{"id":"GA-045","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Brian P. Kemp","authority":"O.C.G.A. 38-3-51; 49 C.F.R. 390.23; 23 U.S.C. 127","instrument":"Executive Order 08.30.21.01","title":"Providing additional Georgia National Guard troops and suspending certain rules and regulations to ensure the uninterrupted transport of goods, supplies, and services in response to the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery","dateIssued":"2021-08-30","effective":"2021-08-30","end":"hours-of-service and weight suspension 30 days (to Sept. 29, 2021) or until the emergency ends; troop authorization until the emergency is terminated or not renewed","startDate":"2021-08-30","endDate":"2021-09-29","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY","HC","TRAV","EMER"],"addressees":["Georgia Department of Defense","motor carriers and drivers","Department of Public Safety"],"clause":"That the Georgia Department of Defense provide an additional one thousand five hundred (1,500) Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response to the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery, bringing the total authorization to two thousand five hundred (2,500) troops.... [the hours-of-service limits of 49 C.F.R. Part 395 are suspended for motor carriers and drivers providing relief to ensure the uninterrupted transport of] supplies, goods, and services throughout Georgia. This declared [emergency] suspension will remain in effect for thirty (30) days or until the [emergency ends]... That weight, height, and length for any commercial vehicle traveling through the State of Georgia for the purposes of providing relief... shall not exceed the following: A. A maximum gross vehicle weight for vehicles equipped with five (5) weight-bearing axles... shall not exceed a gross vehicle weight of ninety-five (95) thousand pounds","enforcement":"Permits issued by the Department of Public Safety; suspension of State and adopted federal motor-carrier rules","functions":["DR drivers and hours","SC supply chain (State finding that COVID-19 disrupted \u0027the uninterrupted transport of goods, supplies, and services\u0027 in Q3 2021)","IP hospital staffing (Guard)"],"notes":"The Governor\u0027s own Q3 2021 finding that COVID-19 was interrupting freight and that hospitals required 2,500 Guard troops.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2021-executive-order/08302101/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":325025,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"GA","url":"/library/GA-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/GA-045","citation":"Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.30.21.01 (Aug. 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-045)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-044","GA-043","GA-060","GA-046","GA-061","GA-059","GA-041","GA-042","GA-039","GA-040"]}