O.C.G.A. § 46-5-181 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-181
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-181
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the terms “local exchange company,” “telecommunications company,” and “telecommunications services” shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 46-5-162 ; the term “local exchange carrier” shall have the same meaning as “local exchange company”; and the term “long distance service” shall include interexchange inter-LATA telecommunications service and interexchange intra-LATA telecommunications service.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-170 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-170
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-170
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the “Georgia Electric Membership Corporation Act.”
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-215 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-215
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-215
Status: in_force

All railroad companies in this state, at the terminus or at any intermediate point, shall receive from the connecting road all cars containing freight consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered and shall transport the cars to their destination with reasonable diligence. Any failure or refusal to comply with this requirement shall give to the consignee, the shipper, or the owner of such goods and freight a right of action against the company so refusing; and the damages received in such action shall not be less than 10 percent nor more than 25 percent of the value of the goods so refused to be received.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-180 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-180
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-180
Status: repealed

The repeal of a prior Act by this article shall not affect any cause of action, liability, penalty, or action or special proceeding which is accrued, existing, incurred, or pending on July 1, 1981; but the same may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or defended as if the prior Act had not been repealed.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-82 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-82
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-82
Status: in_force

(a) The business of a cooperative shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, each of whom shall be a member of the cooperative or of another cooperative which is a member thereof. The bylaws shall prescribe the number of directors, their qualifications, other than those prescribed in this part, the manner of holding meetings of the board of directors and of electing successors to directors who resign, die, or otherwise become incapable of acting. The bylaws may also provide for the removal of directors from office and for the election of their successors. Directors shall not receive any salaries for their services as such and, except in emergencies, shall not receive any salaries for their services in any other capacity without the approval of the members. The bylaws may, however, prescribe a fixed fee for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may provide for reimbursement of actual expenses of attendance.

(a) The business of a cooperative shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, each of whom shall be a member of the cooperative or of another cooperative which is a member thereof. The bylaws shall prescribe the number of directors, their qualifications, other than those prescribed in this part, the manner of holding meetings of the board of directors and of electing successors to directors who resign, die, or otherwise become incapable of acting. The bylaws may also provide for the removal of directors from office and for the election of their successors. Directors shall not receive any salaries for their services as such and, except in emergencies, shall not receive any salaries for their services in any other capacity without the approval of the members. The bylaws may, however, prescribe a fixed fee for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may provide for reimbursement of actual expenses of attendance.

(b) The directors of a cooperative named in any articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger, conversion, or combined consolidation and conversion shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the members and until their successors are elected and qualify. At each annual meeting, or, in case of failure to hold the annual meeting as specified in the bylaws, at a special meeting called for that purpose, the members shall elect directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of the members, except as otherwise provided in this part. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected and until his successor is elected and qualifies.

(b) The directors of a cooperative named in any articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger, conversion, or combined consolidation and conversion shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the members and until their successors are elected and qualify. At each annual meeting, or, in case of failure to hold the annual meeting as specified in the bylaws, at a special meeting called for that purpose, the members shall elect directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of the members, except as otherwise provided in this part. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected and until his successor is elected and qualifies.

(c) Instead of electing all the directors annually, the bylaws may provide that half of them, or a number as near thereto as possible, shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of the members and that the remaining directors shall be elected to serve until the second succeeding annual meeting. Thereafter, as directors' terms expire, the members shall elect their successors to serve until the second succeeding annual meeting after their election. Instead of electing all of the directors annually or biannually, the bylaws may provide that one-third of them, or a number as near thereto as possible, shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of the members, that one-third shall be elected to serve until the second succeeding annual meeting of the members, and that the remaining directors shall be elected to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting. Thereafter, as directors' terms expire, the members shall elect their successors to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting after their election.

(c) Instead of electing all the directors annually, the bylaws may provide that half of them, or a number as near thereto as possible, shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of the members and that the remaining directors shall be elected to serve until the second succeeding annual meeting. Thereafter, as directors' terms expire, the members shall elect their successors to serve until the second succeeding annual meeting after their election. Instead of electing all of the directors annually or biannually, the bylaws may provide that one-third of them, or a number as near thereto as possible, shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of the members, that one-third shall be elected to serve until the second succeeding annual meeting of the members, and that the remaining directors shall be elected to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting. Thereafter, as directors' terms expire, the members shall elect their successors to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting after their election.

(d) A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum.

(d) A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum.

(e) The board of directors may exercise all of the powers of a cooperative not conferred upon the members by this part, or by its articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(e) The board of directors may exercise all of the powers of a cooperative not conferred upon the members by this part, or by its articles of incorporation or bylaws.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-4 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-4
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-4
Status: in_force

Any vacancy in the commission shall be filled by the Governor. Any person so appointed shall hold his office until the next regular general election and until his successor for the balance of the unexpired term has been elected and has qualified.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-111 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-111
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-111
Status: in_force

The fiscal officer of the authority or his agent shall maintain records containing a full and correct description of each evidence of indebtedness issued, identifying it and showing its date, issue, amount, interest rate, payment dates, payments made, registration, cancellation, destruction, and every other relevant transaction.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-481 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-481
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-481
Status: in_force

The annual report of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative shall be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1 of each year, except that the initial annual report of a foreign electric cooperative shall be filed with its application for a certificate of authority. The initial annual report of an electric membership corporation shall be filed within 90 days after the day its articles of incorporation are delivered to the Secretary of State for filing, except that the initial annual report of an electric membership corporation whose articles of incorporation are delivered to the Secretary of State for filing subsequent to October 1 shall be filed between January 1 and April 1 of the year next succeeding the calendar year in which its certificate of incorporation was issued by the Secretary of State. Proof to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that prior to 12:00 Midnight on the last day of such filing period such report was deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope, properly addressed, with first-class postage prepaid, shall be deemed a compliance with this requirement. If the Secretary of State finds that such report conforms to the requirements of this article, he shall file the same. If he finds that it does not so conform, he shall promptly return the same to the electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative for any necessary corrections, in which event the penalties prescribed in Code Section 46-3-540 for failure to file such report within the time provided in this Code section shall not apply if such report is corrected to conform to the requirements of this article and returned to the Secretary of State within one calendar month from the date it was returned by him to the electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-182 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-182
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-182
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article repeals, or is intended to repeal, either expressly or by implication, any provision of Part 1 of Article 1 of this chapter, the “Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act.”
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-175 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-175
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-175
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State, at any time, upon the request of any person, shall make and certify additional copies of any document filed with his or her office and of the certificate, if any, issued by the Secretary of State in connection with the filing of the document, under this article, upon payment to the Secretary of State of the fee provided for in Code Section 46-3-502 .
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-110 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-110
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-110
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any person delivers property of any description to a common carrier for transportation, the common carrier shall, upon demand, furnish the delivering party a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered, whenever the value can be estimated by weight. In all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated, the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof. In addition, any such receipt shall designate the place of destination of the property.

(a) Whenever any person delivers property of any description to a common carrier for transportation, the common carrier shall, upon demand, furnish the delivering party a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered, whenever the value can be estimated by weight. In all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated, the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof. In addition, any such receipt shall designate the place of destination of the property.

(b) Any agent or officer of any common carrier who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any agent or officer of any common carrier who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-8 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-8
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-8
Status: in_force

The salaries fixed by the commission for its officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, and other employees, and fixed by Code Section 45-7-4 for Commissioners, shall be paid monthly from the funds provided for the use of the commission after being approved by the commission. All expenses incurred by the commission, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the Commissioners, and of officers and employees, incurred while on business of the commission, shall be paid from the funds provided for the use of the commission after being approved by the commission. The necessary expenses of conducting the business of the commission and the salaries of the Commissioners shall be provided for by appropriations made for such purposes. The funds assessed and collected as provided in Code Section 46-2-10 shall be specially designated as the Public Service Commission Fund and shall be expended only as provided and directed in this title.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-22 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-22
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-22
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the books and papers of all railroad companies doing business in this state in order to ascertain if the rules and regulations of the commission have been complied with, to make personal visitation to railroad offices, stations, and other places of business for the purpose of examinations, and to make rules and regulations concerning such examinations, which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as the other rules and regulations of the commission.

(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the books and papers of all railroad companies doing business in this state in order to ascertain if the rules and regulations of the commission have been complied with, to make personal visitation to railroad offices, stations, and other places of business for the purpose of examinations, and to make rules and regulations concerning such examinations, which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as the other rules and regulations of the commission.

(b) The commission shall have full power and authority to examine any person, including agents and employees of railroad companies, under oath or otherwise, in order to procure the information necessary to make just and reasonable freight and passenger rates and to ascertain whether rules and regulations of the commission are observed or violated. The commission shall have the power to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations, which rules and regulations shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations of the commission.

(b) The commission shall have full power and authority to examine any person, including agents and employees of railroad companies, under oath or otherwise, in order to procure the information necessary to make just and reasonable freight and passenger rates and to ascertain whether rules and regulations of the commission are observed or violated. The commission shall have the power to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations, which rules and regulations shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations of the commission.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-117 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-117
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-117
Status: in_force

(a) If the authority defaults on the payment of the principal or interest on any of the revenue bonds after the same become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or if the authority or its officers, agents, or employees fail or refuse to comply with the essential provisions of this article or default in any material respect on any agreement made with the holders of the revenue bonds, any holders of revenue bonds or a trustee therefor shall have the right to apply in an appropriate judicial proceeding to the Superior Court of Fulton County for the appointment of a receiver of the undertaking, regardless of whether all revenue bonds have been declared due and payable, and regardless of whether such holder or trustee therefor is seeking or has sought to enforce any other right or exercise any remedy in connection with such revenue bonds. Upon such application, the court, if it deems such action necessary for the protection of the bondholders, may appoint a receiver for the undertaking, provided that such appointment shall be mandatory if the application is made by the holders of 25 percent in principal amount of such revenue bonds then outstanding, or by any trustee for holders of such revenue bonds in such principal amount.

(a) If the authority defaults on the payment of the principal or interest on any of the revenue bonds after the same become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or if the authority or its officers, agents, or employees fail or refuse to comply with the essential provisions of this article or default in any material respect on any agreement made with the holders of the revenue bonds, any holders of revenue bonds or a trustee therefor shall have the right to apply in an appropriate judicial proceeding to the Superior Court of Fulton County for the appointment of a receiver of the undertaking, regardless of whether all revenue bonds have been declared due and payable, and regardless of whether such holder or trustee therefor is seeking or has sought to enforce any other right or exercise any remedy in connection with such revenue bonds. Upon such application, the court, if it deems such action necessary for the protection of the bondholders, may appoint a receiver for the undertaking, provided that such appointment shall be mandatory if the application is made by the holders of 25 percent in principal amount of such revenue bonds then outstanding, or by any trustee for holders of such revenue bonds in such principal amount.

(b) A receiver appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall forthwith, directly or by his agents and attorneys, enter into and upon and take possession of the project or of such portion thereof or interest therein as is owned by the authority. If the court so directs, the receiver may wholly exclude from the project the authority, its officers, agents, and employees, and all persons claiming under them. Upon taking possession of the project, the receiver shall have, hold, use, operate, manage, and control the same and each and every part thereof and, in the name of the authority or otherwise, as the receiver may deem best, shall exercise all of the rights and powers of the authority with respect to the undertaking as the authority itself might do. The receiver shall maintain, restore, insure, and keep insured the project or such portion or interest therein as is owned by the authority; from time to time shall make all such necessary or proper repairs as the receiver may deem expedient; shall establish and maintain rates and collect such fees, tolls, and other charges in connection with the project as the receiver may deem necessary or proper and reasonable; and shall collect and receive all revenues, shall deposit the same in a separate account, and shall apply such revenues so collected and received in such manner as the court shall direct, provided that the duties of the receiver as described in this subsection shall be performed in a manner consistent with any and all existing contractual arrangements to which the authority may be a party; and the powers of the receiver shall be no greater than the powers of the authority.

