O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-25-8 (2019)

Promulgation of rules and regulations by Safety Fire Commissioner

✓ 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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The Safety Fire Commissioner is authorized and directed to create and promulgate rules and regulations which are to be designed to prevent injury and loss of life to spectators while they are observing and viewing motor vehicles engaged in contests of speed or endurance. Such rules and regulations shall provide for certificates of occupancy; periodic inspections by fire inspectors and other experts; corrections of deficiencies in racetrack facilities; standards for grandstands; guardrails; spectator areas; nonspectator areas; flagmen; track surfaces; fences; ambulance service; access highways or roads; fire extinguishers and other fire suppression equipment and personnel; plans for fire evacuation; accident reporting; damage reporting; storage of flammable and combustible liquids; restricted areas; concession areas; and such other areas of coverage as, in the opinion of the Safety Fire Commissioner, are deemed necessary.

History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 562, § 2. Administrative rules and regulations. Rules and regulations for fire safety inspection and certification of motor ve-

hicle racetracks and grand stands, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Comptroller General, Safety Fire Commissioner, Chapter

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 571. ALR. Liability of owner or operator of auto race track for injury to patron, 37 A.L.R.2d 391.

Judicial review of administrative ruling affecting conduct or outcome of publicly regulated horse, dog, or motor vehicle race, 36 A.L.R.4th 1169.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Angela Knight, as Parent & or Guardian of Khalan Knight, a Minor v. Senoia Raceway Mgmt., Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2023).

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Angela Knight, as Parent & or Guardian of Khalan Knight, a Minor v. Senoia Raceway Mgmt., Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 4× “) OCGA § 43-25-8. 15 (Emphasis supplied.) Ga.”

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