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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-44. Power of commission to issue or deny certificate.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-5-44. Power of commission to issue or deny certificate.

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

## History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 311, § 4.