Department of Public Safety v. MacLafferty

GRICE, Presiding Justice.

Certiorari was granted in this case because of a question of construction of certain provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338 et seq; 1965, p. 283 et seq.; Code Ann. Ch. 3A-1). Specifically involved are Sections 18 and 20 of the Act (Code Ann. §§ 3A-118, 3A-120), authorizing agency and judicial review in the enforcement of the state’s "Implied Consent Law” (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 448, 452; Code Ann. § 68-1625.1).

The record shows that the Department of Public Safety notified Wanda MacLafferty that it was suspending her driver’s license for…