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Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 8. RAILROAD COMPANIES · Article 3. INCORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES AND REQUIREMENTS AS TO DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 2. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SURRENDER OF FRANCHISE, AND DISSOLUTION OF COMPANIES
46-8-78. Order of Secretary of State accepting surrender of charter and franchises and dissolving corporation; recording of petition, certificate of approval, certificate of publication, and order.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
When the certificate of the judge of the probate court is filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Code Section 46-8-77, and when the certificate of the commission approving the application is likewise filed with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall pass an order under the seal of the state accepting the surrender of the charter and franchises and dissolving the corporation. The Secretary of State shall record the petition for dissolution, the certificate of approval of the commission, the certificate of the judge of the probate court as to the publication, and an order accepting the surrender of the charter and franchises and dissolving the corporation named in the order.
History
Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 213, § 8; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 46; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(70)(V)/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” in the first and second sentences.
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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, pages 702 to 703; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 53ab60ae5027.