The commissioner is directed to negotiate with the proper authorities of adjoining states and consummate, as speedily as is practicable, reciprocal agreements, whereby residents of such states operating motor vehicles licensed in their respective states may have such privileges and exemptions in the operation of such motor vehicles as residents of this state may have and enjoy in such adjoining states in the operation of motor vehicles duly licensed in this state. In the making of such agreements, the commissioner shall have due regard for the advantage and convenience of the motor vehicle owners and other citizens of this state and particularly those who reside near the borders of adjoining states.
(Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 84; Ga. L. 1931, p. 216, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 68-217; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2.)
Cross references.- Cooperation between Georgia and other states generally, T. 28, C. 6.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
License plate required for intrastate undertaking.
- When use of highways is purely intrastate undertaking, vehicle must have Georgia license plate affixed. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 321.
Foreign-state taxicabs in interstate commerce.- Under the "Multi-State Reciprocity Agreement," Alabama-based taxicabs engaged in purely interstate commerce in bringing passengers over the border are not required to obtain Georgia licenses. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 321.
Conduct of trucking association's mother state determinative.- Conduct of the licensing authorities of Georgia in relation to out-of-state truck lines operating in Georgia depends wholly and entirely upon the conduct of the mother state of the trucking association, that is, the state under whose laws the trucking association is operating; the reciprocal agreement between that state and the State of Georgia determines acts of the state agents in either requiring or not requiring the trucks to obtain a Georgia for hire tag. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 188.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 190, 307 et seq.