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

O.C.G.A. § 46-8-133 (2019)

Alteration of railroad tracks, bridges, and other structures to accommodate motor vehicles

✓ 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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No railroad, railroad company, railway company, or person, firm, or corporation operating any line of railway in this state shall be required by the commission, or otherwise, to alter its tracks at any underpass, railroad trestle, or bridge; to alter the grade of any public road or highway at any such underpass, railroad trestle, or bridge; or to otherwise relay or reconstruct any portion of its tracks, or other structures, or any portion of any public road or highway, in order to accommodate any motor vehicle exceeding 12 feet six inches in height. Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 699, § 4/SB 285, effective July 1, 2006. Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 699, § 4/SB 285, effective July 1, 2006. Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 699, § 5/SB 285, effective July 1, 2006.

History

(Ga. L. 1941, p. 449, § 10.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Railroad grade crossings generally, § 32-6-190 et seq.

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ARTICLE 6 OPERATION OF TRAINS GENERALLY

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PART 1 EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN OPERATION OF TRAINS GENERALLY

46-8-150 through 46-8-152.

Editor's notes. - This part was based on Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 182, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 185, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 186, §§ 1-3; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2237-2242; Ga. L. 1908, p. 49, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2690-2696; Penal Code 1910, § 525; Code 1933, §§ 18-106, 18-605, 94-901, 94-902, 94-9907, 94-1106.

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PART 2 SIGNAL WHISTLES AND LIGHTS ON TRAINS

46-8-170 through 46-8-172.

Editor's notes. - This part was based on Ga. L. 1908, p. 50, §§ 1, 2, 4; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2697, 2698; Penal Code 1910, § 526; Ga. L. 1918, p. 212, § 1; Ga. L. 1924, p. 173, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 66-409, 66-9911, 94-505, 94-9901; Ga. L. 1950, p. 112, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 76, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 46.

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PART 3 OPERATION OF TRAINS AT CROSSINGS

Cross references. - Manner of operation of motor vehicles at railroad grade crossings, § 40-6-140 et seq.

46-8-190 through 46-8-193.

Editor's notes. - These Code sections were based on Ga. L. 1918, p. 212, §§ 2-5; Ga. L. 1931, p. 229, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 94-506-94-508, 94-510, 94-9902, 94-9903, 94-9905; Ga. L. 1947, p. 479, § 1.