If you owe

taxes in Fulton County, you're going to pay them.

That's the

message Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards is delivering as he starts

investigating the trucking industry in the county.

A South Fulton

resident tipped Edwards off to a situation at Overnight Transportation

on Moreland Avenue, the commissioner said. The company maintains more

than 40 vehicles at its site, but none of them are registered in Georgia,

he said.

"We've

discovered that none of these trucks even leave the state," Edwards

said.

Edwards said

the county's tax office is investigating how much money is owed the county

and he wants them to investigate the company for the last seven years.

"We need

to get the money back that is clearly due the county," he said.

Edwards estimated

the amount in back taxes was in the thousands of dollars and said he wants

to check other trucking companies in the area to see if this is a common

practice.

"These

companies are cheating the county out of thousands of dollars and tearing

up our roads," he said.

Overnight Transportation

officials would not comment on the case.