Georgia Code
Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 40-6-248.1. Securing and Covering Loads on Vehicles

(a.1) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any public road unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded or covered so as to prevent any of its load from dropping, escaping, or shifting in such a manner as to:
However, this Code section shall not prohibit the necessary spreading of any substance in public road maintenance or construction operations.
History. Code 1933, § 95A-955, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1270, § 1; Code 1981, § 32-6-21 ; Code 1981, § 40-6-248.1 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 3-9/HB 1320; Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 10/HB 865; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 40/HB 79; Ga. L. 2013, p. 838, § 18/HB 323.
Cross references.
Operating vehicle without adequately securing load, § 40-6-254 .
Prohibition against dragging or sliding of vehicles or loads on road surfaces, § 40-8-3 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2012, a comma that was inadvertently deleted was inserted following “federal” in subsection (c) (now (d)).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 1-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006’. ”
Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 5-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall become effective April 21, 2006, for purposes of adopting local ordinances to become effective on or after July 1, 2006.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 3-9/HB 1320, effective July 1, 2006, redesignated former Code Section 32-6-21 as present Code Section 40-6-248.1.
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”.

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