(b) A receiver appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall forthwith, directly or by his agents and attorneys, enter into and upon and take possession of the project or of such portion thereof or interest therein as is owned by the authority. If the court so directs, the receiver may wholly exclude from the project the authority, its officers, agents, and employees, and all persons claiming under them. Upon taking possession of the project, the receiver shall have, hold, use, operate, manage, and control the same and each and every part thereof and, in the name of the authority or otherwise, as the receiver may deem best, shall exercise all of the rights and powers of the authority with respect to the undertaking as the authority itself might do. The receiver shall maintain, restore, insure, and keep insured the project or such portion or interest therein as is owned by the authority; from time to time shall make all such necessary or proper repairs as the receiver may deem expedient; shall establish and maintain rates and collect such fees, tolls, and other charges in connection with the project as the receiver may deem necessary or proper and reasonable; and shall collect and receive all revenues, shall deposit the same in a separate account, and shall apply such revenues so collected and received in such manner as the court shall direct, provided that the duties of the receiver as described in this subsection shall be performed in a manner consistent with any and all existing contractual arrangements to which the authority may be a party; and the powers of the receiver shall be no greater than the powers of the authority.

(c) Whenever all amounts due upon the revenue bonds and interest thereon have been cured and made good; and whenever a similar cure and making good has been effected in regard to any other notes, bonds, or other obligations, and interest thereon, which constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance on the revenues of the project under any of the terms of any covenants or agreements with holders of revenue bonds; then, if it appears to the court that no default is imminent, the court shall direct the receiver to surrender possession of the project to the authority, provided that the same right of the holders of the revenue bonds to secure the appointment of a receiver as is provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall exist upon any subsequent default.

(c) Whenever all amounts due upon the revenue bonds and interest thereon have been cured and made good; and whenever a similar cure and making good has been effected in regard to any other notes, bonds, or other obligations, and interest thereon, which constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance on the revenues of the project under any of the terms of any covenants or agreements with holders of revenue bonds; then, if it appears to the court that no default is imminent, the court shall direct the receiver to surrender possession of the project to the authority, provided that the same right of the holders of the revenue bonds to secure the appointment of a receiver as is provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall exist upon any subsequent default.

(d) A receiver shall, in the performance of the powers conferred upon him by this Code section, act under the direction and supervision of the court making such appointment, shall at all times be subject to the orders and decrees of such court, and may be removed thereby. Nothing contained in this Code section shall limit or restrict the jurisdiction of such court to enter such other and further orders and decrees as the court may deem necessary or appropriate for the exercise by the receiver of any functions specifically set forth in this Code section.

(d) A receiver shall, in the performance of the powers conferred upon him by this Code section, act under the direction and supervision of the court making such appointment, shall at all times be subject to the orders and decrees of such court, and may be removed thereby. Nothing contained in this Code section shall limit or restrict the jurisdiction of such court to enter such other and further orders and decrees as the court may deem necessary or appropriate for the exercise by the receiver of any functions specifically set forth in this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 46-1-5 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 1 / Section 46-1-5
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-1-5
Status: in_force

By March 2, 1982, the Department of Human Resources (now known as the Department of Human Services) shall develop a program to identify those low or fixed income consumers of gas and electric utility service who, in the department's opinion, should benefit from public assistance in paying their bills for gas and electric service. The department shall also establish an efficient and economical method for distributing to such consumers all public assistance funds which will be made available, whether by appropriations of state or federal funds, grants, or otherwise. All gas and electric utilities shall cooperate fully with the department in developing and implementing its program. Nothing in this Code section shall limit the commission's authority to order regulatory alternatives which assist low or fixed income ratepayers.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-158-5 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-158-5
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-158.5
Status: in_force

The commission shall continually review marketers' compliance with rules promulgated in accordance with Code Sections 46-4-158.2 , 46-4-158.3 , and 46-4-158.4 .
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-200
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-200
Status: in_force

An electric membership corporation may serve any one or more of the following purposes:

(1) Furnish electrical energy and service;

(1) Furnish electrical energy and service;

(2) Assist its members in the efficient and economical use of energy;

(2) Assist its members in the efficient and economical use of energy;

(3) Engage in research and promote and develop energy conservation and sources and methods of conserving, producing, converting, and delivering energy;

(3) Engage in research and promote and develop energy conservation and sources and methods of conserving, producing, converting, and delivering energy;

(4) Provide and operate broadband facilities and provide and use the broadband services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171 ;

(4) Provide and operate broadband facilities and provide and use the broadband services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171 ;

(5) Furnish on a nondiscriminatory basis the broadband services described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171 ;

(5) Furnish on a nondiscriminatory basis the broadband services described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171 ;

(6) Form, fund, support, and operate a broadband affiliate, directly or indirectly, contingent upon compliance with Code Sections 46-5-163 and 46-3-200.2 ; and

(6) Form, fund, support, and operate a broadband affiliate, directly or indirectly, contingent upon compliance with Code Sections 46-5-163 and 46-3-200.2 ; and

(7) Engage in any lawful act or activity necessary or convenient to effect the foregoing purposes.

(7) Engage in any lawful act or activity necessary or convenient to effect the foregoing purposes.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-231 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-231
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-231
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “ Procure ” means to obtain by any means, whether electronically or in writing or in oral form, with or without consideration.

(1) “ Procure ” means to obtain by any means, whether electronically or in writing or in oral form, with or without consideration.

(2) “ Telephone ” means any device used by a person for voice communications in connection with the services of a voice service provider, whether such voice communications are transmitted in analog, data, or any other form.

(2) “ Telephone ” means any device used by a person for voice communications in connection with the services of a voice service provider, whether such voice communications are transmitted in analog, data, or any other form.

(3) “ Telephone record ” means information retained by a voice service provider that relates to a telephone number dialed by the customer or the incoming telephone numbers of calls directed to a customer or other data related to telephone calls typically contained on a customer telephone bill, such as the time the call started and ended, the duration of the call, the time of day the call was made, and any charges applied. For purposes of this article, any information collected and retained by, or on behalf of, customers utilizing caller identification or other similar technology does not constitute a telephone record.

(3) “ Telephone record ” means information retained by a voice service provider that relates to a telephone number dialed by the customer or the incoming telephone numbers of calls directed to a customer or other data related to telephone calls typically contained on a customer telephone bill, such as the time the call started and ended, the duration of the call, the time of day the call was made, and any charges applied. For purposes of this article, any information collected and retained by, or on behalf of, customers utilizing caller identification or other similar technology does not constitute a telephone record.

(4) “ Voice service provider ” means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or municipal, county, or local governmental entity that provides telephone services to a customer, irrespective of the communications technology used to provide such service, including, but not limited to, traditional wireline or cable telephone service; cellular, broadband personal communications service, or other wireless telephone service; microwave, satellite, or other terrestrial telephone service; and Voice over Internet Protocol service.

(4) “ Voice service provider ” means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or municipal, county, or local governmental entity that provides telephone services to a customer, irrespective of the communications technology used to provide such service, including, but not limited to, traditional wireline or cable telephone service; cellular, broadband personal communications service, or other wireless telephone service; microwave, satellite, or other terrestrial telephone service; and Voice over Internet Protocol service.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-26 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-26
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-26
Status: in_force

(a) Each telecommunications utility and telecommunications company that provides operator service shall ensure that a caller may obtain access to a live operator through a method designed to be easily and clearly understandable and accessible to the caller. This Code section applies regardless of the method by which the telecommunications utility or telecommunications company provides the operator service. The requirements of this Code section shall not apply to telephones located in prisons or jail facilities or to wireless telecommunication services. For the purpose of this Code section, “ operator services ” means services that are provided when a caller dials “0”.

(a) Each telecommunications utility and telecommunications company that provides operator service shall ensure that a caller may obtain access to a live operator through a method designed to be easily and clearly understandable and accessible to the caller. This Code section applies regardless of the method by which the telecommunications utility or telecommunications company provides the operator service. The requirements of this Code section shall not apply to telephones located in prisons or jail facilities or to wireless telecommunication services. For the purpose of this Code section, “ operator services ” means services that are provided when a caller dials “0”.

(b) The failure of a telecommunications utility or telecommunications company to provide access to a live operator as required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not serve as the basis for a cause of action for personal injuries or damage to property.

(b) The failure of a telecommunications utility or telecommunications company to provide access to a live operator as required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not serve as the basis for a cause of action for personal injuries or damage to property.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-21 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-21
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-21
Status: in_force

(a) When any schedule has been made or revised as provided in Code Section 46-9-20 , it shall be the duty of the commission to give notice of such new schedule or of any amendment or revision, by means of circulars, tariff publications, its annual reports, or in such other manner and form as it deems advisable or necessary. After such notice is given, it shall be the duty of all railroad companies affected by the new schedule to post at all of their respective stations, in a conspicuous place, a copy of the schedule for the information of the public, provided that the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as evidence as provided in Code Section 46-9-20 until schedules have been prepared and published as provided in this Code section.

(a) When any schedule has been made or revised as provided in Code Section 46-9-20 , it shall be the duty of the commission to give notice of such new schedule or of any amendment or revision, by means of circulars, tariff publications, its annual reports, or in such other manner and form as it deems advisable or necessary. After such notice is given, it shall be the duty of all railroad companies affected by the new schedule to post at all of their respective stations, in a conspicuous place, a copy of the schedule for the information of the public, provided that the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as evidence as provided in Code Section 46-9-20 until schedules have been prepared and published as provided in this Code section.

(b) All such schedules purporting to have been printed and published by the commission as provided in this Code section shall be received and held in all such actions as prima facie the schedules of the commission, without any further proof other than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence, together with a certificate of the commission that the same are true copies of the schedules prepared by it for the railroad company therein named and that the same have been duly published as required by law.

(b) All such schedules purporting to have been printed and published by the commission as provided in this Code section shall be received and held in all such actions as prima facie the schedules of the commission, without any further proof other than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence, together with a certificate of the commission that the same are true copies of the schedules prepared by it for the railroad company therein named and that the same have been duly published as required by law.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-66 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-66
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-66
Status: in_force

Five or more persons, including cooperatives, may organize a cooperative in the manner provided in this part.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-123 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-123
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-123
Status: in_force

The election committee shall have the power to remove from office any member of the authority for cause after written notice and public hearing.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-53 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-53
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-53
Status: in_force

In applying freight-storage charges fixed by the commission, no railroad company shall discriminate between persons, either directly or indirectly, by means of rebate or any other device.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-171 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-171
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-171
Status: in_force

(a) A ticket or instrument issued as evidence of a right of passage on the high seas from any port in this state to any port of any other state or nation, every certificate or order issued for the purpose or under pretense of procuring such ticket or instrument, and every receipt for money paid for such ticket or instrument must state: (1) The name of the vessel on which the passage is to be made; (2) The name of the owners or consignees of such vessel; (3) The name of the company or line, if any, to which such vessel belongs; (4) Its country of registry; (5) The place from which such passage is to commence; (6) The place where such passage is to terminate; (7) The day of the month and year upon which the voyage is to commence; and (8) The name of the person purchasing such ticket or instrument or receiving such order, certificate, or receipt and the amount paid therefor.

(a) A ticket or instrument issued as evidence of a right of passage on the high seas from any port in this state to any port of any other state or nation, every certificate or order issued for the purpose or under pretense of procuring such ticket or instrument, and every receipt for money paid for such ticket or instrument must state:

(1) The name of the vessel on which the passage is to be made;

(1) The name of the vessel on which the passage is to be made;

(2) The name of the owners or consignees of such vessel;

(2) The name of the owners or consignees of such vessel;

(3) The name of the company or line, if any, to which such vessel belongs;

(3) The name of the company or line, if any, to which such vessel belongs;

(4) Its country of registry;

(4) Its country of registry;

(5) The place from which such passage is to commence;

(5) The place from which such passage is to commence;

(6) The place where such passage is to terminate;

(6) The place where such passage is to terminate;

(7) The day of the month and year upon which the voyage is to commence; and

(7) The day of the month and year upon which the voyage is to commence; and

(8) The name of the person purchasing such ticket or instrument or receiving such order, certificate, or receipt and the amount paid therefor.

(8) The name of the person purchasing such ticket or instrument or receiving such order, certificate, or receipt and the amount paid therefor.

