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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-1-58. Determining employment status based upon a motor carrier safety improvement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-1-58. Determining employment status based upon a motor carrier safety improvement.

(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term “motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws, safety of a motor vehicle, safety of the operator of a motor vehicle, or safety of third-party users of highways of this state.

(b) The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by or as required by a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, shall not be considered when evaluating an individual’s status as an employee or independent contractor, or as a jointly employed employee, under any state law.

## History

Code 1981, § 40-1-58, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 318, § 1/HB 758.