O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-9-40 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act.’’

History

Code 1981, § 12-9-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 918, § 2.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Adminis-

trative Law,’’ see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 81 (2001).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Refund of fees improperly assessed. - Trial court properly dismissed the testing company’s lawsuit brought pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 48-2-35 and seeking a refund of fees improperly assessed under the Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-9-40

et seq., as the state revenue commissioner did not collect or administer the fee at issue and O.C.G.A. § 48-2-35 only applied to the illegal collection of a tax or license made by the state revenue commissioner. Ga. Emission Testing Co. v. Reheis, 268 Ga. App. 560, 602 S.E.2d 153 (2004).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2001–2016 · leading case: Gobran Auto Sales, Inc. v. Bell, 783 S.E.2d 389 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016).

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Gobran Auto Sales, Inc. v. Bell, 783 S.E.2d 389 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “She asserted claims for violation of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act (OCGA § 12-9-40 et seq.), violation of the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act (OCGA § 10-1-390 et seq.”

Georgia Emission Testing Co. v. Jackson, 576 S.E.2d 642 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “(the Inspection Act), authorized the Board of Natural Resources to establish a legally enforceable mechanism for bringing the State into compliance with the federal act, including the collection of an administrative fee for each inspection conducted pursuant to that act.”

Georgia Emission Testing Co. v. Reheis, 602 S.E.2d 153 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “GETCo brought the action under OCGA § 48-2-35 (the tax refund statute) to seek the refund of fees improperly assessed pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act.”

Bd. of Nat. Resources v. Georgia Emission Testing Co., 548 S.E.2d 141 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “This appeal addresses the authority of the Georgia Board of Natural Resources (“Board”) to promulgate certain regulations implementing the Georgia Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection & Maintenance Act (“I/M Act”), OCGA § 12-9-40 et seq. Georgia Emission Testing Company (“GETCo”)…”

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