2025 Georgia Codes – Page 344

(a)(1) Any class I electric assisted bicycle or class II electric assisted bicycle shall be authorized to be oper-
ated on any bicycle path or shared use path where bicycles are permitted to be operated; provided, however,
that a local authority or state agency may prohibit the operation of a class I electric assisted bicycle or class
II electric assisted bicycle on any bicycle path or shared use path within its jurisdiction.
(2) No class III electric assisted bicycle shall be operated on a bicycle path or shared use path unless such
path is within or adjacent to a highway or unless operation of such device is permitted on such path by the
local authority or state agency having jurisdiction over such path.
(3) This subsection shall not apply to a bicycle path or shared use path designated for nonmotorized vehicles
if such path has a natural surface tread made by clearing and grading the native soil with no added surface
materials. The types of devices which may be used upon such trails may be regulated by the local authority
or state agency having jurisdiction over such path.
(b) No person under the age of 15 shall operate a class III electric assisted bicycle; provided, however, that
such person shall be authorized to ride as a passenger upon a class III electric assisted bicycle designed to
accommodate passengers.
(c)(1) No person shall operate or be a passenger on a class III electric assisted bicycle without wearing a
bicycle helmet.
(2) No class III electric assisted bicycle without an accompanying protective bicycle helmet shall be rented
to or leased to any person for use unless such person is in possession of a bicycle helmet at the time of the
rental or lease.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “bicycle helmet” means a piece of protective headgear
which meets or exceeds the impact standards for bicycle helmets set by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) or the Snell Memorial Foundation.
(4) For the purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed to wear a bicycle helmet only if a bicycle
helmet of good fit is fastened securely upon such person’s head with the straps of such bicycle helmet.
(5) Violation of any provision of this subsection shall not constitute negligence per se nor contributory negli-
gence per se or be considered evidence of negligence or liability.

(a) As used in this part, the term:
(1) “Farmer” means the owner of a commercial agricultural or silvicultural operation or an employee there-
of. Such term shall also include any spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild of the owner
of such operation.
(2) “Farm use vehicle” means an all-terrain vehicle or personal transportation vehicle.
(b) A farmer who is 16 years of age or older may operate a farm use vehicle on any public road or highway of
this state so long as:
(1) Such vehicle has a properly affixed emblem conforming to the requirements of Code Section 40-8-4; and
(2) Such vehicle is actively being operated by such farmer to transport:
(A) Agricultural products, livestock, farm machinery, or farm supplies to or from a farm; or
(B) Such farmer between his or her residence and the farm at which he or she works or between properties
of such farm.