O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-1-120 (2019)

Size and rates for passenger baggage

✓ 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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Motor carriers of passengers shall not be compelled to carry baggage of passengers, except hand baggage, the character, amount, and size of which the motor carrier may limit by its rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the department; and the department may by rule or regulation limit the amount of the liability of the motor carrier therefor. If a motor carrier shall elect to carry the personal baggage of passengers, other than hand baggage, the department shall prescribe just and reasonable rates therefor and such other rules and regulations with respect thereto as may be reasonable and just, and may by rule or regulation limit the amount of the liability of the motor carrier therefor.

History

Code 1981, § 40-1-120, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 1/HB 865.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the

similarity of the statutory provisions,

MOTOR VEHICLES & TRAFFIC

decisions under former Code 1933, § 68-617 are included in the annotations for this Code section. Ignorance of commission rules no excuse. - Rules of the commission made pursuant to former Code 1933, § 68-617 were presumed to be known or

ascertainable by the public, and ignorance thereof excused no one. Myers v. Atlantic Greyhound Lines, 52 Ga. App. 698, 184 S.E. 414, 1936 Ga. App. LEXIS 228 (1936) (decided under former Code 1933, § 68-617).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 14 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, §§ 1181, 1232, 1248 et seq.

C.J.S. 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 291.