As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of motor vehicle safety.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety.

(3) "Resident" means a person who has a permanent home or abode in Georgia to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. For the purposes of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that any person who, except for infrequent, brief absences, has been present in the state for 30 or more days is a resident.