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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-5. Inclusion of local exchanges 495 and 567 in area code 404.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-5-5. Inclusion of local exchanges 495 and 567 in area code 404.

Local exchanges 495 and 567 shall be included in the current 404 area code on or before July 1, 1996, and removed from the 706 area code; provided, however, that, if a geographic area of the 404 area code is designated as a different area code and such geographic area is contiguous to a part of the geographic area where local exchange 495 or 567 is operational, then nothing in this Code section shall prohibit local exchange 495 or 567 from being included in the newly designated area code.

## History

Code 1981, § 46-5-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 886, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(38)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Law Reviews

For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 333 (1995).

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted a comma following “however, that”.