(b) Any such ticket, instrument, order, certificate, or receipt, unless sold or issued by the owners or consignees of such vessel, must be signed by their authorized agent.

(b) Any such ticket, instrument, order, certificate, or receipt, unless sold or issued by the owners or consignees of such vessel, must be signed by their authorized agent.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-332 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-332
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-332
Status: in_force

The authorization for rail passenger excursion projects provided by this article shall be in addition to and not limited by any other authorization for rail passenger service or rail passenger service projects provided by this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-9 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-9
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-9
Status: in_force

(a) Any employee who gives any bond or undertaking pursuant to Code Section 46-9-8 shall, upon the breach of any of the conditions thereof by the other party thereto, have the power to cancel the same by giving the surety thereon and the common carrier for whose benefit the same has been given at least ten days' notice in writing, setting out in full the reasons for canceling same. Any such notice to a company, corporation, or association may be served by leaving the same with any person on whom service of legal process upon such company, corporation, or association may be had.

(a) Any employee who gives any bond or undertaking pursuant to Code Section 46-9-8 shall, upon the breach of any of the conditions thereof by the other party thereto, have the power to cancel the same by giving the surety thereon and the common carrier for whose benefit the same has been given at least ten days' notice in writing, setting out in full the reasons for canceling same. Any such notice to a company, corporation, or association may be served by leaving the same with any person on whom service of legal process upon such company, corporation, or association may be had.

(b) Any surety on any such bond or undertaking shall, upon the breach of any of the conditions thereof by the employee for whom the bond or undertaking was made, have power to cancel the same by giving such employee at least ten days' notice in writing, setting out in full the reasons for canceling same, the notice to be signed by an agent or manager of such surety, provided that nothing in this Code section shall affect any right of action accruing to any person upon the breach of the contract.

(b) Any surety on any such bond or undertaking shall, upon the breach of any of the conditions thereof by the employee for whom the bond or undertaking was made, have power to cancel the same by giving such employee at least ten days' notice in writing, setting out in full the reasons for canceling same, the notice to be signed by an agent or manager of such surety, provided that nothing in this Code section shall affect any right of action accruing to any person upon the breach of the contract.

(c) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-343 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-343
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-343
Status: in_force

Any company owning, leasing, or operating street railroads, suburban railroads, or interurban railroads in this state shall, by virtue of this Code section, and without any action on the part of the commission, have the right and privilege of substituting what are known as trackless trolleys on any part or line of its railroad system, provided that consent thereto is obtained from each municipality affected by any such proposed substitution, which consent on the part of any municipality shall not be construed to impair any valid existing contract or ordinance contract now in existence between any such municipality and any such company; provided, further, that nothing in this Code section shall be construed to impair any valid existing contract or ordinance contract now in existence between any such municipality and any such company; provided, further, that the commission shall not have the power or authority to increase or authorize the increase of, in regard to such substituted service, fares which have been fixed prior to March 30, 1937, by contract or ordinance contract on the line or lines on which such trackless trolleys may be so substituted, which fares shall in all respects appertain and apply to such substituted service when thus inaugurated.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-54 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-54
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-54
Status: in_force

(a) In making any examination for the purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this title, the commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as it may prescribe.

(a) In making any examination for the purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this title, the commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as it may prescribe.

(b) Witnesses shall receive for such attendance the same fees and mileage as prescribed by law in civil cases in the superior court. Such compensation shall be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas and statements as to the number of days served and miles traveled. Such statements shall be sworn to by the witnesses before the clerk of the commission, who shall have the power to administer oaths.

(b) Witnesses shall receive for such attendance the same fees and mileage as prescribed by law in civil cases in the superior court. Such compensation shall be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas and statements as to the number of days served and miles traveled. Such statements shall be sworn to by the witnesses before the clerk of the commission, who shall have the power to administer oaths.

(c) If any person willfully fails or refuses to obey such subpoena, it shall be the duty of the judge of the superior court of any county, upon application of the commission, to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend the meeting of the commission and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such commission. The court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of the court.

(c) If any person willfully fails or refuses to obey such subpoena, it shall be the duty of the judge of the superior court of any county, upon application of the commission, to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend the meeting of the commission and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such commission. The court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of the court.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-436 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-436
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-436
Status: in_force

In proceedings to liquidate the assets and business of an electric membership corporation, when the costs and expenses of such proceedings and all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the electric membership corporation have been paid and discharged, or adequate provision has been made therefor, and all of its remaining property and assets distributed to its members or former members, or adequate provision has been made therefor, or such property and assets have been deposited with the Office of the State Treasurer as provided in Code Section 46-3-438 , or if its property and assets are not sufficient to satisfy and discharge such costs, expenses, debts, and obligations and all of the property and assets have been applied so far as they will go to their payment, the court shall enter a decree dissolving the electric membership corporation. Upon the filing of the decree with the clerk of the court, the existence of the electric membership corporation shall cease.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-143 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-143
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-143
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall have the power and is authorized, whenever revenue bonds of the authority have been validated as provided in Code Section 46-3-131 , to issue from time to time its negotiable notes in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds as validated and to renew from time to time any such notes by the issuance of new notes, regardless of whether the notes to be renewed have matured. The authority may issue notes only to provide funds which would otherwise be provided by the issuance of the bonds as validated. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed, and delivered in the same manner as bonds.

(a) The authority shall have the power and is authorized, whenever revenue bonds of the authority have been validated as provided in Code Section 46-3-131 , to issue from time to time its negotiable notes in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds as validated and to renew from time to time any such notes by the issuance of new notes, regardless of whether the notes to be renewed have matured. The authority may issue notes only to provide funds which would otherwise be provided by the issuance of the bonds as validated. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed, and delivered in the same manner as bonds.

(b) Any resolution authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution authorizing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof; and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants, or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds.

(b) Any resolution authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution authorizing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof; and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants, or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds.

(c) All notes shall be general obligations of the authority, payable out of any of its funds or revenues, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding, provided that there may be specially pledged to the payment of such notes the proceeds to be derived from the issuance of the validated bonds in anticipation of the issuance of which the notes have been issued.

(c) All notes shall be general obligations of the authority, payable out of any of its funds or revenues, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding, provided that there may be specially pledged to the payment of such notes the proceeds to be derived from the issuance of the validated bonds in anticipation of the issuance of which the notes have been issued.

(d) Validation of such bonds shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of such notes but it shall not be required that such notes be judicially validated.

(d) Validation of such bonds shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of such notes but it shall not be required that such notes be judicially validated.

(e) Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the par value of the bonds in anticipation of which they are to be issued.

(e) Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the par value of the bonds in anticipation of which they are to be issued.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-103 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-103
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-103
Status: in_force

Cooperatives and foreign corporations doing business in this state pursuant to this part shall be subject to the jurisdiction and supervision of the commission in the same manner and in every respect as any other telephone company owning, leasing, or operating a public telephone service or telephone line in this state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-115 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-115
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-115
Status: in_force

(a) Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes on behalf of the authority shall be personally liable thereon by reason of the issuance thereof.

(a) Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes on behalf of the authority shall be personally liable thereon by reason of the issuance thereof.

(b) Neither the revenue bonds or notes issued under this article nor the instruments evidencing the obligations which constitute the security therefor shall constitute a debt of, a loan by, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of Georgia or of any political subdivision thereof. Rather, such bonds and notes shall be payable from the revenues of the authority as provided in the resolutions, trust agreements, or indentures authorizing or securing the issuance and payment of such bonds or notes. The issuance of such bonds or notes shall not obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or pledge any form of taxation whatever for the payment thereof. No owner of any such bond or note, and no receiver or trustee in connection therewith, shall have the right to enforce the payment of the bond or note against any property of the state or of any political subdivision thereof; nor shall any such bond or note constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, whether legal or equitable, upon any such property.

(b) Neither the revenue bonds or notes issued under this article nor the instruments evidencing the obligations which constitute the security therefor shall constitute a debt of, a loan by, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of Georgia or of any political subdivision thereof. Rather, such bonds and notes shall be payable from the revenues of the authority as provided in the resolutions, trust agreements, or indentures authorizing or securing the issuance and payment of such bonds or notes. The issuance of such bonds or notes shall not obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or pledge any form of taxation whatever for the payment thereof. No owner of any such bond or note, and no receiver or trustee in connection therewith, shall have the right to enforce the payment of the bond or note against any property of the state or of any political subdivision thereof; nor shall any such bond or note constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, whether legal or equitable, upon any such property.

(c) All such bonds and notes shall contain on their face a recital setting forth the complete immunity of the state and any political subdivisions from liability thereon, which recital shall contain substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section.

(c) All such bonds and notes shall contain on their face a recital setting forth the complete immunity of the state and any political subdivisions from liability thereon, which recital shall contain substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-51 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-51
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-51
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Gas” means natural gas or manufactured gas, or a combination of both.

(1) “Gas” means natural gas or manufactured gas, or a combination of both.

(2) “Gas utility” means any individual, firm, corporation, organization, or other entity holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission authorizing the transportation, distribution, or sale of gas.

(2) “Gas utility” means any individual, firm, corporation, organization, or other entity holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission authorizing the transportation, distribution, or sale of gas.

(3) “Underground reservoir” means any subsurface sand, strata, formation, aquifer, cavern, or void, whether natural or artificially created, which is suitable for the injection and storage of gas therein and for the withdrawal of gas therefrom.

(3) “Underground reservoir” means any subsurface sand, strata, formation, aquifer, cavern, or void, whether natural or artificially created, which is suitable for the injection and storage of gas therein and for the withdrawal of gas therefrom.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-23 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-23
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-23
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission finds that a through rate, whether charged for transportation into or out of Georgia, is in its opinion excessive, unreasonable, or discriminatory, it shall bring this fact to the attention of the officers of the railroad company and urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8a-3 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8A / Section 46-8a-3
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8A-3
Status: in_force

The application for any permit provided for in Code Section 46-8A-2 shall be made under such rules and regulations as the commission may from time to time prescribe. Upon the receipt of any such application for such permit, the commission shall cause notice thereof to be given by mail or by personal service to the chief executive officer of the municipalities affected, if any, and shall publish such notice once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county affected.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-92-1 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-92-1
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-92.1
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, upon the death of a member or former member who is a natural person, the board of directors shall have authority, but shall not be required, to pay revenues allocated but not previously paid to such member or former member.

(a) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, upon the death of a member or former member who is a natural person, the board of directors shall have authority, but shall not be required, to pay revenues allocated but not previously paid to such member or former member.

(b) If the member or former member dies testate, such payments shall be made to the person who is the executor of the estate of the decedent at the time of the payment.

(b) If the member or former member dies testate, such payments shall be made to the person who is the executor of the estate of the decedent at the time of the payment.

(c) If the member or former member dies intestate and the cooperative is provided a copy of letters of administration for the estate of the decedent, such payments shall be made to the administrator of the estate named therein.

(c) If the member or former member dies intestate and the cooperative is provided a copy of letters of administration for the estate of the decedent, such payments shall be made to the administrator of the estate named therein.

(d) If the member or former member dies intestate and the cooperative is not provided a copy of letters of administration of the estate of the deceased and such payment is $2,500.00 or less, such payment shall be made to the persons listed below and according to the priority indicated: (1) To the surviving spouse of the decedent; (2) If no surviving spouse, then to the surviving children of the decedent, pro rata; (3) If no surviving children, then to the surviving mother and father of the decedent, pro rata; or (4) If no surviving parent, then to the surviving brothers and sisters of the decedent, pro rata.

(d) If the member or former member dies intestate and the cooperative is not provided a copy of letters of administration of the estate of the deceased and such payment is $2,500.00 or less, such payment shall be made to the persons listed below and according to the priority indicated:

(1) To the surviving spouse of the decedent;

(1) To the surviving spouse of the decedent;

(2) If no surviving spouse, then to the surviving children of the decedent, pro rata;

(2) If no surviving spouse, then to the surviving children of the decedent, pro rata;

(3) If no surviving children, then to the surviving mother and father of the decedent, pro rata; or

(3) If no surviving children, then to the surviving mother and father of the decedent, pro rata; or

(4) If no surviving parent, then to the surviving brothers and sisters of the decedent, pro rata.

