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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 70. COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND SERVICE DELIVERY BY COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES · Article 1. PLANNING

36-70-6. Promotion of deployment of broadband services by broadband services providers.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the terms “broadband services” and “broadband services provider” shall have the same meanings as provided in Code Section 50-40-1.#

  2. (b)

    The governing bodies of municipalities and counties shall provide in any comprehensive plan for the promotion of the deployment of broadband services by broadband services providers.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 36-70-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 3-1/SB 402.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 1/SB 402, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act.’”

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, “Code Section 50-40-1” was substituted for “Code Section 50-39-1” at the end of subsection (a).

Cross references

Competitive Emerging Communications Technologies Act of 2006, § 46-5-220 et seq. Coordination and Deployment of Broadband Services, § 50-39-1 et seq.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, page 271; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.