2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 8 - Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles
Article 4 - Inspection of Public School Buses
- Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 9, effective November 1, 1982, repealed the Code sections formerly appearing at this article and enacted the current article. The former article, relating to motor vehicle safety inspections, consisted of Code Sections 40-8-220 through 40-8-223 (Part 1), 40-8-240 through 40-8-249 (Part 2), and 40-8-260 through 40-8-264 (Part 3), and was based on Ga. L. 1963, p. 333, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 188, § 4; Ga. L. 1969, p. 271, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 438, § 6; Ga. L. 1971, p. 258, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 515, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 901, §§ 1, 4-6; Ga. L. 1972, p. 989, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 598, § 4; Ga. L. 1976, p. 216, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 906, § 1; and Ga. L. 1981, p. 1740, § 1.
Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 11, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly finds that properly equipped and serviced vehicles contribute to the public welfare and safety of the citizens of Georgia through the reduction of motor vehicle accidents resulting from mechanical failure. The General Assembly also finds that it is the responsibility of all motorists to maintain their motor vehicles in proper working condition. It is the intent of this Act to encourage all citizens to maintain their motor vehicles in safe operating condition. It is furthermore the intent of this Act to encourage the Department of Human Resources to promulgate rules and regulations specifying minimum safety standards for motor vehicles used to transport persons to and from day care centers or child care centers licensed by said department."
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Public School Bus Inspection, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Public Safety, Chapter 570-30.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute or ordinance requiring inspection of motor vehicles, 106 A.L.R. 795.
Criminal responsibility for injury or death in operation of mechanically defective motor vehicle, 88 A.L.R.2d 1165.
Effect of violation of safety equipment statute as establishing negligence in automobile accident litigation, 38 A.L.R.3d 530.
