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title: Title 46, Chapter 5. Telephone Service
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heading: TELEPHONE SERVICE
title_heading: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
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# Title 46, Chapter 5. Telephone Service

Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation

145 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 46-5-1, Exercise of eminent domain by telephone companies; posts and other fixture placement; construction regulation near railroad tracks; liability; required information; due compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-1.md
- 46-5-2, Avoiding or attempting to avoid charges for use of telecommunication service; penalties; computation of damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-2.md
- 46-5-3, Actions related to theft of telecommunication service; concealing origin or destination of any telecommunication; compensatory damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-3.md
- 46-5-4, Seizure and disposal of devices, equipment, or any plan or instruction used for committing theft of telecommunications service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-4.md
- 46-5-5, Inclusion of local exchanges 495 and 567 in area code 404, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-5.md
- 46-5-6, Exclusive power and authority of the commission to prescribe rules and regulations regarding public pay telephones, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-6.md
- 46-5-7, Plan to ensure confidentiality of family violence shelters’ addresses and locations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-7.md
- 46-5-8, Termination of wireless communications service contracts by service members, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-8.md
- 46-5-20, Judicial proceedings for disconnection and removal of illegally used telephone facilities; liability of telephone companies for complying with order of disconnection and removal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-20.md
- 46-5-21, Using telephone communications for obscene, threatening, or harassing purposes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-21.md
- 46-5-22, Using telephone communications for obscene comments, requests, or suggestions; injunction; recorded commercial message, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-22.md
- 46-5-23, Use of automatic dialing and recorded message (ADAD) equipment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-23.md
- 46-5-24, Use of certain telephone numbers by ADAD equipment prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-24.md
- 46-5-25, Transmission of unsolicited commercial facsimile messages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-25.md
- 46-5-26, Access to live telephone operator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-26.md
- 46-5-27, Telephone solicitation calls; do not call data base, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-27.md
- 46-5-28, Consent required for inclusion in telephone data base or directory; exceptions; disclosure to telemarketers; violations; immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-28.md
- 46-5-30, Establishment, administration, and operation of state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-30.md
- 46-5-31, Rates and charges; surcharge not includable in gross receipts subject to franchise tax, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-31.md
- 46-5-40, “Person” defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-40.md
- 46-5-41, Obtaining of certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction, operation, acquisition, or extension of telephone lines, plants, or systems, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-41.md
- 46-5-42, Interference with existing telephone lines, plants, or systems by person constructing or extending a telephone line, plant, or system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-42.md
- 46-5-43, Prescription by commission of rules and regulations as to application for certificate of public convenience and necessity; giving notice of receipt of application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-43.md
- 46-5-44, Power of commission to issue or deny certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-44.md
- 46-5-45, Filing complaints with commission regarding persons constructing, operating, or acquiring telephone line, plant, or system without certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-45.md
- 46-5-60, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-60.md
- 46-5-61, Declaration of purpose, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-61.md
- 46-5-62, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-62.md
- 46-5-63, Powers of cooperatives generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-63.md
- 46-5-64, Power of superior court to create cooperatives, to approve amendments to their articles of incorporation, conversion, consolidation, merger, or dissolution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-64.md
- 46-5-64.1, Venue determinations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-64.1.md
- 46-5-65, Names of cooperatives, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-65.md
- 46-5-66, Incorporators, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-66.md
- 46-5-67, Contents of articles of incorporation; signing and acknowledgment; recitation of purpose and powers; statements regarding issuance of nonvoting shares of stock, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-67.md
- 46-5-68, Presentation of articles of incorporation to superior court for approval; accompaniment of articles by Secretary of State’s certificate and by required affidavits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-68.md
- 46-5-69, Approval of articles by judicial order; application as constituting charter of cooperative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-69.md
- 46-5-70, Filing of articles with clerk of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-70.md
- 46-5-71, Submittal to clerk of publisher’s affidavit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-71.md
- 46-5-72, Time of advertisement of articles; appearance of advertisements prior to granting of charter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-72.md
- 46-5-73, Duty of clerk to deliver to applicants certified copies of articles and of order thereon, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-73.md
