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GA Code § 40-15-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 15 - Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Program|§ 40-15-2. Establishment and Operation of Programs; Provisions of Programs; Certificates of Completion

    The department is authorized to set up, establish, and operate a motorcycle operator safety training program for the purpose of assisting motorcycle operators to meet the requirements for licensed driving of motorcycles in this state.   The coordinator, with the approval of the commissioner, shall be authorized to set up, establish, and operate additional motorcycle operator safety training programs.     Any such programs shall provide courses on motorcycle operator safety. The programs shall be based on the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Motorcycle Rider Course or its equivalent in quality, utility, and merit.   The department shall issue a certificate of completion to each person who satisfactorily completes the motorcycle operator safety training program.     (Code 1981, §40-15-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 644, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 181, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 40; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1505, § 2.)
GA Code § 40-15-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 15 - Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Program|§ 40-15-3. Authorization of Board to Promulgate Rules, Prescribe Fees, and Set Student Requirements

 The board is authorized to adopt, promulgate, and establish rules and regulations for the operation of any motorcycle operator safety training program; to provide for the entrance and enrollment of students; to prescribe fees for the course; and to prescribe the ages, requirements, and conditions under which students may be received for instruction in any such program.    (Code 1981, §40-15-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 644, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 181, § 1.)
GA Code § 40-15-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 15 - Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Program|§ 40-15-4. Coordinator Authorized; Duties and Requirements

  The commissioner shall appoint a state-wide motorcycle safety coordinator who shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the department. The coordinator shall be placed in the unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2 and shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.   The coordinator shall also be authorized to:   Promote motorcycle safety throughout the state;   Provide consultation to the various departments of state government and local political subdivisions relating to motorcycle safety; and   Do any other thing deemed necessary by the commissioner to promote motorcycle safety in the state.       (Code 1981, §40-15-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 644, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 181, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 40; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1505, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-62/HB 642.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective July 1, 2012.   Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90."
GA Code § 40-15-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 15 - Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Program|§ 40-15-5. Requirements for Instructors

 Every person who desires to qualify as an instructor in a motorcycle operator safety training program shall meet the following requirements:    Be of good moral character;   Give satisfactory performance on a written, oral, performance, or combination examination administered by the coordinator testing both knowledge of the field of motorcycle operator education and skills necessary to instruct and impart motorcycle driving skills and safety to students. The instructor training program shall provide for a course of instruction based on the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Instructor Course or its equivalent in quality, utility, and merit. This course of instruction shall be held periodically based on the applications received and the need for instructors, and an examination fee prescribed by the coordinator shall be charged;   Be physically able to operate safely a motorcycle and to instruct others in the operation of motorcycles; and   Hold a valid Class M driver's license.     (Code 1981, §40-15-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 644, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 181, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40.)
GA Code § 40-16-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 16 - Department of Driver Services|§ 40-16-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Board" means the Board of Driver Services.   "Commissioner" means the commissioner of driver services.   "Department" means the Department of Driver Services.     (Code 1981, §40-16-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 1-1/HB 501.)
GA Code § 40-16-2.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 16 - Department of Driver Services|§ 40-16-2.1. Annual Reports to the General Assembly

 Annual reports shall be provided to the General Assembly by the affected departments with respect to the reorganization provided for in Code Section 40-16-2 and with respect to other activities of the departments as follows:    The Department of Driver Services shall provide an annual report which shall include, together with other information deemed pertinent by the department, service metrics clearly indicating the department's ability to meet public demand for its services; and   The Department of Public Safety shall provide an annual report which shall include, together with other information deemed pertinent by the department, the records of the department with respect to safety inspections and citations issued.     (Code 1981, §40-16-2.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 1-1/HB 501.)
GA Code § 40-16-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 16 - Department of Driver Services|§ 40-16-4. Duties of Commissioner; Compensation of Department Employees