(4) If no surviving parent, then to the surviving brothers and sisters of the decedent, pro rata.

(e) If the member or former member dies intestate and the cooperative is not provided a copy of the letters of administration and such payment is greater than $2,500.00, such payment shall be made to the person entitled thereto under the laws of descent and distribution of this state.

(e) If the member or former member dies intestate and the cooperative is not provided a copy of the letters of administration and such payment is greater than $2,500.00, such payment shall be made to the person entitled thereto under the laws of descent and distribution of this state.

(f) Payment to the persons listed in subsections (b) through (e) of this Code section shall operate as a complete acquittal and discharge to the cooperative from any action, claim, or demand of whatever nature for the amount so paid by any heir, distributee, or creditor of the decedent or any other person. Payment to such persons is authorized to be made as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this Code section without the administration of the estate of the decedent and without the necessity of obtaining an order that no administration is necessary.

(f) Payment to the persons listed in subsections (b) through (e) of this Code section shall operate as a complete acquittal and discharge to the cooperative from any action, claim, or demand of whatever nature for the amount so paid by any heir, distributee, or creditor of the decedent or any other person. Payment to such persons is authorized to be made as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this Code section without the administration of the estate of the decedent and without the necessity of obtaining an order that no administration is necessary.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-126 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-126
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-126
Status: in_force

In all cases where a railroad crosses a highway and the cutting makes a change in the route of any such highway or a change is desirable with a view to easier ascent or descent, the railroad company may take such additional lands for the construction of such highway upon a new route as may be deemed necessary by the directors. In taking property under this Code section, the railroad company shall proceed in the manner provided in Title 22 for condemning rights of way and other property.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-171-1 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-171-1
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-171.1
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, no telecommunications company shall charge a customer for any service which is provided to the customer by a nonaffiliated third party until such third party has certified to the telecommunications company that the third party has received the customer's written authorization for such charges. When a customer initiates a new type of such third-party service or changes the type or types of such third-party service received, the invoice for such new or changed services must state the charges for such services in a clear, conspicuous, separate, and distinct manner so as to ensure that the customer is aware of the new or changed charges. Any telecommunications company that charges a customer for a service which is provided to the customer by a nonaffiliated third party must provide to such customer the ability to block the nonaffiliated third-party service and any charges associated with such service.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, no telecommunications company shall charge a customer for any service which is provided to the customer by a nonaffiliated third party until such third party has certified to the telecommunications company that the third party has received the customer's written authorization for such charges. When a customer initiates a new type of such third-party service or changes the type or types of such third-party service received, the invoice for such new or changed services must state the charges for such services in a clear, conspicuous, separate, and distinct manner so as to ensure that the customer is aware of the new or changed charges. Any telecommunications company that charges a customer for a service which is provided to the customer by a nonaffiliated third party must provide to such customer the ability to block the nonaffiliated third-party service and any charges associated with such service.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to any transaction between a customer and that customer's selected provider of basic local exchange, inter-LATA, or intra-LATA telecommunications services or initial requests to subscribe to such services; wireless services; requests for a change in a customer's provider of local exchange service or a change in a customer's primary interexchange inter-LATA or intra-LATA carrier; or customer initiated use of abbreviated dialing codes or other pay-per-use services.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to any transaction between a customer and that customer's selected provider of basic local exchange, inter-LATA, or intra-LATA telecommunications services or initial requests to subscribe to such services; wireless services; requests for a change in a customer's provider of local exchange service or a change in a customer's primary interexchange inter-LATA or intra-LATA carrier; or customer initiated use of abbreviated dialing codes or other pay-per-use services.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-172 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-172
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-172
Status: in_force

Any person, partnership, association, firm, agency, or corporation violating any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that no violator shall be fined less than $500.00 for each violation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-222 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-222
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-222
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Service Commission shall not have any jurisdiction, right, power, authority, or duty to impose any requirement or regulation relating to the setting of rates or terms and conditions for the offering of broadband service, VoIP, or wireless services.

(a) The Public Service Commission shall not have any jurisdiction, right, power, authority, or duty to impose any requirement or regulation relating to the setting of rates or terms and conditions for the offering of broadband service, VoIP, or wireless services.

(b) This Code section shall not be construed to affect: (1) State laws of general applicability to all businesses, including, without limitation, consumer protection laws and laws relating to restraint of trade; (2) Any authority of the Public Service Commission with regard to consumer complaints; or (3) Any authority of the Public Service Commission to act in accordance with federal laws or regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, including, without limitation, jurisdiction granted to set rates, terms, and conditions for access to unbundled network elements and to arbitrate and enforce interconnection agreements.

(b) This Code section shall not be construed to affect:

(1) State laws of general applicability to all businesses, including, without limitation, consumer protection laws and laws relating to restraint of trade;

(1) State laws of general applicability to all businesses, including, without limitation, consumer protection laws and laws relating to restraint of trade;

(2) Any authority of the Public Service Commission with regard to consumer complaints; or

(2) Any authority of the Public Service Commission with regard to consumer complaints; or

(3) Any authority of the Public Service Commission to act in accordance with federal laws or regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, including, without limitation, jurisdiction granted to set rates, terms, and conditions for access to unbundled network elements and to arbitrate and enforce interconnection agreements.

(3) Any authority of the Public Service Commission to act in accordance with federal laws or regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, including, without limitation, jurisdiction granted to set rates, terms, and conditions for access to unbundled network elements and to arbitrate and enforce interconnection agreements.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code section, nothing in this Code section shall be construed to restrict or expand any other authority or jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code section, nothing in this Code section shall be construed to restrict or expand any other authority or jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-83 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-83
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-83
Status: in_force

The bylaws may provide for the division of the territory served or to be served by a cooperative into two or more districts for any purpose, including, without limitation, the nomination and election of directors and the election and functioning of district delegates. Such delegates, who shall be members, may nominate and elect directors. The bylaws shall prescribe the boundaries of the districts or the manner of establishing such boundaries, the manner of changing such boundaries, and the manner in which such districts shall function. No member at any district meeting, and no district delegate at any meeting, shall vote by proxy or by mail.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-45 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-45
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-45
Status: in_force

The responsibility of a carrier shall commence with the delivery of the goods to him or to his agent or at the place where the carrier is accustomed or agrees to receive them. The carrier's responsibility shall cease with the delivery of the goods at destination according to the direction of the person sending the goods or according to the custom of the trade.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-469 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-469
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-469
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign electric cooperative that is required under this article to obtain a certificate of authority but fails to do so shall be liable to this state for the years or parts thereof during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees which would have been imposed by this article upon such foreign electric cooperative had it duly applied for and received a certificate of authority to transact business in this state as required by this article and thereafter filed all reports required by this article, plus all penalties imposed by this article. The Attorney General, at the direction of the Secretary of State, shall bring proceedings in the name of the state to recover all amounts due this state under this Code section.

(a) A foreign electric cooperative that is required under this article to obtain a certificate of authority but fails to do so shall be liable to this state for the years or parts thereof during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees which would have been imposed by this article upon such foreign electric cooperative had it duly applied for and received a certificate of authority to transact business in this state as required by this article and thereafter filed all reports required by this article, plus all penalties imposed by this article. The Attorney General, at the direction of the Secretary of State, shall bring proceedings in the name of the state to recover all amounts due this state under this Code section.

(b) No foreign electric cooperative that is required under this article to obtain a certificate of authority shall be permitted to maintain any action or proceeding in any court of this state unless before commencement of the action it shall have obtained such a certificate. No action or proceeding may be maintained in any court of this state by any foreign electric cooperative that is the successor or assignee of such foreign electric cooperative on any right, claim, or demand arising out of the transaction of business by such foreign electric cooperative in this state unless before commencement of the action a certificate of authority shall have been obtained by such foreign electric cooperative or by a foreign electric cooperative which has acquired all or substantially all of its assets.

(b) No foreign electric cooperative that is required under this article to obtain a certificate of authority shall be permitted to maintain any action or proceeding in any court of this state unless before commencement of the action it shall have obtained such a certificate. No action or proceeding may be maintained in any court of this state by any foreign electric cooperative that is the successor or assignee of such foreign electric cooperative on any right, claim, or demand arising out of the transaction of business by such foreign electric cooperative in this state unless before commencement of the action a certificate of authority shall have been obtained by such foreign electric cooperative or by a foreign electric cooperative which has acquired all or substantially all of its assets.

(c) The failure of a foreign electric cooperative to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall render voidable any contract of such foreign electric cooperative arising out of business transacted in this state at the instance of any other party to such contract; but such voidability may be cured by the foreign electric cooperative's obtaining a certificate of authority, provided that such certificate of authority is obtained prior to final judgment in any action wherein this subsection is relied upon. The failure of such foreign electric cooperative to obtain a certificate of authority shall not prevent such foreign electric cooperative from defending any action or proceeding in any court of this state, nor shall any party avail himself of the benefit of subsection (b) of this Code section except upon motion prior to judgment.

(c) The failure of a foreign electric cooperative to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall render voidable any contract of such foreign electric cooperative arising out of business transacted in this state at the instance of any other party to such contract; but such voidability may be cured by the foreign electric cooperative's obtaining a certificate of authority, provided that such certificate of authority is obtained prior to final judgment in any action wherein this subsection is relied upon. The failure of such foreign electric cooperative to obtain a certificate of authority shall not prevent such foreign electric cooperative from defending any action or proceeding in any court of this state, nor shall any party avail himself of the benefit of subsection (b) of this Code section except upon motion prior to judgment.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-243 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-243
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-243
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Code Section 46-1-2 , venue in proceedings against an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative shall be determined in accordance with the Constitution of Georgia and this Code section.

(a) Notwithstanding Code Section 46-1-2 , venue in proceedings against an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative shall be determined in accordance with the Constitution of Georgia and this Code section.

(b) Unless otherwise required by the Constitution of Georgia, an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative may be sued only in the county of its residence, as described below: (1) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside in the county where its registered office is maintained. If any such electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative fails to maintain a registered office, it shall be deemed to reside in the county in this state where its last-named registered office or principal office, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, was maintained; (2) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside and may be sued on contracts in the county in which the contract sought to be enforced was made or is to be performed, if it has an office and transacts business in that county; (3) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside, and may be sued for damages because of torts, wrong, or injury done, in the county where the cause of action originated, if it has an office and transacts business in that county.

(b) Unless otherwise required by the Constitution of Georgia, an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative may be sued only in the county of its residence, as described below:

(1) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside in the county where its registered office is maintained. If any such electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative fails to maintain a registered office, it shall be deemed to reside in the county in this state where its last-named registered office or principal office, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, was maintained;

(1) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside in the county where its registered office is maintained. If any such electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative fails to maintain a registered office, it shall be deemed to reside in the county in this state where its last-named registered office or principal office, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, was maintained;

(2) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside and may be sued on contracts in the county in which the contract sought to be enforced was made or is to be performed, if it has an office and transacts business in that county;

(2) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside and may be sued on contracts in the county in which the contract sought to be enforced was made or is to be performed, if it has an office and transacts business in that county;

(3) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside, and may be sued for damages because of torts, wrong, or injury done, in the county where the cause of action originated, if it has an office and transacts business in that county.

(3) Each electric membership corporation and each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be deemed to reside, and may be sued for damages because of torts, wrong, or injury done, in the county where the cause of action originated, if it has an office and transacts business in that county.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-43 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-43
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-43
Status: in_force

Before the Secretary of State issues a certificate of incorporation pursuant to Code Section 46-8-42 , he shall satisfy himself that all of the requirements of this chapter have been substantially complied with prior to the filing of said petition. Any certificate or duplicate thereof issued under this chapter by the Secretary of State shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of the corporation in all the courts in this state and of compliance with all the requirements of this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-68 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-68
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-68
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation, executed and acknowledged in accordance with Code Section 46-5-67 , shall be presented, by application signed by two of the persons who signed the articles of incorporation, to the superior court of the county in which the principal office of the cooperative is to be located, or to the judge of the superior court of that county in vacation, or in the event that the judge of the superior court of said county is absent from the circuit, disqualified, or for illness or other reason cannot act in the premises, then to any judge of the superior court of this state. The application shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Secretary of State declaring that the name of the proposed cooperative is not the name of any other then existing corporation registered in the records of the Secretary of State, and by such affidavits as may be required by applicable provisions of this part.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-165 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-165
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-165
Status: in_force

(a) Any Tier 1 local exchange company may elect to have its rates, terms, and conditions for its services determined pursuant to the alternative regulation described in this article, in lieu of other forms of regulation including but not limited to rate of return or rate base monitoring or regulation, upon the filing of notice with the commission and committing to provide basic local exchange services upon reasonable request and to invest $ 500 million per year for five years to improve and strengthen telecommunications services in Georgia; provided, however, that after the expiration of three years of such investments, the commission shall determine, after notice and opportunity for a Tier 1 local exchange company or other interested parties to be heard, whether such investment commitment should be continued for the remaining two years or whether such commitment should be reduced.

