TITLE 40
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Section 5. Drivers' Licenses, 40-5-1 through 40-5-179.
ARTICLE 7
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES
40-5-152. Operating vehicle while having measurable alcohol in system; refusal to take chemical test.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person may not drive, operate, or be in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having any measurable alcohol in his or her system.
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A person who drives, operates, or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having any measurable alcohol in his or her system or who refuses to take a test prescribed by Code Section 40-5-55 to determine his or her alcohol content must be placed out of service for 24 hours.
(Code 1981, §40-5-152, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 519, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 484, § 7.)
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in
Meyer v. State, 224 Ga. App. 183, 480 S.E.2d 234 (1997).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic,
§
124 et seq.
