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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-9-106. Violations as separate offenses; construction with other laws; e-mail policies of service providers not limited or restricted.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-9-106. Violations as separate offenses; construction with other laws; e-mail policies of service providers not limited or restricted.

(a) Any crime committed in violation of this part shall be considered a separate offense.

(b) The provisions of this part shall not be construed as limiting or precluding the application of any other provision of law which applies to any transaction or course of conduct which violates this part.

(c) Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit or restrict the adoption, implementation, or enforcement by an e-mail service provider or Internet service provider of a policy of declining to transmit, receive, route, relay, handle, or store certain types of e-mail.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-9-106, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 199, § 4/SB 62.