Booting bill gets unsympathetic hearing in House committee
Car booters got a rough ride in a state House committee considering legislation to legalize the practice.
The industry wanted booting legalized throughout the state and charge a $85 fee.
Instead, the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee said booting could only be legal where jurisdictions explicitly allow it. And it set the maximum fee at $65. Local ordinances could be even stricter.
“There is nothing simple about hemming up a business practice that needs to be hemmed up,” said Chairman Alan Powell, R-Hartwell.
Read about the bill and why booters say they need protection on myAJC.com and PoliticallyGeorgia.
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Joyner is the deputy politics editor. He has been with the AJC since 2010 as a member of the investigations and politics team.
