Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 9. TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS GENERALLY · Article 8. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
46-9-251. Unjust discrimination by railroad companies as to rates or charges for transportation of passengers or freight and for use and transportation of railroad cars.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
If any railroad company organized or doing business under the laws of this state makes any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or any compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description, or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its road or upon any of the branches thereof, or upon any railroad connected therewith which it has the right, license, or permission to operate, control, or use within this state, that corporation shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this title, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the liabilities and penalties provided in Code Sections 46-2-90, 46-2-92, and 46-2-93.
History
Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 125, § 4; Code 1882, § 719d; Civil Code 1895, § 2188; Civil Code 1910, § 2629; Code 1933, § 93-407.
Cross references
Authority of General Assembly regarding regulation of public utility rates, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
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