Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 5. TELEPHONE SERVICE · Article 2. TELEPHONE SERVICE · Part 2. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF LINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS GENERALLY

46-5-41. Obtaining of certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction, operation, acquisition, or extension of telephone lines, plants, or systems.

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

No person shall construct or operate any telephone line, plant, or system or any extension thereof or acquire ownership or control thereof, either directly or indirectly, without first obtaining from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require such construction, operation, or acquisition.

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. 1950, p. 311, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 847, § 9/HB 1115; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(70)(L)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “commission” for “Public Service Commission”.

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