Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 8. PROBATION · Article 7. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES

42-8-118. Requesting or soliciting another to blow into device; tampering with or circumventing operation of device.

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(a)
It is unlawful for any person whose driving privilege is restricted pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 42-8-111 to request or solicit any other person to blow into an ignition interlock device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing the person so restricted with an operable motor vehicle.#
(b)
It is unlawful for any person to blow into an ignition interlock device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person whose driving privilege is restricted pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 42-8-111.#
(c)
It is unlawful to tamper with, or circumvent the operation of, an ignition interlock device.#
(d)
Any person violating any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 42-8-118, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 568, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1457, § 6.

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