- 46-5-74, Filing of copies of articles and order with Secretary of State; payment of fee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-74.md
- 46-5-75, Certificate of Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-75.md
- 46-5-76, Certified copies of charter and Secretary of State’s certificate as evidence of incorporation of cooperative and of nature and contents of charter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-76.md
- 46-5-77, Time of corporate existence of cooperative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-77.md
- 46-5-78, Bylaws of cooperative generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-78.md
- 46-5-79, Qualifications for membership in cooperative; certificate of membership; share certificates; payment for shares of stock, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-79.md
- 46-5-80, Member meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-80.md
- 46-5-81, Waiver of notice of member meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-81.md
- 46-5-82, Board of directors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-82.md
- 46-5-83, Division of service territory into districts; election of district delegates; boundaries of districts; voting by members at district meetings and by district delegates at any meeting, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-83.md
- 46-5-84, Officers of cooperative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-84.md
- 46-5-85, Amendment of articles of incorporation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-85.md
- 46-5-86, Change of location of principal office, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-86.md
- 46-5-87, Consolidation of cooperatives, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-87.md
- 46-5-88, Merger of cooperatives, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-88.md
- 46-5-89, Effect of consolidation or merger, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-89.md
- 46-5-90, Conversion of telephone corporation into a cooperative; consolidation of telephone corporations into a cooperative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-90.md
- 46-5-91, Dissolution of cooperatives, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-91.md
- 46-5-92, Operation of cooperatives on nonprofit basis; contents of bylaws and of contracts with members and patrons regarding nonprofit operation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-92.md
- 46-5-92.1, Payment of revenues; priority of payments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-92.1.md
- 46-5-93, Securing indebtedness of cooperative to the federal government; tax exemption for mortgages and deeds of trust; sale, pledge, or encumbrance of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-93.md
- 46-5-94, Liability of members and shareholders for debts of cooperative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-94.md
- 46-5-95, Effect of recordation of mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument of real and personal property of cooperative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-95.md
- 46-5-96, Construction standards, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-96.md
- 46-5-97, Limitation of actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-97.md
- 46-5-98, Taking of acknowledgments by officers, trustees, members, or shareholders of cooperatives, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-98.md
- 46-5-99, Extension of telephone service into state by foreign nonprofit or cooperative corporations; Secretary of State as agent for foreign corporations; rights and powers of foreign corporations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-99.md
- 46-5-100, Fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-100.md
- 46-5-101, Annual license fee; exemption of cooperatives from taxation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-101.md
- 46-5-102, Interconnection of lines, facilities, or systems of cooperatives and other telephone companies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-102.md
- 46-5-103, Jurisdiction of commission, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-103.md
- 46-5-104, Applicability of Chapter 5 of Title 10, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-104.md
- 46-5-105, Construction of part, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-105.md
- 46-5-120, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-120.md
- 46-5-121, Legislative intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-121.md
- 46-5-122, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-122.md
- 46-5-123, Creation of 9-1-1 Advisory Committee; selection of members; filling of vacancies; organization; roles and responsibilities, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-123.md
- 46-5-124, Guidelines for implementing state-wide emergency 9-1-1 system; training and equipment standards, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-124.md
- 46-5-124.1, Registration requirements for service suppliers or others; updating information; compliance; notices of deficiency or noncompliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-124.1.md
- 46-5-125, Formation of multijurisdictional and regional 9-1-1 systems, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-125.md
- 46-5-126, Cooperation by commission and telephone industry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-126.md
- 46-5-127, Approval of 9-1-1 systems by agency; written confirmation by authority required for 9-1-1 systems established, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-127.md
- 46-5-128, Cooperation by public agencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-128.md
- 46-5-129, Use of 9-1-1 emblem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-129.md
- 46-5-130, Federal assistance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-130.md
- 46-5-131, Exemptions from liability in operation of 9-1-1 system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-131.md
- 46-5-132, Fees by service supplier, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-132.md
- 46-5-133, Authority of local government to adopt resolution to impose monthly 9-1-1 charge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-133.md
- 46-5-134, Subscriber billing; subscriber service charge liability; service tax; Emergency Telephone System Fund established; cost recovery fee; records; use of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-134.md
