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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-4-23. Power of commission to issue or deny certificate.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-4-23. Power of commission to issue or deny certificate.

The commission shall have power, after hearing, to issue the certificate of public convenience and necessity, as prayed for, or to refuse to issue the same, or to issue it for the construction, operation, or acquisition of a portion only of the contemplated pipeline or distribution system or extension thereof.

## History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 104, § 4.