  The commissioner shall establish such units within the department as he or she deems proper for its administration and shall designate persons to be directors and assistant directors of such units to exercise such authority as he or she may delegate to them in writing.   The commissioner shall have the authority to employ as many persons as he or she deems necessary for the administration of the department and for the discharge of the duties of his or her office. He or she shall issue all necessary directions, instructions, orders, and rules applicable to such persons. He or she shall have authority, as he or she deems proper, to employ, assign, compensate, and discharge employees of the department within the limitations of the department's appropriation and the restrictions set forth by law.   All employees of the department shall be compensated upon a fixed salary basis and no person shall be compensated for services to the department on a commission or contingent fee basis.   Neither the commissioner nor any officer or employee of the department shall be given or receive any fee, compensation, loan, gift, or other thing of value in addition to the compensation and expense allowance provided by law for any service or pretended service either rendered or to be rendered as commissioner or as an officer or employee of the department.     The commissioner shall have the authority to appoint and employ 30 investigators who shall be certified peace officers pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 35, the "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act."   The investigators of the department shall have jurisdiction throughout this state with such duties and powers as are prescribed by law.     The department shall have the authority to contract and make cooperative and rental agreements with the United States government; any county, municipality, or local government, or any combination thereof; any public or private corporation or firm; or any public authority, agency, commission, or institution, including agencies of state government, for the purpose of obtaining goods, materials, and services needed to perform any of the duties, responsibilities, or functions vested in the department.     (Code 1981, §40-16-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 1-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2007, p. 117, § 7/HB 419; Ga. L. 2010, p. 932, § 26/HB 396.)
GA Code § 40-16-5.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 16 - Department of Driver Services|§ 40-16-5.1. Use of Department Vehicles and Equipment

  Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, no department motor vehicles shall be used by any investigators employed by the department except in the discharge of official duties. Any other equipment shall be used only with the express written approval of the commissioner.   The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations governing the use of equipment. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to which investigators employed by the department may use a department motor vehicle while working an approved off-duty job, provided that any such use shall comply with such conditions as may be imposed by the commissioner, which conditions shall include but shall not be limited to a finding of public benefit and reimbursement to the department by the employer or employee for use of the vehicle.   At no time will an off-duty employee be allowed use of a department motor vehicle at any political function of any kind.     (Code 1981, §40-16-5.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 838, § 4; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 1-1/HB 501.)
GA Code § 40-16-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 16 - Department of Driver Services|§ 40-16-6. Civil Monetary Penalties

  To the extent specifically authorized by law, the commissioner may pursuant to rule or regulation specify and impose civil monetary penalties for violations of laws, rules, and regulations administered by the commissioner. Except as may be hereafter authorized by law, the maximum amount of any such monetary penalty shall not exceed the maximum penalty authorized by law or rule or regulation for the same violation immediately prior to July 1, 2005.   All proceedings for the imposition of civil monetary penalties by the commissioner and other contested cases to be decided by or under authority of the commissioner shall be subject to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." All such administrative proceedings which are pending on July 1, 2005, under laws the administration of which is transferred from the commissioner of motor vehicle safety to another enforcement agency shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of such other enforcement agency as of July 1, 2005.   The amendment of this chapter and the Act by which it is amended shall not affect or abate the status as a crime of any act or omission which occurred prior to July 1, 2005, nor shall the prosecution of such crime be abated as a result of such amendment.     (Code 1981, §40-16-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 40; Ga. L. 2003, p. 177, § 5; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 1-1/HB 501.)
GA Code § 40-16-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 16 - Department of Driver Services|§ 40-16-8. Governor's Commercial Transportation Advisory Committee

  There shall be established, within the department, the Governor's Commercial Transportation Advisory Committee. The purpose of this committee is to advise the Governor on all laws, regulations, rules, and other matters related to the operation within this state of motor carriers, including private carriers, as defined in Code Section 46-1-1. The committee shall also serve as a forum for representatives of the motor carrier industry to meet with representatives of the various state agencies responsible for the oversight, enforcement, taxation, and regulation of the commercial transportation industry.   The committee shall consist of the following members:   The commissioner of driver services or his or her designee;   The commissioner of public safety or his or her designee;   The commissioner of transportation or his or her designee;   The state revenue commissioner or his or her designee;   The Speaker of the House or his or her designee;   The chairperson of the House Transportation Committee, who shall chair the committee;   The President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his or her designee;   The chairperson of the Senate Transportation Committee;   The president of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association or his or her designee;   Five industry representatives appointed by the Governor; and   The Governor or his or her designee who shall serve ex officio.     Each member of the committee shall serve until replaced. All members of the committee shall have equal voting privileges on all matters brought before the committee. The committee shall meet at least three times per year at a date and time set by the chairperson. The chairperson shall prepare an agenda for each meeting and shall distribute the agenda for each meeting at least 20 days prior to the date of the meeting.     (Code 1981, §40-16-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 330, § 1/HB 458; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 40/SB 465.)
GA Code § 41-1-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 41 - Nuisances|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 41-1-5. Right of Action of Alienee of Injured Property for Continuance of Nuisance; Necessity for Request to Abate Nuisance

