O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-6-29 (2019)

Responsibility of the Department of Transportation; responsibility of the Department of Public Safety

✓ 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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(a) The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for rules and regulations relating to size and weight limits and issuance of permits under this article. (b) The Department of Transportation shall not, however, employ any law enforcement officers or agents except as may be specifically authorized by other laws. Law enforcement responsibility for enforcement of this article shall be in the Department of Public Safety.

History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 1122, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 193, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-962, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1422, § 40; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1500, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1989,

§ 3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 32; Ga. L. 1993, p. 366, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 2-6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1199, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 12-3/HB 501.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Department of Transportation enforcement officer had authority to enforce travel restrictions in high occupancy vehicle lanes. Edge v. State, 226 Ga. App. 559, 487 S.E.2d 117 (1997), overruled on

other grounds by Zilke v. State, 299 Ga. 232, 787 S.E.2d 745 (2016). Cited in Smith v. Commercial Transp., Inc., 220 Ga. App. 866, 470 S.E.2d 446 (1996).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Arrest powers of Department of Transportation enforcement officers extend only to arrests for commission of

crimes specifically enumerated by statute conferring powers. 1978 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 78-73.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Authority of public official, whose duties or functions generally do not

entail traffic stops, to effectuate traffic stop of vehicle, 18 A.L.R.6th 519.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1989–1997 · leading case: Edge v. State, 487 S.E.2d 117 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).
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Edge v. State, 487 S.E.2d 117 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 12× “Edge argues the enforcement and arrest powers of DOT officers extend only to those geographic areas enumerated in OCGA § 32-6-29 (b) (1), which areas do not include HOV lanes.”
State v. O'QUINN, 384 S.E.2d 888 (Ga. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 32-6-29 (a) (12) empowers DOT to appoint enforcement officers who, in addition to their powers to enforce specific licensing and fuel tax registration requirements, shall have the power to "protect any life or property when the circumstances demand action.”
Smith v. Com. Transp., Inc., 470 S.E.2d 446 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “But under OCGA § 32-6-29 (b) (4), DOT officers have the authority to direct and control traffic at the scene of an accident only until law enforcement authorities arrive.”
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