2020 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 1 - Identification and Regulation
Article 3 - Motor Carriers
Part 1 - Georgia Motor Carrier Act of 2012
§ 40-1-55. Penalty for Violations
Every officer, agent, or employee of any corporation and every person who violates or fails to comply with this article relating to the regulation of motor carriers and limousine carriers or any order, rule, or regulation of the Department of Public Safety, or who procures, aids, or abets therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Misdemeanor violations of this article may be prosecuted, handled, and disposed of in the manner provided for by Chapter 13 of this title.
(Code 1981, §40-1-55, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 1/HB 865.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Editor's note.
- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions decided under former O.C.G.A. § 46-7-39 are included in the annotations for this Code section.
Fingerprinting not required.
- Offense arising from a violation of former O.C.G.A. § 46-7-39 did not, at this time, appear to be an offense for which fingerprinting was required; thus, this offense was not designated as one for which those charged were to be fingerprinted. 2010 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2010-2.(decided under former O.C.G.A. § 46-7-39).
Misdemeanor offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 40-1-55 are offenses for which those charged are not to be fingerprinted. 2012 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 12-6.