(a) Any Tier 1 local exchange company may elect to have its rates, terms, and conditions for its services determined pursuant to the alternative regulation described in this article, in lieu of other forms of regulation including but not limited to rate of return or rate base monitoring or regulation, upon the filing of notice with the commission and committing to provide basic local exchange services upon reasonable request and to invest $ 500 million per year for five years to improve and strengthen telecommunications services in Georgia; provided, however, that after the expiration of three years of such investments, the commission shall determine, after notice and opportunity for a Tier 1 local exchange company or other interested parties to be heard, whether such investment commitment should be continued for the remaining two years or whether such commitment should be reduced.

(b) Any Tier 2 local exchange company may elect to have the rates, terms, and conditions for its services determined pursuant to the alternative regulation described in this article upon the filing of notice with the commission and committing to provide basic local exchange services upon reasonable request.

(b) Any Tier 2 local exchange company may elect to have the rates, terms, and conditions for its services determined pursuant to the alternative regulation described in this article upon the filing of notice with the commission and committing to provide basic local exchange services upon reasonable request.

(c) The alternative regulation under this article shall become effective on the date specified by the electing company but in no event sooner than 30 days after such notice is filed with the commission.

(c) The alternative regulation under this article shall become effective on the date specified by the electing company but in no event sooner than 30 days after such notice is filed with the commission.

(d) On the date a telecommunications company elects the alternative regulation described in this article, all existing rates, terms, and conditions for the services provided by the electing company contained in the then existing tariffs and contracts are deemed just and reasonable.

(d) On the date a telecommunications company elects the alternative regulation described in this article, all existing rates, terms, and conditions for the services provided by the electing company contained in the then existing tariffs and contracts are deemed just and reasonable.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-146 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-146
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-146
Status: in_force

While any of the bonds or notes issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents shall not be diminished, impaired, or affected in any manner which will affect adversely the interest and rights of the owners of such bonds or notes; and no other authority, instrumentality, or body will be created or empowered to compete with the authority so as to affect adversely the interests and rights of the owners of such bonds or notes; nor will the state itself so compete with the authority. This article shall be for the benefit of the state, the authority, and every owner of the authority's bonds and notes and, upon and after the issuance of bonds or notes under this article, shall constitute an irrevocable contract by the state with the owners of such bonds and notes.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-97 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-97
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-97
Status: in_force

The authority shall not operate or construct any project for profit, except insofar as any such profit will inure to the benefit of the public. The authority shall fix the rates, fees, and charges consistent with this declaration of policy such as will produce revenues only in amounts sufficient, together with all other funds of the authority, to pay the principal or purchase price of and premium, if any, and interest on bonds and all other indebtedness and contractual obligations of the authority; to provide for maintenance and operation of the authority and of its projects; to provide for payment of any judgment against the authority; and to maintain such reserves as shall have been created in amounts sufficient in the judgment of the authority for the security of the bonds and other obligations; and for the improvement, replacement, or expansion of the facilities or services of the authority or to provide fuel for its projects.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-47 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-47
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-47
Status: in_force

A carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made known, and any fraudulent acts, sayings, or concealment by his customers will release him from liability.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-172 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-172
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-172
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall apply to electric membership corporations but shall not apply to other persons except when expressly so provided in this article.

(a) This article shall apply to electric membership corporations but shall not apply to other persons except when expressly so provided in this article.

(b) This article shall apply to commerce with foreign nations and among the several states only insofar as the same may be permitted under the Constitution and laws of the United States.

(b) This article shall apply to commerce with foreign nations and among the several states only insofar as the same may be permitted under the Constitution and laws of the United States.

(c) This article shall not impair the existence of any electric membership corporation existing on July 1, 1981. Any such existing electric membership corporation and its members, directors, and officers shall have the same rights and be subject to the same limitations, restrictions, liabilities, and penalties as an electric membership corporation formed under this article and its members, directors, and officers.

(c) This article shall not impair the existence of any electric membership corporation existing on July 1, 1981. Any such existing electric membership corporation and its members, directors, and officers shall have the same rights and be subject to the same limitations, restrictions, liabilities, and penalties as an electric membership corporation formed under this article and its members, directors, and officers.

(d) If the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of an electric membership corporation in existence on July 1, 1981, contain any provisions which were not authorized or permitted by the prior electric membership corporation law of this state but which are authorized or permitted by this article, such articles of incorporation or bylaw provisions shall be valid on and from July 1, 1981; and action may be taken on and from that date in reliance on such provisions.

(d) If the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of an electric membership corporation in existence on July 1, 1981, contain any provisions which were not authorized or permitted by the prior electric membership corporation law of this state but which are authorized or permitted by this article, such articles of incorporation or bylaw provisions shall be valid on and from July 1, 1981; and action may be taken on and from that date in reliance on such provisions.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-457 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-457
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-457
Status: in_force

(a) Each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall have and continuously maintain in this state: (1) A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business in this state; and (2) A registered agent, which agent may be a natural person resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, such domestic or foreign corporation having a business office identical with such registered office.

(a) Each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall have and continuously maintain in this state:

(1) A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business in this state; and

(1) A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business in this state; and

(2) A registered agent, which agent may be a natural person resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, such domestic or foreign corporation having a business office identical with such registered office.

(2) A registered agent, which agent may be a natural person resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, such domestic or foreign corporation having a business office identical with such registered office.

(b) The Secretary of State shall maintain current records, alphabetically arranged by corporate name, of the address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered office and of the name and address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered agent.

(b) The Secretary of State shall maintain current records, alphabetically arranged by corporate name, of the address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered office and of the name and address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered agent.

(c) No registered agent shall be appointed without his or its prior written consent. Such written consent shall be filed with or as part of the document first appointing any registered agent and shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may prescribe.

(c) No registered agent shall be appointed without his or its prior written consent. Such written consent shall be filed with or as part of the document first appointing any registered agent and shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-84 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-84
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-84
Status: in_force

Each member of the authority shall be a resident of one of the political subdivisions represented on the election committee; provided, however, that an employee of the gas department or utility commission of a political subdivision represented on the election committee shall be qualified to be a member of the authority even though not a resident of one of the political subdivisions so represented for so long as he or she remains such an employee; but, insofar as is mathematically possible, no two members shall be residents or employees of the same political subdivision. Representatives to the election committee shall be eligible for membership on the authority. Members shall be eligible to succeed themselves.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-73 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-73
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-73
Status: in_force

(a) The petition for dissolution shall include: (1) The name of the corporation; (2) The date upon which its charter was granted; (3) A statement that it no longer is possessed of any franchises to operate in this or any other state; (4) A statement that all of its debts, liabilities, and obligations have been satisfied or that such debts, liabilities, and obligations have been assumed by the transferee of its property, rights, and franchises; and (5) A statement that the transfer or surrender of its franchises has been completed in accordance with an order of the Public Service Commission.

(a) The petition for dissolution shall include:

(1) The name of the corporation;

(1) The name of the corporation;

(2) The date upon which its charter was granted;

(2) The date upon which its charter was granted;

(3) A statement that it no longer is possessed of any franchises to operate in this or any other state;

(3) A statement that it no longer is possessed of any franchises to operate in this or any other state;

(4) A statement that all of its debts, liabilities, and obligations have been satisfied or that such debts, liabilities, and obligations have been assumed by the transferee of its property, rights, and franchises; and

(4) A statement that all of its debts, liabilities, and obligations have been satisfied or that such debts, liabilities, and obligations have been assumed by the transferee of its property, rights, and franchises; and

(5) A statement that the transfer or surrender of its franchises has been completed in accordance with an order of the Public Service Commission.

(5) A statement that the transfer or surrender of its franchises has been completed in accordance with an order of the Public Service Commission.

(b) A copy of the stockholders' resolution recommending dissolution shall be certified by the secretary of the corporation and attached to the petition. The petition shall be verified by the president and the treasurer of the corporation.

(b) A copy of the stockholders' resolution recommending dissolution shall be certified by the secretary of the corporation and attached to the petition. The petition shall be verified by the president and the treasurer of the corporation.

(c) On filing the petition, the corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $100.00 to be deposited by him into the general fund of the state treasury.

(c) On filing the petition, the corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $100.00 to be deposited by him into the general fund of the state treasury.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-464 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-464
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-464
Status: in_force

(a) The application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in Code Section 46-3-174 . Upon filing the application, the Secretary of State shall issue and deliver to the foreign electric cooperative or its representative a certificate of withdrawal.

(a) The application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in Code Section 46-3-174 . Upon filing the application, the Secretary of State shall issue and deliver to the foreign electric cooperative or its representative a certificate of withdrawal.

(b) Upon the issuance of such certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state shall cease.

(b) Upon the issuance of such certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state shall cease.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-221 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-221
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-221
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “ Broadband service ” means a service that consists of the capability to transmit at a rate not less than 200 kilobits per second in either the upstream or downstream direction and in combination with such service provide either: (A) Access to the Internet; or (B) Computer processing, information storage, or protocol conversion. For the purposes of this article, broadband service does not include any information content or service applications provided over such access service nor any intrastate service that was subject to a tariff in effect as of September 1, 2005.

(1) “ Broadband service ” means a service that consists of the capability to transmit at a rate not less than 200 kilobits per second in either the upstream or downstream direction and in combination with such service provide either:

(A) Access to the Internet; or

(A) Access to the Internet; or

(B) Computer processing, information storage, or protocol conversion.

(B) Computer processing, information storage, or protocol conversion.

For the purposes of this article, broadband service does not include any information content or service applications provided over such access service nor any intrastate service that was subject to a tariff in effect as of September 1, 2005.

(2) “ VoIP ” means Voice over Internet Protocol services offering real-time multidirectional voice functionality utilizing any Internet protocol.

(2) “ VoIP ” means Voice over Internet Protocol services offering real-time multidirectional voice functionality utilizing any Internet protocol.

(3) “ Wireless service ” means commercial mobile radio service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations and by mobile stations communicating among themselves.

(3) “ Wireless service ” means commercial mobile radio service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations and by mobile stations communicating among themselves.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-24 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-24
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-24
Status: in_force

(a) Any person engaged in the construction or operation of any pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, as of February 17, 1956, shall be entitled to receive a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commission authorizing that person to continue the construction or operation of such pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, in the territory being served by that person on February 17, 1956, if by February 17, 1957, that person filed maps with the commission showing the territory being served by that person.

(a) Any person engaged in the construction or operation of any pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, as of February 17, 1956, shall be entitled to receive a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commission authorizing that person to continue the construction or operation of such pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, in the territory being served by that person on February 17, 1956, if by February 17, 1957, that person filed maps with the commission showing the territory being served by that person.

(b) If, pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, more than one person filed maps indicating service in the same territory, the commission shall, after a hearing conducted after the giving of reasonable notice to the interested parties, determine from such evidence as it may reasonably require which of such persons shall be entitled to the certificate of public convenience and necessity. In making such determination, the commission shall consider the ability of such persons to furnish thereafter reasonably adequate service in the territory in question.

(b) If, pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, more than one person filed maps indicating service in the same territory, the commission shall, after a hearing conducted after the giving of reasonable notice to the interested parties, determine from such evidence as it may reasonably require which of such persons shall be entitled to the certificate of public convenience and necessity. In making such determination, the commission shall consider the ability of such persons to furnish thereafter reasonably adequate service in the territory in question.

