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2018 Georgia Code 40-1-159 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 1. Identification and Regulation, 40-1-1 through 40-1-200.

ARTICLE 3 MOTOR CARRIERS

40-1-159. Application fees.

The commissioner shall collect the following one-time fees upon initial application of a limousine carrier pursuant to this part:

  1. A fee of $75.00 to accompany each application for a certificate, or amendment to an existing certificate, where the applicant owns or operates fewer than six limousines;
  2. A fee of $150.00 to accompany each application for a certificate, or amendment to an existing certificate, where the applicant owns or operates six to 15 limousines;
  3. A fee of $200.00 to accompany each application for a certificate, or amendment to an existing certificate, where the applicant owns or operates more than 15 limousines; and
  4. A fee of $75.00 to accompany each application for transfer of a certificate.

(Code 1981, §40-1-159, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 1/HB 865.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under Ga. L. 1929, p. 293, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Fees charged are in nature of tax.

- Fees charged motor carriers for certificate of public convenience and necessity and for the license of each vehicle are in the nature of a tax, justified in the reasonable amounts exacted, as recompense for the special use, for the purpose of gain, of the highways. Southern Motorways, Inc. v. Perry, 39 F.2d 145 (N.D. Ga. 1930) (decided under Ga. L. 1929, p. 293).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 59, 74, 80 et seq. 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, §§ 148, 149, 151.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 307, 308.

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