- 46-5-134.1, Counties where the governing bodies of more than one local government have adopted a resolution to impose an enhanced 9-1-1 charge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-134.1.md
- 46-5-134.2, Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charge; imposition of fee by localities; collection and remission of charges; distribution of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-134.2.md
- 46-5-135, Liability of service supplier in civil action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-135.md
- 46-5-136, Authority of local government to create advisory board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-136.md
- 46-5-137, Powers of commission not affected, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-137.md
- 46-5-138, Joint authorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-138.md
- 46-5-138.1, Guidelines pertaining to additional charges involving contracts between two or more counties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-138.1.md
- 46-5-138.2, Director; training and instruction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-138.2.md
- 46-5-139, Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-139.md
- 46-5-140, , reserved through 46-5-149 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-140.md
- 46-5-160, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-160.md
- 46-5-161, Legislative findings; intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-161.md
- 46-5-162, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-162.md
- 46-5-163, Certificates of authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-163.md
- 46-5-164, Interconnection among certificated local exchange companies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-164.md
- 46-5-165, Alternative regulation of rates, terms, and conditions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-165.md
- 46-5-166, Rates for switched access, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-166.md
- 46-5-167, Universal Access Fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-167.md
- 46-5-168, Jurisdiction and authority of commission, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-168.md
- 46-5-169, Company obligations associated with alternative regulation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-169.md
- 46-5-170, Access to local telephone numbering resources and assignments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-170.md
- 46-5-171, Local call charges based on duration or time of call prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-171.md
- 46-5-171.1, Written authorization required by customer prior to being charged for service initiated by a third party, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-171.1.md
- 46-5-172, Annual report of Tier 1 company’s investment commitment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-172.md
- 46-5-173, Unpublished telephone identification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-173.md
- 46-5-174, Commission’s annual report to General Assembly, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-174.md
- 46-5-180, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-180.md
- 46-5-181, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-181.md
- 46-5-182, Certification of telecommunications companies which bill for or solicit intrastate telecommunications services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-182.md
- 46-5-183, Procedures for confirmation of changes in selection of a primary local exchange or long distance carrier generated by telemarketing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-183.md
- 46-5-184, Contents of letter of agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-184.md
- 46-5-185, Investigation and reporting requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-185.md
- 46-5-186, Time limit on certain actions of local exchange carrier, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-186.md
- 46-5-187, Abusive telemarketing acts or practices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-187.md
- 46-5-188, Forgery or falsification prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-188.md
- 46-5-189, Penalty for willful violation of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-189.md
- 46-5-190, Factual findings by Georgia Public Service Commission, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-190.md
- 46-5-191, Cause of action for damages resulting from violations of this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-191.md
- 46-5-192, Construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-192.md
- 46-5-210, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-210.md
- 46-5-211, Consent of end user required for release of telephone records; law enforcement exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-211.md
- 46-5-212, Security certification required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-212.md
- 46-5-213, Circumstances to which this article not applicable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-213.md
- 46-5-214, Response to telephone record security breach; Georgia resident notification; law enforcement exception; unfair or deceptive practice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-214.md
- 46-5-220, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-220.md
- 46-5-221, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-221.md
- 46-5-222, No commission authority to set rates or terms and conditions for broadband or other services; construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-222.md
- 46-5-230, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-230.md
- 46-5-231, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-231.md
- 46-5-232, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-232.md
- 46-5-233, Article not to be construed so as to prevent certain law enforcement actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-233.md
- 46-5-234, Other circumstances to which this article not applicable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-234.md
- 46-5-235, No private right of action created, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-235.md
- 46-5-250, “Retail telecommunications service” defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-250.md
- 46-5-251, Authority of Georgia Public Service Commission limited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-251.md
- 46-5-252, Prohibition against passing cost of compliance on to consumers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-252.md