Peachtree City's golf

cart legislation was scheduled today to go to the floor of the State Senate

for a formal - and final - vote, Sen. Mitch Seabaugh of Sharpsburg

said Thursday.

The bill that would restore

the city's ordinance allowing underage and unlicensed drivers to

operate golf carts on city paths and streets slipped easily through the

Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday; Seabaugh had predicted it

would come up for a vote possibly by week's end.

House Bill 1063 was introduced

Jan. 12, and was approved by the House membership 169-0 Jan. 29.

With no formal opposition expected

today in the Senate either, the bill could be sent on to Gov. Sonny Perdue

for a signature in a matter of days. Though the law will be of statewide

impact, it won't have to wait until the start of the state's

fiscal year July 1 to go into affect, Westmoreland said, due to language

written into it that suggests the urgency.

Perdue saw first hand how passionate

city residents can be about their golf carts when he rode as grand marshal

in the city's Fourth of July parade last summer. For that reason,

he's expected to authorize the law without much delay, city officials

have said.