Georgia § 40-1-165 - Motor carrier authorization number of limousine carriers included in advertisement.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 40-1-165 — Motor carrier authorization number of limousine carriers included in advertisement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-1-165. Motor carrier authorization number of limousine carriers included in advertisement.
In any advertisement for a limousine carrier, whether by print, radio, television, other broadcast, or electronic media including but not limited to Internet advertising and any listing or sites on any website, the limousine carrier shall include the motor carrier authorization number issued to it by the Department of Public Safety. The department shall be required to issue a motor carrier authorization number to each registered limousine carrier. Whenever the department, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 40-1-56, finds that any person is advertising in violation of this Code section, the department may impose a fine of not more than $500.00 for an initial violation and not more than $15,000.00 for a second or subsequent violation. (Code 1981, § 40-1-165 , enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 1/HB 865.)
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