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2018 Georgia Code 40-6-249 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 40-6-249 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-6-249

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 6. Uniform Rules of the Road, 40-6-1 through 40-6-397.

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

40-6-249. Littering highway.

Any person littering a highway in violation of Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 or driving, moving, or loading for operation a vehicle in violation of Code Section 40-6-248.1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 16-7-43.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 101; Code 1933, § 68A-1111, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 3-13/HB 1320.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 1-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006'."

Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 5-1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall become effective April 21, 2006 for purposes of adopting local ordinances to become effective on or after July 1, 2006.

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McEntyre v. Sams East, Inc, 313 Ga. 429 (Ga. 2022).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 8, 2022

...When a person is allegedly injured by such a load or covering falling on a public road, ordinary principles of negligence apply, meaning that the plaintiff must establish a 3 We recognize that a violation of OCGA § 40-6-248.1 (b) is also a misdemeanor criminal offense. See OCGA § 40-6-249 (providing that violations of OCGA § 40-6-248.1 are misdemeanors and shall be punished as set forth in OCGA § 16-7-43); see also OCGA §§ 16-7-43 (b) (1), (2) (providing that violations of OCGA § 16-7-43 (a) are misdemeanors and that...