Georgia Administrative Code

(1) The school bus inspection program shall apply to every public school bus as defined by O.C.G.A. 40-1-1 which is owned by a state, county, or municipal government or under contract by any independent system. (2) The Commissioner shall appoint such employees as deemed necessary…

(1) "Employees" means "Troopers" or "other Departmental Personnel" designated to supervise the inspectional efforts and to enforce related statutes and rules. (2) Independent school system is a municipal school system. (3) Inspection sticker is synonymous with the term certificat…

No fee shall be charged by the employees of the Department of Public Safety for any inspection sticker, inspection or rejection of any school bus.

The expiration date of all inspection stickers will be midnight of the last day of the month in which they are issued, one year hence. The Commissioner or his designee, for good cause shown, may extend an inspection sticker when reasons beyond the control of the Department preclu…

A purchaser of a bus, which vehicle prior to subject purchase was not required to be inspected, shall be allowed a 5-day grace period in which to obtain an inspection following the date of purchase. A bus purchased by a school system on which the original motor vehicle title has …

The departmental employee, after vehicle passes inspection, shall affix an inspection sticker to the upper left-hand corner of the windshield of the approved vehicle as viewed from the driver's seat.

Departmental employees shall write in ink all pertinent data on the reverse side of inspection sticker and validate expiration of same through use of appropriate expiration year tab. Further, they should punch with 1/4 inch punch the appropriate month of inspection.

Reports of all inspectional efforts shall be maintained by employees as designated by the Commissioner.

(1) Before an inspection sticker may be issued for a bus, the bus must pass a minimum North American Standard Vehicle Safety Inspection (Level 5). (2) In addition to the minimum requirements of a North American Standard Vehicle Safety Inspection (Level 5), each bus must further m…

(1) All public school buses shall be inspected annually or at the discretion of the Commissioner by employees of the Department of Public Safety. (2) Each public school bus shall be inspected for: (a) Front and rear sign containing the words "School Bus" in letters not less than …

In accordance with the authority cited in O.C.G.A. Title 40, these Rules shall have the force of law. If a responsible bus is denied an inspection sticker and is subsequently operated without having a valid sticker affixed as provided for in these Rules and associated statutes, t…

(1) No school bus shall be driven unless the driver shall have first satisfied himself or herself that the following parts and accessories are in good working order: (a) Service brakes; (b) Parking brake; (c) Steering mechanism; (d) Lighting devices and reflectors; (e) Stop arm a…

To create and establish a division of the Department of Public Safety to be known as the "Motor Carrier Compliance Division." The members of which shall be designated as Law Enforcement Officers. Department Employees designated as Law Enforcement Officers of the Motor Carrier Com…

(1) "Department Employee" means Law Enforcement Personnel of the Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety who are statutorily designated to supervise the inspectional efforts and to enforce related statutes and rules related to the regulation of vehicl…

(1) A Department employee designated as a law enforcement officer under the provisions of the Rules of the Department of Public Safety has the authority to stop and inspect a load or vehicle, the operator of which he has reason to believe is violating fuel tax or license tag laws…

In addition to any other conditions imposed, all vehicles hauling logs or pulpwood on the public roads of this State shall secure the load in the following manner: (a) Each load of pulpwood or logs transported upon any public road or highway in this State by any vehicle equipped …

(1) "Disability" as used in this Chapter is defined in O.C.G.A. § 35-2-49.1. (2) "Disability Arising in the Line of Duty" means: (a) Disabled as the result of a physical injury incurred in the line of duty and caused by a willful act of a violator, or (b) Disabled as the result o…

(1) Any sworn member eligible to retain his or her badge and gun shall submit a request to the appropriate Division Director for approval. (2) Prior to approval, the Human Resources Division shall verify that the member meets the service requirements of O.C.G.A. §§ 35-2-49. (3) A…

(1) Any radio operator eligible to retain his or her badge shall submit a request to the appropriate Division Director for approval. (2) Prior to approval, the Human Resources Division shall verify that the member meets the service requirements of O.C.G.A. §§ 35-2-49.

As used in this Rule, the term: (1) "Motorcycle Enforcement Unit" means the Department of Public Safety Uniform Division Motorcycle Enforcement Unit which may make arrests and issue citations pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-2-32, O.C.G.A. § 35-2-33, O.C.G.A. § 15-21-2(a)(2), and O.C.G.…

The Motorcycle Enforcement Unit shall use the funds derived from fines, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 15-21-2(a)(2) and O.C.G.A. § 40-13-26, for the enhancement and maintenance of the Unit. (a) Any and all unused funds derived from fines for maintenance and enhancement of the Unit in an…

(1) The clerks of the various Courts, as defined in Rule 570-33-.01(3), or the judge of the probate court, or the person presiding over the municipal court, who receive fines generated from arrests or traffic citations made or issued by a member of the Uniform Division of the Mot…

"As Is - Where Is" means that the vehicle is acquired without warrant, express or implied, as to completeness, kind, character, or quality of any property, or its fitness for any use or purpose. Returns and/or exchanges of any "vehicles for sale" are not authorized. "Auction Vend…

(a) In the disposition of a vehicle for sale, the Department shall give first priority of sales to political subdivisions within the state. Vehicle(s) for sale thus sold must be for the use of the recipient agency or political subdivision with the title being in such agency, unit…

(a) Vehicle sales to political subdivisions are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The first eligible political subdivision presenting the Department with the full amount of the sale price shall be deemed the purchaser of the vehicle. (b) The Department reserves the r…

When any vehicle is sold to a political subdivision, pursuant to Rule 570-34-.02 and Rule 570-34-.03, such transfer shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) The vehicle shall not be resold by any such political subdivision within one year after the transfer without the w…

(a) Vehicles not sold to political subdivisions may be auctioned through the Department's Auction Vendor under the terms set by the Department's agency contractor with said vendor. A vehicle may be determined to immediately be an Auction Vehicle without being offered as a Vehicle…

(a) The pricing of all surplus fleet vehicles to political subdivisions will be researched and determined by the Department's Property staff based upon references provided by the Kelley Blue Book Private Values. The Pricing will be based upon mileage of each individual vehicle an…

(a) All payments by political subdivisions must be in the form of cash, cashier's check, certified check, or postal money order (made payable to the "Georgia Department of Public Safety"), or other method approved by the Department's Comptroller. Payment must be made at the time …

(a) The description of the property offered for sale is compiled from available information. All vehicles are sold "as is" and "where is" with no discounts, warranties, or other incentives offered. (b) All property offered for sale or a portion thereof is subject to withdrawal at…

(a) If an eligible political subdivision fails to pay in full for the vehicle(s) at the time of sale, the property may be resold as provided for 570-34-.03, on a first-come, first- served basis. (b) All Vehicles must be removed on or before the date indicated on the sales receipt…

Persons attending during exhibition, sale, or removal of vehicles assume all risks of damage or loss to persons and property and specifically release the Department and the State of Georgia from liability.