Georgia § 40-5-145 - Duties of employer.
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§ 40-5-145. Duties of employer.
Each employer shall require every commercial motor vehicle driver applicant to provide the information specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 40-5-144. No employer may knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period: In which the driver has a driver's license suspended, revoked, or canceled by a state; has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a state; or has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle; In which the driver has more than one driver's license; In which the driver, or the commercial motor vehicle that he or she is driving, or the motor carrier operation, is subject to an out of service order; or In violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings. (Code 1981, § 40-5-145 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 519, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 484, § 4.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, a misspelling of "subject" was corrected in paragraph (b)(3).
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Section 40-5-145 ("Duties of employer.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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