(c) Pending the granting of a certificate as provided in this Code section, a person applying for such certificate under this Code section may lawfully continue the construction or operation of any pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, in the territory being served by such person on February 17, 1956.

(c) Pending the granting of a certificate as provided in this Code section, a person applying for such certificate under this Code section may lawfully continue the construction or operation of any pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, in the territory being served by such person on February 17, 1956.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-79 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-79
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-79
Status: in_force

(a) Each incorporator of a cooperative shall be a member thereof, but no other person may become a member thereof unless he agrees to use telephone service furnished by the cooperative when it is made available through its facilities. Membership in a cooperative shall be evidenced by a certificate of membership, which shall not be transferable, except as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications and limitations in respect of membership, provided that ownership of shares of stock, if any are authorized, shall not be a condition of membership in the cooperative.

(a) Each incorporator of a cooperative shall be a member thereof, but no other person may become a member thereof unless he agrees to use telephone service furnished by the cooperative when it is made available through its facilities. Membership in a cooperative shall be evidenced by a certificate of membership, which shall not be transferable, except as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications and limitations in respect of membership, provided that ownership of shares of stock, if any are authorized, shall not be a condition of membership in the cooperative.

(b) If the issuance of shares of stock is provided for in the articles of incorporation, ownership of such shares shall be evidenced by share certificates. No share of stock shall be issued except for cash, or for property at its fair value, in an amount equal to the par value of such share of stock.

(b) If the issuance of shares of stock is provided for in the articles of incorporation, ownership of such shares shall be evidenced by share certificates. No share of stock shall be issued except for cash, or for property at its fair value, in an amount equal to the par value of such share of stock.

(c) Membership and share certificates shall contain such provisions, consistent with this part and the articles of incorporation of the cooperative, as shall be prescribed by its bylaws.

(c) Membership and share certificates shall contain such provisions, consistent with this part and the articles of incorporation of the cooperative, as shall be prescribed by its bylaws.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-112 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-112
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-112
Status: in_force

All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected from any person for whom a common carrier carries freight in this state shall, before they may be collectable, contain a certain and specific description of the items of freight charged in such bills or freight lists.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-85 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-85
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-85
Status: in_force

Upon the expiration of the terms of the first members of the authority, members shall be elected for three-year terms, provided that in the year in which a member's term is to expire, the term shall not expire until the adjournment of the annual meeting for that year and until a successor is elected. The election committee shall meet at a date not more than 30 days prior to each annual meeting of the authority and shall elect members to fill the terms which will expire at the conclusion of such annual meeting.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-151 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-151
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-151
Status: in_force

Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this state is more than one-half hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator during the hours such operator is required to be on duty, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to keep posted at every succeeding telegraph station along its line the time such train is behind its schedule, provided that such bulletin shall not be required to be posted at any station until one-half hour before the regularly scheduled time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required to be kept. For every willful violation of this Code section, the railroad company shall be liable to pay to the state a civil penalty of $20.00, which may be collected by an action in any court having competent jurisdiction.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-170 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-170
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-170
Status: in_force

No person issuing, selling, or offering to sell any passenger ticket on board any vessel, including the owner or consignee of such vessel or his agents, servants, or employees, shall omit reference to the country of registry of such vessel from any advertisement, circular, circular letter, pamphlet, card, handbill, or other printed paper, or from any other notice, whether written or oral, in regard to such passage, ticket, or instrument of passage or voyage to which it entitles or purports to entitle its owner, purchaser, or holder or the line over which or the vessel for which such passage is sold or offered or as to his agency for such line or vessel. Such reference shall be no less prominently displayed than the balance of the material appearing on the printed paper or other notice.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-344 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-344
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-344
Status: in_force

Any electric street, suburban, or interurban railroad company which is incorporated under the laws of Georgia and which, in pursuance of the laws of this state, in addition to operating street, suburban, or interurban railroad and bus transportation facilities, is engaged in the operation of electric generating plants for the purpose of supplying motive power for the operation of its railroad and for the production, distribution, and sale of electricity for light, heat, and power purposes in the area served may sell and dispose of its railroad and bus transportation service and equipment, its railroad and bus franchises, and may continue its corporate existence and the operation of its electric power plants and facilities for the production, distribution, and sale of electricity for light, heat, and power purposes under the charter granted to it as a street, suburban, and interurban railroad corporation to the date of expiration of such charter, notwithstanding the sale or other disposition of its railroad and bus properties and franchises.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4a-8 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4A / Section 46-4a-8
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4A-8
Status: in_force

All hearings under this chapter shall be commenced and conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-280 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-280
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-280
Status: in_force

The authority is created for nonprofit and public purposes; and it is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this article, and for such reasons the state covenants with the holders from time to time of the bonds, notes, and other obligations issued hereunder that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments imposed by the state or any of its counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, or taxing districts upon any property acquired by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or leased by it to others or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of any such property or on any income derived by the authority in the form of fees, recording fees, rentals, charges, purchase price, installments, or otherwise, and that the bonds, notes, and other obligations of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-541 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-541
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-541
Status: in_force

(a) When an officer or director of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative fails or refuses within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-521 to answer truthfully and fully interrogatories propounded to him by the Secretary of State in accordance with Code Section 46-3-521 , the Secretary of State shall certify such fact to the Attorney General and shall concurrently mail to the officer or director a notice, addressed to such officer or director at the registered office of the electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative, or, if there is no such registered office, at the last known address of the electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, that such certification has been made, together with a statement of the facts pertinent thereto. Within 60 days of the date of such certification, the Attorney General shall apply in the name of the state to the superior court of the county where the registered office or principal office of the electric membership corporation, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, is situated for an order compelling the officer or director to answer the interrogatories truthfully and fully, unless prior to the filing of such application the officer or director shall have so answered the interrogatories. If the officer or director fails or refuses to comply with the order within 30 days from the date of its entry, such failure or refusal may be considered a contempt of that court; and the officer or director may be fined therefor in any amount not exceeding $500.00.

(a) When an officer or director of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative fails or refuses within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-521 to answer truthfully and fully interrogatories propounded to him by the Secretary of State in accordance with Code Section 46-3-521 , the Secretary of State shall certify such fact to the Attorney General and shall concurrently mail to the officer or director a notice, addressed to such officer or director at the registered office of the electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative, or, if there is no such registered office, at the last known address of the electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, that such certification has been made, together with a statement of the facts pertinent thereto. Within 60 days of the date of such certification, the Attorney General shall apply in the name of the state to the superior court of the county where the registered office or principal office of the electric membership corporation, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, is situated for an order compelling the officer or director to answer the interrogatories truthfully and fully, unless prior to the filing of such application the officer or director shall have so answered the interrogatories. If the officer or director fails or refuses to comply with the order within 30 days from the date of its entry, such failure or refusal may be considered a contempt of that court; and the officer or director may be fined therefor in any amount not exceeding $500.00.

(b) Each officer or director of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative who signs any articles, statement, report, application, or other document filed with the Secretary of State which is known to such officer or director to be false in any material respect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, may be fined in any amount not exceeding $500.00.

(b) Each officer or director of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative who signs any articles, statement, report, application, or other document filed with the Secretary of State which is known to such officer or director to be false in any material respect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, may be fined in any amount not exceeding $500.00.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-121 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-121
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-121
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid. There currently exist numerous different emergency phone numbers throughout the state. Provision for a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained would provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by making it easier to notify public safety personnel. Such a simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving of lives, a reduction in the destruction of property, and quicker apprehension of criminals. It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish and implement a cohesive state-wide emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system which will provide citizens with rapid, direct access to public safety agencies by dialing telephone number 9-1-1 with the objective of reducing the response time to situations requiring law enforcement, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid. There currently exist numerous different emergency phone numbers throughout the state. Provision for a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained would provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by making it easier to notify public safety personnel. Such a simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving of lives, a reduction in the destruction of property, and quicker apprehension of criminals. It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish and implement a cohesive state-wide emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system which will provide citizens with rapid, direct access to public safety agencies by dialing telephone number 9-1-1 with the objective of reducing the response time to situations requiring law enforcement, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services.

(b) The General Assembly further finds and declares that the benefits of 9-1-1 service should be widely available, regardless of whether a 9-1-1 call is placed from a traditional landline telephone or from a wireless telephone. It is also in the public interest that users of wireless telephones should bear some of the cost of providing this lifesaving service, as users of landline telephones currently do. It is the intent of the General Assembly to bring wireless telephone service within the scope of this part and to establish a means by which local public safety agencies may provide enhanced 9-1-1 service to wireless telephone users.

(b) The General Assembly further finds and declares that the benefits of 9-1-1 service should be widely available, regardless of whether a 9-1-1 call is placed from a traditional landline telephone or from a wireless telephone. It is also in the public interest that users of wireless telephones should bear some of the cost of providing this lifesaving service, as users of landline telephones currently do. It is the intent of the General Assembly to bring wireless telephone service within the scope of this part and to establish a means by which local public safety agencies may provide enhanced 9-1-1 service to wireless telephone users.

(c) The General Assembly further finds and declares that communication technology is rapidly and constantly changing. It is in the public interest that as different means of accessing 9-1-1 service emerge, that the users of such technology bear some of the cost of providing this lifesaving service, as users of landline and wireless telephones currently do. It is the intent of the General Assembly to bring these new and emerging technologies within the scope of this part and establish a means by which local public safety agencies may provide 9-1-1 service to such users.

(c) The General Assembly further finds and declares that communication technology is rapidly and constantly changing. It is in the public interest that as different means of accessing 9-1-1 service emerge, that the users of such technology bear some of the cost of providing this lifesaving service, as users of landline and wireless telephones currently do. It is the intent of the General Assembly to bring these new and emerging technologies within the scope of this part and establish a means by which local public safety agencies may provide 9-1-1 service to such users.

(d) The General Assembly further finds and declares that the safety and well-being of the citizens of Georgia is of the utmost importance, and it is in the public interest to provide the highest level of emergency response service on a local, regional, and state-wide basis.

(d) The General Assembly further finds and declares that the safety and well-being of the citizens of Georgia is of the utmost importance, and it is in the public interest to provide the highest level of emergency response service on a local, regional, and state-wide basis.

(e) The General Assembly further finds that the collection methodology for prepaid wireless telecommunications service should effectively capture 9-1-1 charges from prepaid users. It is the intent of the General Assembly to move the collection of existing 9-1-1 charges on prepaid wireless service to the retail point of sale.

