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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION |
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Chapter 5. TELEPHONE SERVICE |
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Article 2. TELEPHONE SERVICE |
| Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| § 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 |
| § 46-5-21. Using telephone communications for obscene, threatening, or harassing purposes |
| § 46-5-22. Using telephone communications for obscene comments, requests, or suggestions; injunction; recorded commercial message |
| § 46-5-23. Use of automatic dialing and recorded message (ADAD) equipment |
| § 46-5-24. Use of certain telephone numbers by ADAD equipment prohibited |
| § 46-5-25. Transmission of unsolicited commercial facsimile messages |
| § 46-5-26. Access to live telephone operator |
| Part 1A. TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED |
| § 46-5-30. Establishment, administration, and operation of state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service |
| § 46-5-31. Rates and charges; surcharge not includable in gross receipts subject to franchise tax |
| Part 2. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF LINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS GENERALLY |
| § 46-5-40. "Person" defined |
| § 46-5-41. Obtaining of certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction, operation, acquisition, or extension of telephone lines, plants, or systems |
| § 46-5-42. Interference with existing telephone lines, plants, or systems by person constructing or extending a telephone line, plant, or system |
| § 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 |
| § 46-5-44. Power of commission to issue or deny certificate |
| § 46-5-45. Filing complaints with commission regarding persons constructing, operating, or acquiring telephone line, plant, or system without certificate |
| § 46-5-46. Granting of certificates to persons engaged in construction or operation of telephone line, plant, or system as of February 17, 1950 |
| Part 3. RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES |
| § 46-5-60. Short title |
| § 46-5-61. Declaration of purpose |
| § 46-5-62. Definitions |
| § 46-5-63. Powers of cooperatives generally |
| § 46-5-64. Power of superior court to create cooperatives, to approve amendments to their articles of incorporation, conversion, consolidation, merger, or dissolution |
| § 46-5-65. Names of cooperatives |
| § 46-5-66. Incorporators |
| § 46-5-67. Contents of articles of incorporation; signing and acknowledgment; recitation of purpose and powers; statements regarding issuance of nonvoting shares of stock |
| § 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 |
| § 46-5-69. Approval of articles by judicial order; application as constituting charter of cooperative |
| § 46-5-70. Filing of articles with clerk of court |
| § 46-5-71. Submittal to clerk of publisher's affidavit |
| § 46-5-72. Time of advertisement of articles; appearance of advertisements prior to granting of charter |
| § 46-5-73. Duty of clerk to deliver to applicants certified copies of articles and of order thereon |
| § 46-5-74. Filing of copies of articles and order with Secretary of State; payment of fee |
| § 46-5-75. Certificate of Secretary of State |
| § 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 |
| § 46-5-77. Time of corporate existence of cooperative |
| § 46-5-78. Bylaws of cooperative generally |
| § 46-5-79. Qualifications for membership in cooperative; certificate of membership; share certificates; payment for shares of stock |
| § 46-5-80. Meetings of members -- Generally |
| § 46-5-81. Meetings of members -- Waiver of notice |
| § 46-5-82. Board of directors |
| § 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 |
| § 46-5-84. Officers of cooperative |
| § 46-5-85. Amendment of articles of incorporation |
| § 46-5-86. Change of location of principal office |
| § 46-5-87. Consolidation of cooperatives |
| § 46-5-88. Merger of cooperatives |
| § 46-5-89. Effect of consolidation or merger |
| § 46-5-90. Conversion of telephone corporation into a cooperative; consolidation of telephone corporations into a cooperative |
| § 46-5-91. Dissolution of cooperatives |
| § 46-5-92. Operation of cooperatives on nonprofit basis; contents of bylaws and of contracts with members and patrons regarding nonprofit operation |
| § 46-5-94. Liability of members and shareholders for debts of cooperative |
| § 46-5-95. Effect of recordation of mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument of real and personal property of cooperative |
| § 46-5-96. Construction standards |
| § 46-5-97. Limitation of actions |
| § 46-5-98. Taking of acknowledgments by officers, trustees, members, or shareholders of cooperatives |
| § 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 |
| § 46-5-100. Fees |
| § 46-5-101. Annual license fee; exemption of cooperatives from taxation |
| § 46-5-102. Interconnection of lines, facilities, or systems of cooperatives and other telephone companies |
| § 46-5-103. Jurisdiction of commission |
| § 46-5-104. Applicability of Chapter 5 of Title 10 |
| § 46-5-105. Construction of part |
| Part 4. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER 9-1-1 |
| § 46-5-120. Short title |
| § 46-5-121. Legislative intent |
| § 46-5-122. Definitions |
| § 46-5-123. Creation of 9-1-1 Advisory Committee; selection of members; filling of vacancies; organization; roles and responsibilities |
| § 46-5-124. Guidelines for implementing state-wide emergency 9-1-1 system; training and equipment standards |
| § 46-5-124.1. Service suppliers or Voice over Internet Protocol service suppliers must register certain information with the director; updating information; notices of delinquency |
| § 46-5-125. Formation of multijurisdictional and regional 9-1-1 systems |
| § 46-5-126. Cooperation by commission and telephone industry |
| § 46-5-127. Approval of 9-1-1 systems by agency |
| § 46-5-128. Cooperation by public agencies |
| § 46-5-129. Use of 9-1-1 emblem |
| § 46-5-130. Federal assistance |
| § 46-5-131. Exemptions from liability in operation of 9-1-1 system |
| § 46-5-132. Fees by service supplier |
| § 46-5-133. Authority of local government to adopt resolution to impose monthly 9-1-1 charge |
| § 46-5-134. Billing of subscribers; liability of subscriber for service charge; taxes on service; establishment of Emergency Telephone System Fund; records; use of funds |
| § 46-5-134.1. Counties where the governing authorities of more than one local government have adopted a resolution to impose an enhanced 9-1-1 charge. |
| § 46-5-134.2. Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charge; definitions; imposition of fee by localities; collection and remission of charges; distribution of funds |
| § 46-5-135. Liability of service supplier in civil action |
| § 46-5-136. Authority of local government to create advisory board |
| § 46-5-137. Powers of Public Service Commission not affected |
| § 46-5-138. Joint authorities |
| § 46-5-138.1. Guidelines pertaining to additional charges involving contracts between two or more counties |
| § 46-5-138.2. "Director" defined; training and instruction |
| § 46-5-139. Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges |