, is vested with the power and
authority to act as the chief administrator in the formulation of such programs
of highway safety.
40-10-3.
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As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) 'Director' means the director of the Office of
Highway Safety in the Department of Public Safety.
(2)
'National Highway Safety Act of 1966' means the National Highway Safety Act of
1966, Pub. Law 89-564, 23 U.S.C. Section 401, et seq., and all amendments
thereto.
(3) 'Office' means the Office of Highway
Safety in the Department of Public Safety.
40-10-4.
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There is
created within the executive department the Office of Highway Safety. The Office
of Highway Safety is assigned to the Department of Public Safety for
administrative purposes only as provided in Code Section 50-4-3. The director of
the Office of Highway Safety is designated the Governor´s highway safety
representative and shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at his pleasure.
The Office of Highway Safety is charged and empowered to carry out the
responsibilities established by the National Highway Safety Act of 1966.
40-10-5.
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The director
shall advise with and assist the Governor in the formulation, coordination, and
supervision of comprehensive state and local highway safety programs to reduce
traffic accidents, deaths, injuries, and property damage within this state. The
director, acting under the direction and supervision of the Governor, shall also
advise with and assist the various departments and agencies of state government
concerned with highway safety programs. He shall coordinate and review,
cooperatively, the programs developed by the various local political
subdivisions, for the purpose of assisting them in the preparation of their
highway safety programs to ensure that they meet the criteria established for
such programs by the appropriate state and federal authorities.
40-10-6.
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The Governor is
authorized to provide and designate for the use of the director such space as
shall be necessary to quarter the director and his staff. The director is
authorized to employ and secure the necessary staff, supplies, and materials to
carry out this chapter, subject to the approval of the Governor.
40-10-7.
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The Governor is
authorized and granted the power to contract and to exercise any other powers
which may be necessary in order to ensure that all departments of the state
government and local political subdivisions participate to the fullest extent
possible in the benefits available under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966
and similar federal programs of highway safety. The Governor shall formulate
standards for highway safety programs for political subdivisions to assure that
they meet the criteria of the National Highway Safety Agency and shall institute
a reporting system for the local political subdivisions to report the status of
their programs to the state.
40-10-8.
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The Governor, acting for and in behalf of the State of
Georgia, is authorized to cooperate with, and participate in, the programs of
all federal, state, local, public, and private agencies and organizations in
order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
40-10-9.
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The governing
authorities of the various counties and municipalities are empowered to contract
with the state, federal, and other local public and private agencies and
organizations and exercise other necessary powers to participate to the fullest
extent possible in the highway safety programs of this state, the National
Highway Safety Act of 1966, and similar federal programs of highway safety.
40-10-10.
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The Governor
is designated the appropriate state official to accept and administer any funds
which shall be made available to the State of Georgia and its various political
subdivisions for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive highway safety
program.