2025 Georgia Codes – Page 258

Amended 2024
[Note: The 2024 amendment to this section consisted solely of deletions and technical, nonsubtantive cor-
rections.]
As used in this article, the term:
(1) “Alcohol” means:
(A) Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages, including sake or similar products, of any
name or description containing one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced
from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor;
(B) Wine of not less than one-half of 1 percent of alcohol by volume;
(C) Distilled spirits which means that substance known as ethyl alcohol, ethanol, or spirits of wine in any
form, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof from whatever source or by whatever process produced;
or
(D) Any substance containing any form of alcohol, including, but not limited to, ethanol, methanol, propa-
nol, and isopropanol.
(2) “Alcohol concentration” means:
(A) The number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood;
(B) The number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath; or
(C) The number of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine.
(3) “Commerce” means:
(A) Trade, traffic, and transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States between locations in a state
and between a location in a state and a location outside such state including a location outside the United
States; and
(B) Trade, traffic, and transportation in the United States which affects any trade, traffic, and transportation
described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(4) “Commercial Driver License Information System” (CDLIS) means the information system established
pursuant to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, Title XII, Public Law 99-570, to serve as
a clearing-house for locating information related to the licensing and identification of commercial motor
vehicle drivers.
(5) “Commercial driver’s instruction permit” means a permit issued pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Sec-
tion 40-5-147.
(6) “Commercial driver’s license” (CDL) means a license issued in accordance with the requirements of this
article to an individual which authorizes the individual to drive a class of commercial motor vehicle.
(7) “Commercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle designed or used to transport passengers or property:
(A) If the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or such lesser rating as deter-
mined by federal regulation;
(B) If the vehicle is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or
(C) If the vehicle is transporting hazardous materials as designated under 49 U.S.C. Section 5103 and is
required to be placarded in accordance with the Motor Carrier Safety Rules prescribed by the United States
Department of Transportation, Title 49 C.F.R. Part 172, subpart F or is transporting any quantity of a mate-
rial listed as a select agent or toxin in Title 42 C.F.R. Part 73; provided, however, that, for the purposes of
this article, no agricultural vehicle, commercial vehicle operated by military personnel for military purpos-
es, recreational vehicle, or fire-fighting or emergency equipment vehicle shall be considered a commercial
motor vehicle. As used in this paragraph, the term “fire-fighting or emergency equipment vehicle” means an
authorized emergency vehicle; provided, however, that the vehicle must be equipped with audible and vis-
ible signals and shall be subject to traffic regulations in accordance with the requirements of Code Section