Georgia Code
Article 15 - Serious Traffic Offenses
§ 40-6-391.1. Entry and Acceptance of Plea of Nolo Contendere

History. Code 1981, § 40-6-391.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1000, § 13; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1154, § 8; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1886, § 9; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2564, § 12; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2785, § 25; Ga. L. 1994, p. 831, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1600, § 9; Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 24; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5A-12; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 18-16/HB 501.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1994, p. 1600, § 11, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the provisions of the Act shall apply only to cases arising out of arrests occurring on or after January 1, 1995, except that the provisions amending subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-391.1, restricting the acceptance of a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of violating Code Section 40-6-391, and the provisions amending subsection (c) of Code Section 40-6-391, changing the criminal penalties for violations of the Code section, shall become effective July 1, 1994, and except that the provisions amending subsection (g) of Code Section 40-5-67.1, relating to the time for requesting a hearing on an administrative suspension, the stay of a suspension pending such hearing, and the early termination of an administrative suspension under certain conditions shall apply to cases pending on July 1, 1994.
Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Teen-age and Adult Driver Responsibility Act’.”
Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 27, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment made by the Act to this Code section shall apply to offenses committed on or after July 1, 1997, and shall not apply to offenses committed prior to that date.
Law reviews.
For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 129 (1992).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 203 (1997).

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