(e) The General Assembly further finds that the collection methodology for prepaid wireless telecommunications service should effectively capture 9-1-1 charges from prepaid users. It is the intent of the General Assembly to move the collection of existing 9-1-1 charges on prepaid wireless service to the retail point of sale.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-191 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-191
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-191
Status: in_force

In the event that the remedies provided by Code Section 46-5-185 fail to restore a person or entity to that person's or entity's selected primary carrier of local exchange or long distance service and fail to reimburse the person or entity for the difference between the charges for the unauthorized and the authorized service, within 90 days of the person's or entity's report of an unwanted, unauthorized change of a primary local exchange or long distance carrier to the carriers or the commission as provided in Code Section 46-5-185 , then such person or entity whose primary carrier of local exchange or long distance service has been switched in violation of this article may bring an action to recover damages from the telecommunications company responsible for the violation. The superior, magistrate, and state courts of this state shall have jurisdiction over such actions. Notwithstanding any provision of Code Section 46-2-9 to the contrary, such action may be brought in any county of this state in which the telecommunications company transacts business within 24 months of the date of the unauthorized switch of a primary carrier; provided, however, that the running of the statute of limitations shall be tolled during the 90 day period during which the matter is under investigation pursuant to Code Section 46-5-185 . Such action shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that on the trial of such suits any findings of the commission made pursuant to Code Section 46-5-190 shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts stated therein, and damages shall be calculated as three times the amount of the difference between the charges for the unauthorized and the authorized service from the date of the unauthorized switch in the complainant's service. A prevailing plaintiff shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation incurred in connection with an action brought under this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-426 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-426
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-426
Status: in_force

Upon the filing by the Secretary of State of a statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings, the revocation of the voluntary dissolution proceedings shall become effective and the electric membership corporation may again carry on its business.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-110 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-110
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-110
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise directed by the authority, every evidence of indebtedness and interest coupon paid or otherwise retired shall forthwith be marked “canceled” and shall be delivered by the paying agent making payment thereof to the authority, whereupon the evidence of indebtedness or the interest coupon shall be destroyed and a certificate of destruction shall be filed in the records of the authority.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-501 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-501
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-501
Status: reserved

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:

(1)

Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation․․

․․․$ 15.00

(2)

Filing articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․15.00

(3)

Filing restated articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of restated articles

․․․․․15.00

(4)

Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation

․․․․․20.00

(5)

Filing an application to reserve a corporate name generally․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․3.00

(6)

Filing an application to reserve a corporate name for a period of five years pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 46-3-221

․․․․․30.00

(7)

Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․3.00

(8)

Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both

․․․․․․3.00

(9)

Filing a statement of intent to dissolve․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․1.00

(10)

Filing a statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․1.00

(11)

Filing articles of dissolution․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․1.00

(12)

Filing an application of a foreign electric cooperative for certificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing a certificate of authority

․․․․100.00

(13)

Filing an application of a foreign electric cooperative for an amended certificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing an amended certificate of authority

․․․$ 20.00

(14)

Filing a copy of an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a foreign electric cooperative holding a certificate of authority to transact business in this state

․․․․․10.00

(15)

Filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign electric cooperative holding a certificate of authority to transact business in this state

․․․․․20.00

(16)

Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign electric cooperative and issuing a certificate of withdrawal

․․․․․10.00

(17)

Filing any other statement or report, except an annual report, of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative

․․․․․․3.00

(18)

Filing the annual report of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative

․․․․․․5.00
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-325 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-325
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-325
Status: in_force

The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees. The authority shall keep suitable and proper books and records of all receipts, income, and expenditures of every kind and shall submit for inspection all of the books, together with a proper statement of the authority's financial position, once a year on or about June 30 to the state auditor.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-95 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-95
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-95
Status: in_force

The commission may bring a civil action to enjoin the violation of any law administered by the commission or any rule, order, or regulation established by the commission. It shall not be necessary to allege or prove that there is no adequate remedy at law to obtain an injunction under this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-90 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-90
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-90
Status: in_force

If any company under the jurisdiction of the commission does, causes to be done, or permits to be done any act which is prohibited, forbidden, or declared to be unlawful, or fails to do any act which is required either by a law of this state or by an order of the commission, such company shall be liable to the persons affected thereby for all loss, damage, or injury caused thereby or resulting therefrom. An action to recover for such loss, damage, or injury may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by any such person. In case of recovery, if the jury finds that such act or failure to act was willful, it may fix a reasonable attorney's fee, which shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs of the case.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-66 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-66
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-66
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 46-3-63 and subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section 46-3-65 , nothing in this part shall be construed as modifying the restrictions of Part 1 of this article on the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of retail electric service in this state.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 46-3-63 and subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section 46-3-65 , nothing in this part shall be construed as modifying the restrictions of Part 1 of this article on the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of retail electric service in this state.

(b) Nothing in this part shall be construed to create or alter rights in real property or to change any restrictions or regulations on the use of real property that may exist under any means, including, but not limited to, a covenant, contract, ordinance, or state or federal law.

(b) Nothing in this part shall be construed to create or alter rights in real property or to change any restrictions or regulations on the use of real property that may exist under any means, including, but not limited to, a covenant, contract, ordinance, or state or federal law.

(c) Nothing in this part shall be construed to restrict, affect, or diminish the ability of any county or municipality to adopt or enforce ordinances, permits, or regulations, or otherwise to exercise any lawful power under the Constitution or laws of this state, including, without limitation, those affecting zoning, land use, or the use of public rights of way.

(c) Nothing in this part shall be construed to restrict, affect, or diminish the ability of any county or municipality to adopt or enforce ordinances, permits, or regulations, or otherwise to exercise any lawful power under the Constitution or laws of this state, including, without limitation, those affecting zoning, land use, or the use of public rights of way.

(d) Nothing in this part shall be applied to impair any obligation or right under a contract entered into prior to the effective date of this part or any amendment to or extension of such contract.

(d) Nothing in this part shall be applied to impair any obligation or right under a contract entered into prior to the effective date of this part or any amendment to or extension of such contract.

(e) Nothing in this part shall be applied to any party to a wholesale electric power or transmission service contract entered into prior to the effective date of this part or to any original party to such contract that is subsequently amended or extended to the extent that the financing and installation of the solar technology would cause such party to be in breach of such contract or increase the costs of such contract by $100,000.00 or more. Any legal successor to substantially all rights and assets of a party shall also be considered a party under this subsection.

(e) Nothing in this part shall be applied to any party to a wholesale electric power or transmission service contract entered into prior to the effective date of this part or to any original party to such contract that is subsequently amended or extended to the extent that the financing and installation of the solar technology would cause such party to be in breach of such contract or increase the costs of such contract by $100,000.00 or more. Any legal successor to substantially all rights and assets of a party shall also be considered a party under this subsection.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-96 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-96
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-96
Status: in_force

Construction of telephone lines and facilities by a cooperative shall, as a minimum requirement, comply with the standards of the National Electrical Code in effect at the time of such construction and shall be in such manner and according to such specifications as will avoid interference with or hazards to existing telephone lines, facilities, or systems.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-14 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-14
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-14
Status: in_force

(a) No provision of this part shall restrict the reasonable exercise of the police power of a municipality over the erection and maintenance of poles, wires, and other facilities of electric suppliers in streets, alleys, and public ways.

(a) No provision of this part shall restrict the reasonable exercise of the police power of a municipality over the erection and maintenance of poles, wires, and other facilities of electric suppliers in streets, alleys, and public ways.

(b) No municipality may, by unreasonably withholding or conditioning right of way easements or franchises, defeat, impair, or interfere with the rights and restrictions applying to electric suppliers therein as provided for in this part. Rather, any secondary supplier within a municipality existing on March 29, 1973, and any electric supplier other than the primary supplier within any geographic area thereafter annexed to such municipality, shall pay the municipality for street franchise rights a sum of money calculated and payable in the same manner and on the same basis as is utilized with respect to the payment, if any, by the primary supplier (other than the municipality itself) for the same or substantially identical rights. In addition, any electric supplier within a wholly new municipality at the time such municipality comes into existence or thereafter which does not serve a majority or plurality of the retail electric meters inside the limits of such municipality shall pay such municipality for street franchise rights a sum of money calculated and payable in the same manner and on the same basis as is utilized with respect to the payment, if any, by the electric supplier (other than the municipality itself) which serves a majority or plurality, whichever is the case, of the retail electric meters inside the limits of such municipality for the same or substantially identical rights.

(b) No municipality may, by unreasonably withholding or conditioning right of way easements or franchises, defeat, impair, or interfere with the rights and restrictions applying to electric suppliers therein as provided for in this part. Rather, any secondary supplier within a municipality existing on March 29, 1973, and any electric supplier other than the primary supplier within any geographic area thereafter annexed to such municipality, shall pay the municipality for street franchise rights a sum of money calculated and payable in the same manner and on the same basis as is utilized with respect to the payment, if any, by the primary supplier (other than the municipality itself) for the same or substantially identical rights. In addition, any electric supplier within a wholly new municipality at the time such municipality comes into existence or thereafter which does not serve a majority or plurality of the retail electric meters inside the limits of such municipality shall pay such municipality for street franchise rights a sum of money calculated and payable in the same manner and on the same basis as is utilized with respect to the payment, if any, by the electric supplier (other than the municipality itself) which serves a majority or plurality, whichever is the case, of the retail electric meters inside the limits of such municipality for the same or substantially identical rights.

(c) No provision of this part shall abolish the power of any incorporated municipality pursuant to paragraph (7) of Code Section 36-34-2 or any other provision of law to grant street franchises; nor shall any provision of this part abolish the requirement, to the extent existing on March 29, 1973, that any electric supplier must obtain such a franchise in order to use and occupy streets of an incorporated municipality for the purpose of rendering utility services.

(c) No provision of this part shall abolish the power of any incorporated municipality pursuant to paragraph (7) of Code Section 36-34-2 or any other provision of law to grant street franchises; nor shall any provision of this part abolish the requirement, to the extent existing on March 29, 1973, that any electric supplier must obtain such a franchise in order to use and occupy streets of an incorporated municipality for the purpose of rendering utility services.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-232 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-232
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-232
Status: in_force

All companies incorporated under this article shall have their principal offices in this state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4a-12 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4A / Section 46-4a-12
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4A-12
Status: in_force

No provision of this chapter or any rules or regulations or orders hereunder shall be construed to be a limitation:

(1) On the activities of any privately or publicly owned utility which is not a covered utility;

(1) On the activities of any privately or publicly owned utility which is not a covered utility;

(2) On the activities of covered utilities, when such activities are not subject to this chapter;

(2) On the activities of covered utilities, when such activities are not subject to this chapter;

(3) On the activities of contractors, suppliers, or lenders, when such activities are not subject to this chapter;

(3) On the activities of contractors, suppliers, or lenders, when such activities are not subject to this chapter;

(4) On the activities of the Division of Energy Resources of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority in the enforcement or administration of any program or provision of law; and

(4) On the activities of the Division of Energy Resources of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority in the enforcement or administration of any program or provision of law; and

(5) On the power of any state or local agency in the enforcement or administration of any provision of law it is specifically permitted or required to enforce or administer, including, but not limited to, the Public Service Commission, the office of the Attorney General, and the Construction Industry Licensing Board.

(5) On the power of any state or local agency in the enforcement or administration of any provision of law it is specifically permitted or required to enforce or administer, including, but not limited to, the Public Service Commission, the office of the Attorney General, and the Construction Industry Licensing Board.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-31 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-31
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-31
Status: in_force

(a) Long-distance and all other applicable rates and charges, including the surcharge required by this part, shall apply to the users of the dual party relay system in the same manner as all other telephone subscribers, but no additional charges may be imposed for the use of the relay system. Local exchange telephone companies shall be compensated for any collection, inquiry, or other administrative services provided by said companies in conjunction with the operation of the dual party relay system.

(a) Long-distance and all other applicable rates and charges, including the surcharge required by this part, shall apply to the users of the dual party relay system in the same manner as all other telephone subscribers, but no additional charges may be imposed for the use of the relay system. Local exchange telephone companies shall be compensated for any collection, inquiry, or other administrative services provided by said companies in conjunction with the operation of the dual party relay system.

(b) The surcharge created by this part and collected by the local exchange telephone companies is not includable in gross receipts subject to franchise tax allowed pursuant to Code Section 36-34-2 or subject to the sales and use taxes levied under Chapter 8 of Title 48.

(b) The surcharge created by this part and collected by the local exchange telephone companies is not includable in gross receipts subject to franchise tax allowed pursuant to Code Section 36-34-2 or subject to the sales and use taxes levied under Chapter 8 of Title 48.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-337 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-337
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-337
Status: in_force

The consolidated corporation formed pursuant to Code Sections 46-8-334 through 46-8-336 shall have authority to issue its bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by mortgage or deed of trust, or otherwise, upon all its property or franchises, for any corporate purpose, within the limitations and in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8a-1 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8A / Section 46-8a-1
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8A-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term “person” means any corporation, company, firm, association, or individual operating a public rapid rail passenger service line in this state, provided that said term shall not include any public corporation or governmental entity.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-31 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-31
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-31
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commission to make annual reports of its activities to the Governor and to recommend from time to time such legislation as it may deem advisable.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-153 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-153
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-153
Status: in_force

Meetings of the authority shall be subject to Chapter 14 of Title 50. All records of the authority shall be subject to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-179 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-179
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-179
Status: repealed

Transactions validly entered into before July 1, 1981, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from them shall remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute repealed by this article as though such repeal had not occurred.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-124 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-124
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-124
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers conferred by any other law.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-160-5 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-160-5
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-160.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any retail customer who is damaged by a marketer's violation of any provision of Code Section 46-4-160 , any duly promulgated rules or regulations issued under such Code section, or any commission order shall be entitled to maintain a civil action and shall be entitled to recover actual damages sustained by the retail customer, as well as incidental damages, consequential damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs.

