There are very few things that truly unite a city as diverse as Atlanta. Over the past few years it's become clear that most of us all agree that PARKatlanta sucks. Many of us have been victims of tickets we didn't deserve, a countless number of low income residents have lost their cars after racking up a ticket they can't afford only to have their car booted and towed with crazy fees. The impact on small businesses downtown is so intense that some downtown businesses have been forced to close their doors forever.

It's clear that Atlanta simply can't afford, and doesn't want, a future with PARKatlanta in it.

Passing SB 809 would prohibit city's from contracting with third party parking enforcement companies such as PARKatlanta. PARKatlanta is a predatory parking enforcement company that has abused Atlanta’s, visitors to the city and small businesses. Among other things they ticket and boot cars unfairly even before time has expired without regard to the rights of drivers and charge exorbitant fines.

Privatizing law enforcement is wrong. By injecting a profit motive into parking enforcement makes abuses inevitable.

Please sign and share this petition and let's unite our city with one voice against the parasitic force that is PARKatlanta. As a city we can do better!

16 LC 39 1099

S. R. 809

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Senate Resolution 809

By: Senators Fort of the 39th and Tate of the 38th

A RESOLUTION

1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit county and municipal

2 governments from entering into contracts with private entities for the provision of parking

3 enforcement services; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this

4 amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

6 SECTION 1.

7 Article IX, Section II of the Constitution is amended by adding a new Paragraph IVA to read

8 as follows:

9 "Paragraph IVA. Parking Enforcement Contracts. On and after January 1, 2017, no

10 governing authority of any county or any municipality shall provide for the service of

11 parking enforcement by the execution of a contract with a private enterprise."

12 SECTION 2.

13 The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as

14 provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot submitting the

15 above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following:

16 "( ) YES

17

18 ( ) NO

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to prohibit county and

municipal governments from entering into contracts with private entities for

the provision of parking enforcement services?"

19 All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "Yes."

20 All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "No." If

21 such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall

22 become a part of the Constitution of this state.