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title: O.C.G.A. § 35-2-100. Creation; establishment of Regulatory Compliance Section; members designated as law enforcement officers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 35-2-100. Creation; establishment of Regulatory Compliance Section; members designated as law enforcement officers.

There shall be created and established a division of the Department of Public Safety to be known as Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, and within the division shall be created a section to be known as the Regulatory Compliance Section. Except as provided in Code Section 35-2-102, the members of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement shall be known, designated, trained, sworn, and certified as “law enforcement officers.”

## History

Code 1981, § 35-2-100, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 13A-2/HB 501; Ga. L. 2009, p. 122, § 1/HB 343; Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 7/HB 865; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 1/HB 116, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, in the first sentence, substituted “Commercial Vehicle Enforcement” for “the Motor Carrier Compliance Division” and “the Regulatory Compliance Section” for “the Motor Carrier Compliance Enforcement Section”; and substituted “the members of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement shall be known, designated, trained, sworn, and certified” for “the members of the Motor Carrier Compliance Enforcement Section shall be known and designated” in the second sentence.