  The alienee of a person owning property injured may maintain an action for continuance of the nuisance for which the alienee of the property causing the nuisance is responsible.   Prior to commencement of an action by the alienee of the property injured against the alienee of the property causing the nuisance, there must be a request to abate the nuisance.    (Code 1863, § 2943; Code 1868, § 2950; Code 1873, § 3001; Code 1882, § 3001; Civil Code 1895, § 3862; Civil Code 1910, § 4458; Code 1933, § 72-105; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 41.)   Cross references.   - Covenants and warranties relating to land transactions generally, § 44-5-60 et seq.   Law reviews.   - For article discussing nuisances as "Hidden Liens," see 14 Ga. St. B.J. 32 (1977). For annual survey on real property, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 255 (2012).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Notice of Existence of Nuisance    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Nuisances, §§ 101, 103, 216.   C.J.S.   - 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 107, 108, 220 et seq.   ALR.   - Liability for property damage caused by vibrations, or the like, without blasting or explosion, 79 A.L.R.2d 966.   Landowner's right to relief against pollution of his water supply by industrial or commercial waste, 39 A.L.R.3d 910.   "Coming to nuisance" as a defense or estoppel, 42 A.L.R.3d 344.   Residential swimming pool as nuisance, 49 A.L.R.3d 545.   Computer as nuisance, 45 A.L.R.4th 1212.
GA Code § 41-1-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 41 - Nuisances|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 41-1-6. Erection or Continuance of Nuisance After Notice to Abate

 Any person who shall erect or continue after notice to abate a nuisance which tends to annoy the community, injure the health of the citizens in general, or corrupt the public morals shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 817; Code 1863, § 4437; Code 1868, § 4478; Code 1873, § 4562; Code 1882, § 4562; Penal Code 1895, § 641; Penal Code 1910, § 681; Code 1933, § 72-9901.)   Cross references.   - Offenses against public health and morals generally, T. 16, C. 12.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   City criminal court empowered to abate nuisances.    - Fact that the General Assembly made the continuation of a nuisance after notice to abate a misdemeanor, does not preclude the criminal court of Cordele's power to abate nuisances pursuant to the legislative authorization in O.C.G.A. § 41-2-5, and its power to enforce the court's judgments by contempt pursuant to the legislative authorization in the city charter. Horne v. City of Cordele, 254 Ga. 346, 329 S.E.2d 134 (1985).    Cited in Vason v. City of Augusta, 38 Ga. 542 (1868); City of Atlanta v. Pazol, 95 Ga. App. 598, 98 S.E.2d 216 (1957).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Substandard buildings in town or city.    - If substandard buildings in a town or city were alleged to be a nuisance, this may be determined in accordance with former Code 1933, § 72-401 (see now O.C.G.A. § 41-2-5); this determination must be made subject to the due process provisions of the state and federal Constitutions; if a nuisance was found to exist, the court could order the nuisance's abatement; if the property owner failed to abate the nuisance, the owner may be bound over to a court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors; the municipality cannot itself demolish the offending buildings unless the municipality condemns the property and compensates the owner. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-229.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Nuisances, §§ 191, 192, 300, 301.   C.J.S.   - 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 118-120, 200 et seq.   ALR.   - Statutes, ordinances, or regulations relating to private residential swimming pools, 92 A.L.R.2d 1283.   Gasoline or other fuel storage tanks as nuisance, 50 A.L.R.3d 209.   Exhibition of obscene motion pictures as nuisance, 50 A.L.R.3d 969.
GA Code § 41-1-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 41 - Nuisances|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 41-1-8. Treatment of Publicly Owned Cultural Facilities as Nuisances

