O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-2-164 (2019)

Decrease of registered vehicle weight class

✓ 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.

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The allowable maximum weight (license class) for which a truck or tractor is registered may be decreased only once a year, at the beginning of a new license year. Trucks classified in divisions (a)(3)(A)(i), (a)(3)(A)(ii), (a)(3)(A)(iii), (a)(10)(A)(i), (a)(10)(A)(ii), and (a)(10)(A)(iii) of Code Section 40-2-151 shall not be entitled to any partial year license.

History

Code 1933, § 92-2919, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 998, § 4; Code 1933, § 91A-5314, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Code 1981, § 48-10-14; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 48;

Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 48; Code 1981, § 402-164, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, §§ 1, 5.

Annotations

Cross references. Regulation of size, weight, and other

REGISTRATION/LICENSING OF MOTOR VEH.

requirements for vehicles and loads on public highways, § 32-6-20 et seq. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall not abate any prosecution,

punishment, penalty, administrative proceedings or remedies, or civil action related to any violation of law committed prior to the effective date of this Act.” This act became effective July 1, 2002.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 281, 310.