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

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-140 (2019)

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✓ 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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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Commercial Driver’s License Act.”

History

Code 1981, § 40-5-140, enacted by Ga.

L. 1989, p. 519, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Commercial truck driver was independent contractor. - Considerable skill and licensing requirements for plaintiff’s profession as a commercial truck driver (49 U.S.C. § 31302; O.C.G.A. § 40-5-140) indicated that the plaintiff was an independent

contractor, not an employee for purposes of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. Taylor v. BP Express, Inc., No. CV 407-182, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95313 (S.D. Ga. Nov. 24, 2008).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Roberson v. State, 491 S.E.2d 864 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).
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Roberson v. State, 491 S.E.2d 864 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “In 1989, the Georgia Legislature enacted the Uniform Commercial Driver’s License Act (“Georgia Act”), OCGA § 40-5-140 et seq., in *419 order to implement the mandatory provisions of the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (“Federal Act”).”
Curry v. W. Express (M.D. Ga. 2025). · cites it 2× “§ 31302 ; O.C.G.A. § 40-5-140. Indeed, when a worker has procured a state license, this fact weighs in favor of independent contractor status.”
Williams v. State, 693 S.E.2d 613 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “A law enforcement officer of the Georgia Department of Public Safety (Motor Carrier Compliance Division) issued Williams a uniform traffic citation charging him with a violation of the Uniform Commercial Driver’s License Act (the Uniform Act) (OCGA § 40-5-140 et seq.). The…”
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