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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 3. ELECTRICAL SERVICE · Article 1. GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY GENERALLY · Part 2. HIGH VOLTAGE SAFETY

46-3-39. Restriction on liability of owners and operators of high voltage lines; effect of part on duty or degree of care.

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

  1. (a)

    The owner or operator of high voltage lines shall not be liable for damage or loss to person or property resulting from work within ten feet of high voltage lines unless notice has been given as required by Code Section 46-3-34 and the owner or operator of the high voltage line has failed to comply with the provisions of Code Section 46-3-33.#

  2. (b)

    Except as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, nothing in this part shall be construed or applied so as to limit or reduce the duty or degree of care applicable to owners or operators of high voltage lines with respect to damage or loss to person or property.#

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

Ga. L. 1960, p. 181, § 10; Code 1981, § 46-3-38; Code 1981, § 46-3-39, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 359, § 3-5(8)/SB 125, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “high voltage” for “high-voltage” three times in subsection (a) and once in subsection (b).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1992, p. 2141, § 1, redesignated former Code Section 46-3-39 as present Code Section 46-3-40.

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

Text read from t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V34, 2025 edition, page 180; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 53ab60ae5027.