O.C.G.A. § 40-1-122 (2019)
Observing laws; schedule of operation
Motor carriers shall observe the laws of this state in respect to size, weight, and speed of their vehicles. Intrastate motor carriers of passengers shall, and interstate motor carriers of passengers may, file with the department the schedules upon which they propose to operate their vehicles, which schedules shall be such that the net running time of vehicles between terminal points shall not exceed the lawful speed limit; and any motor carrier of passengers filing such a schedule shall be allowed to operate his or her vehicles on the highway at a rate of
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speed not exceeding the lawful speed limit in order to maintain a schedule so filed.
History
Code 1981, § 40-1-122, 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, decisions under former Code 1933,
§ 68-634 are included in the annotations for this Code section.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, §§ 263, 265, 267, 284. C.J.S. 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 28 et seq., 47, 48, 111 et seq., 153 et seq., 162, 166. ALR. State regulation of carriers by motor
vehicle as affected by interstate commerce clause, 47 A.L.R. 230; 49 A.L.R. 1203; 62 A.L.R. 52; 85 A.L.R. 1136; 109 A.L.R. 1245; 135 A.L.R. 1358. Construction and application of statute or ordinance designed to prevent use of vehicles or equipment thereof injurious to the highway, 134 A.L.R. 550.