Section 40-14-26. Revoking traffic-control signal monitoring device permit; hearing; reconsideration

   (a) Upon issuance by the commissioner of transportation of an order denying an application for or suspending or revoking a traffic-control signal monitoring device permit, the governing authority affected shall be afforded a hearing, to be held within 30 days of the effective date of the order. The hearing shall be held before the commissioner of the department or his or her designee, and, within 30 days following the hearing, the governing authority affected shall be served with a written decision announcing whether the permit shall remain denied, suspended, or revoked or whether it shall be granted or reinstated.

(b) Only after the expiration of three years following the revocation of a traffic-control signal monitoring device permit shall the governing authority make application, upon a change of circumstances being shown, to the commissioner of transportation for a reconsideration of whether the governing authority should be permitted to use traffic-control signal monitoring devices.

Code 1981, § 40-14-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1184, § 8/HB 77; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 40/SB 46.