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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-1-110. Hearing and notice of pending application.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-1-110. Hearing and notice of pending application.

The commissioner, upon the filing of an application for a motor carrier certificate, shall give notice of the pending application by posting the same on the department’s official website for ten days. If a protest is filed with the department, the commissioner shall fix a time and place for a hearing. If no protest is filed with the department or if the protest is subsequently withdrawn, the commissioner may issue the motor carrier certificate without a hearing.

## History

Code 1981, § 40-1-110, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 1/HB 865; Ga. L. 2013, p. 838, § 10/HB 323.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2013, p. 838, § 20/HB 323, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2013, and shall apply to violations committed on or after such date.”