  It is declared the public policy of this state to conserve, protect, and encourage the development of publicly owned cultural facilities. In order to encourage the establishment and maintenance of publicly owned cultural facilities, it is the purpose of this Code section to limit the circumstances under which a publicly owned cultural facility may be deemed to be a nuisance.   Neither a publicly owned cultural facility nor a facility operated on lease from a publicly owned cultural facility nor any of the appurtenances thereof nor the operation thereof shall be or become a nuisance, either public or private, solely as a result of changed conditions in or around the locality of such cultural facility if such cultural facility has been in operation for one year or more.     (Code 1981, §41-1-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 999, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 41.)
GA Code § 41-1-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 41 - Nuisances|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 41-1-9. Sport Shooting Ranges

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association.   "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designated and operated by a person for the sport shooting of firearms and not available for such use by the general public without payment of a fee, membership contribution, or dues or by invitation of an authorized person, or any area so designated and operated by a unit of government, regardless of the terms of admission thereto.   "Unit of government" means any of the departments, agencies, authorities, or political subdivisions of the state, cities, municipal corporations, townships, or villages and any of their respective departments, agencies, or authorities.     No sport shooting range shall be or shall become a nuisance, either public or private, solely as a result of changed conditions in or around the locality of such range if the range has been in operation for one year since the date on which it commenced operation as a sport shooting range. Subsequent physical expansion of the range or expansion of the types of firearms in use at the range shall not establish a new date of commencement of operations for purposes of this Code section.   No sport shooting range or unit of government or person owning, operating, or using a sport shooting range for the sport shooting of firearms shall be subject to any action for civil or criminal liability, damages, abatement, or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to noise generated by the operation of the range if the range remains in compliance with noise control or nuisance abatement rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances applicable to the range on the date on which it commenced operation.   No rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances relating to noise control, noise pollution, or noise abatement adopted or enacted by a unit of government shall be applied retroactively to prohibit conduct at a sport shooting range, which conduct was lawful and being engaged in prior to the adoption or enactment of such rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances.     (Code 1981, §41-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 796, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1997, p. 796, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section applicable to conduct occurring on or after July 1, 1997, and provides that this Code section shall not apply to or affect conduct occurring prior to July 1, 1997.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   No injunction as a nuisance.    - Sporting clay course cannot be enjoined as a sound generating nuisance if the course does not run afoul of local noise control ordinances or ordinances aimed at the regulation of a sport shooting range. Jenkins v. Clayton, 273 Ga. 439, 542 S.E.2d 503 (2001).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Citizen Suit Under the Noise Control Act, 58 POF3d 315.
GA Code § 41-1-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 41 - Nuisances|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 41-1-10. Hunting Operations Not Nuisances Under Certain Conditions

  As used in this Code section, the term "hunting operation" means an operation including any of the following:   Lands, including the buildings and improvements thereon, which are used or which are intended for use as a hunting club, hunting preserve, or shooting preserve;   Lands, including the buildings and improvements thereon, which are used or which are intended for use as a kennel, training facility, or field trial facility for the breeding, showing, raising or training of hunting and sporting dogs; or   Clubs, associations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, corporations and other business and social entities whose activities or holdings include the lands and uses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.     No hunting operation shall be or shall become a nuisance, either public or private, solely as a result of changed conditions in or around the locality of such hunting operation if the hunting operation has been in operation for at least one year since the date on which it commenced activity as a hunting operation. Subsequent physical expansion of the hunting operation shall not establish a new date of commencement of activity for purposes of this Code section.   No hunting operation shall be subject to any action for civil or criminal liability, damages, abatement, or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to lawful hunting activities generated by the hunting operation if the hunting operation remains in compliance with Title 27 and the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Natural Resources pursuant to Title 27.   This Code section shall not apply to hunting operations which are conducted in violation of any provision of Title 27 or the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Natural Resources pursuant to Title 27.     (Code 1981, §42-1-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 952, § 11/SB 474.)   Editor's notes.   - This Code section formerly pertained to signs for privately owned businesses. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 41-1-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 1196, § 5.1 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 41, effective April 18, 2002.