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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-13-1. Establishment of Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-13-1. Establishment of Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission.

(a) There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of this state.

(b) The commission shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the commission shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under this chapter or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this chapter.

(c) The commission shall be attached to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia for administrative purposes only, as provided for in Code Section 50-4-3.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-13-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 594, § 1.