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Ex. GA-045 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 08.30.21.01

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

Governor Brian P. Kemp · Georgia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Georgia
Level
State
Authority
O.C.G.A. 38-3-51; 49 C.F.R. 390.23; 23 U.S.C. 127
Issued
2021-08-30 Aug. 30, 2021
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 (read as 2021-09-29)
In force
Aug. 30, 2021 to Sept. 29, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • Georgia Department of Defense
  • motor carriers and drivers
  • Department of Public Safety
Functions reached
  • DR drivers and hours
  • SC supply chain (State finding that COVID-19 disrupted 'the uninterrupted transport of goods, supplies, and services' in Q3 2021)
  • IP hospital staffing (Guard)
Collection
Georgia GA

Operative words

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

Notes

The Governor's own Q3 2021 finding that COVID-19 was interrupting freight and that hospitals required 2,500 Guard troops.

Retrieval note

Four pages read by OCR; bracketed words fill OCR breaks.