(a) Any retail customer who is damaged by a marketer's violation of any provision of Code Section 46-4-160 , any duly promulgated rules or regulations issued under such Code section, or any commission order shall be entitled to maintain a civil action and shall be entitled to recover actual damages sustained by the retail customer, as well as incidental damages, consequential damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs.

(b) Any violation of Code Section 46-4-160 or any duly promulgated rules or regulations issued under such Code section is declared to be a violation of Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975.” Any remedy available under such part shall be available to any retail customer and any action by the Attorney General that such part authorizes for a violation of such part shall be authorized for violation of Code Section 46-4-160 or any duly promulgated rules or regulations issued under such Code section. This subsection shall not be construed to provide that other violations of this article or rules promulgated under this article are not violations of such part.

(b) Any violation of Code Section 46-4-160 or any duly promulgated rules or regulations issued under such Code section is declared to be a violation of Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975.” Any remedy available under such part shall be available to any retail customer and any action by the Attorney General that such part authorizes for a violation of such part shall be authorized for violation of Code Section 46-4-160 or any duly promulgated rules or regulations issued under such Code section. This subsection shall not be construed to provide that other violations of this article or rules promulgated under this article are not violations of such part.

(c) The provisions of this Code section shall apply to violations of subsections (g) and (h) of Code Section 46-4-156 , Code Sections 46-4-158.2 , 46-4-160.1 , and 46-4-160.2 , and substantial violations of Code Section 46-4-158.3 .

(c) The provisions of this Code section shall apply to violations of subsections (g) and (h) of Code Section 46-4-156 , Code Sections 46-4-158.2 , 46-4-160.1 , and 46-4-160.2 , and substantial violations of Code Section 46-4-158.3 .
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-502 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-502
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-502
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect:

(1) For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative, 30¢ per page and $1.00 for the certificate and affixing the seal thereto;

(1) For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative, 30¢ per page and $1.00 for the certificate and affixing the seal thereto;

(2) For furnishing a certificate of search or a certificate of good standing, $5.00;

(2) For furnishing a certificate of search or a certificate of good standing, $5.00;

(3) At the time of any service of process on him as resident agent of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative, $10.00, which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the action causing such service to be made if such party prevails in the action.

(3) At the time of any service of process on him as resident agent of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative, $10.00, which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the action causing such service to be made if such party prevails in the action.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-421 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-421
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-421
Status: in_force

The statement of intent to dissolve shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in Code Section 46-3-174 . The electric membership corporation shall also forward a copy of such statement to the state revenue commissioner for filing.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-180 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-180
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-180
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Telecommunications Marketing Act of 1998.”
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-29 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-29
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-29
Status: in_force

(a) No member or employee of the commission shall, except when legally called upon by a court of competent jurisdiction, disclose or impart to anyone any fact which was obtained in his official capacity from or through any proceeding filed with the commission under Code Section 46-2-28 , provided that this Code section shall not apply to any fact or information which is obtained through public hearings or which is not confidential in nature.

(a) No member or employee of the commission shall, except when legally called upon by a court of competent jurisdiction, disclose or impart to anyone any fact which was obtained in his official capacity from or through any proceeding filed with the commission under Code Section 46-2-28 , provided that this Code section shall not apply to any fact or information which is obtained through public hearings or which is not confidential in nature.

(b) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-150 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-150
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-150
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation Act.”
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-64 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-64
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-64
Status: in_force

The superior court shall have power, by compliance with this part, to create cooperatives, to approve amendments to articles of incorporation of cooperatives, to approve articles of conversion and combined articles of consolidation and conversion of existing corporations proposing to become subject to this part, to approve articles of consolidation of cooperatives, to approve articles of merger of cooperatives, and to approve articles of dissolution of cooperatives. The judges of the superior court are authorized and empowered to make orders and decrees pursuant to this part in vacation at chambers in the county where the application for such order or decree is pending or in any county forming a part of the judicial circuit in which the application is pending, in the same manner and as fully and amply as the said judges could do in term time.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-324 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-324
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-324
Status: in_force

After the corporate existence has begun, an organization meeting of the board of directors named in the articles of incorporation shall be held, either within or outside of this state, at the call of any incorporator, for the purpose of adopting bylaws, electing officers, and transacting such other business as properly may come before the meeting. The incorporator or incorporators calling the meeting shall give at least three days' notice thereof by mail to each director so named, which notice shall state the time and place of the meeting.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-50 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-50
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-50
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any railroad company in this state weighs any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload, such weighing shall be done by a certified public weigher, as provided for the weighing of cotton, rice, and other produce.

(a) Whenever any railroad company in this state weighs any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload, such weighing shall be done by a certified public weigher, as provided for the weighing of cotton, rice, and other produce.

(b) When such cars are weighed singly, they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time, provided that when any railroad company transports timber, lumber, or other like articles of freight which, because of their length, overlap from one car to another, such company may cause a maximum of three such cars so loaded to be weighed together, after uncoupling them at both ends from other cars. In all such instances, the aggregate weight of the freight upon such cars shall be averaged so that each of the cars shall be charged with an equal amount of the total weight, and the shipper shall be made to pay freight as if each of the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load, provided that in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads.

(b) When such cars are weighed singly, they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time, provided that when any railroad company transports timber, lumber, or other like articles of freight which, because of their length, overlap from one car to another, such company may cause a maximum of three such cars so loaded to be weighed together, after uncoupling them at both ends from other cars. In all such instances, the aggregate weight of the freight upon such cars shall be averaged so that each of the cars shall be charged with an equal amount of the total weight, and the shipper shall be made to pay freight as if each of the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load, provided that in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads.

(c) Any railroad company failing, refusing, or neglecting to comply with this Code section shall be held liable in an action for damages, to be brought in the county where such weighing is done, at the instance of any person aggrieved. A sum of not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 shall be recoverable for each offense.

(c) Any railroad company failing, refusing, or neglecting to comply with this Code section shall be held liable in an action for damages, to be brought in the county where such weighing is done, at the instance of any person aggrieved. A sum of not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 shall be recoverable for each offense.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-230 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-230
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-230
Status: in_force

Upon the application of the president or resident executive officer of any railroad corporation operating and doing business in this state as a common carrier, the Governor may appoint one or more persons as special officers for the protection of the property and interest of such corporation, with powers to make arrests, provided that such special officers must be paid by the corporation applying for such appointment; provided, further, that such special officers shall not receive any compensation from the state or any county thereof.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-41 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-41
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-41
Status: in_force

A common carrier shall have the duty of transporting and delivering goods safely and without unreasonable delay.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-13 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-13
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-13
Status: in_force

At any time, upon its own complaint or the complaint of any other electric supplier or any other interested party, the commission shall have the authority and jurisdiction, after notice to all affected electric suppliers and other interested parties, and after a hearing, to enforce the provisions of this part by appropriate orders.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-467 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-467
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-467
Status: in_force

(a) Upon revoking any such certificate of authority, the Secretary of State shall: (1) Issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate; (2) File one of such certificates in his office; and (3) Mail to such foreign electric cooperative at its registered office in this state or, if the foreign electric cooperative has no such registered office, at its last known address either within or without this state as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, a notice of such revocation accompanied by one of such certificates.

(a) Upon revoking any such certificate of authority, the Secretary of State shall:

(1) Issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate;

(1) Issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate;

(2) File one of such certificates in his office; and

(2) File one of such certificates in his office; and

(3) Mail to such foreign electric cooperative at its registered office in this state or, if the foreign electric cooperative has no such registered office, at its last known address either within or without this state as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, a notice of such revocation accompanied by one of such certificates.

(3) Mail to such foreign electric cooperative at its registered office in this state or, if the foreign electric cooperative has no such registered office, at its last known address either within or without this state as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, a notice of such revocation accompanied by one of such certificates.

(b) Upon issuance of such certificate of revocation, the authority of the foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state shall cease.

(b) Upon issuance of such certificate of revocation, the authority of the foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state shall cease.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-123 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-123
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-123
Status: in_force

(a) Any railroad company may extend its railroad from any point named in the petition for charter or may build branch roads from any point on its line of road. Before making any such extensions or building any such branch roads, the company shall, by resolution of its board of directors, to be entered in the records of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch and advertise the route in all of the counties through which such extension or branch road will run, for the time and in the manner provided by Code Section 46-8-41 , and shall file a certified copy of such resolution and advertisements in the office of the Secretary of State, which shall be filed and recorded as are original petitions for charters. As a fee for such filing, the company shall pay to the Office of the State Treasurer $25.00 for each extension or branch road.

(a) Any railroad company may extend its railroad from any point named in the petition for charter or may build branch roads from any point on its line of road. Before making any such extensions or building any such branch roads, the company shall, by resolution of its board of directors, to be entered in the records of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch and advertise the route in all of the counties through which such extension or branch road will run, for the time and in the manner provided by Code Section 46-8-41 , and shall file a certified copy of such resolution and advertisements in the office of the Secretary of State, which shall be filed and recorded as are original petitions for charters. As a fee for such filing, the company shall pay to the Office of the State Treasurer $25.00 for each extension or branch road.

(b) Within one year after the filing of the resolution with the Secretary of State, the railroad company shall have the right to begin the construction and equipment of such branch or extension. If the railroad company fails to construct as much as 20 miles within two years, or fails to complete the branch or extension if it is to be less than 20 miles in length, the powers and privileges to do so shall cease.

(b) Within one year after the filing of the resolution with the Secretary of State, the railroad company shall have the right to begin the construction and equipment of such branch or extension. If the railroad company fails to construct as much as 20 miles within two years, or fails to complete the branch or extension if it is to be less than 20 miles in length, the powers and privileges to do so shall cease.

(c) For the purpose of such extension or branch road, the company shall have all the rights and privileges of condemning or acquiring the rights of way that are provided for constructing and building the main line.

(c) For the purpose of such extension or branch road, the company shall have all the rights and privileges of condemning or acquiring the rights of way that are provided for constructing and building the main line.

(d) All the provisions of this title relating to the issuance of stocks and bonds for the road authorized under the original petition for incorporation shall be applicable to and control the issuance of stocks and bonds for the proposed extensions and branches.

(d) All the provisions of this title relating to the issuance of stocks and bonds for the road authorized under the original petition for incorporation shall be applicable to and control the issuance of stocks and bonds for the proposed extensions and branches.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-43 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-43
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-43
Status: in_force

During the period of his employment and for one year following the termination of his employment, neither the director of the Utility Finance Section, the assistant director of the section, nor any other employee of the section shall own any interest of any kind in or be retained or employed by any electric utility or own any controlling interest in or be retained or employed by any person who has a vested interest in the outcome of any proceeding in which the section participates.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-522 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-522
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-522
Status: in_force

Interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of State and the answers thereto shall not be open to public inspection, nor shall the Secretary of State disclose any facts or information obtained therefrom except insofar as his official duty may require the same to be made public or in the event such interrogatories or the answers thereto are required for evidence in any criminal proceedings or in any other action by this state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-65 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-65
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-65
Status: in_force

(a) Provided that the solar technology does not exceed the capacity limit, the leasing, financing, or installation of such solar technology through a solar energy procurement agreement shall not be considered the provision of electric service to the public, retail electric service, or retail supply of electricity by the solar financing agent, and neither the retail electric customer nor the solar financing agent shall be considered an electric supplier within the meaning of Part 1 of this article or in violation of exclusive electric service rights arising therein.

(a) Provided that the solar technology does not exceed the capacity limit, the leasing, financing, or installation of such solar technology through a solar energy procurement agreement shall not be considered the provision of electric service to the public, retail electric service, or retail supply of electricity by the solar financing agent, and neither the retail electric customer nor the solar financing agent shall be considered an electric supplier within the meaning of Part 1 of this article or in violation of exclusive electric service rights arising therein.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a solar financing agent's actions under this part shall not cause the solar financing agent to be considered an electric service provider for any purpose under this title.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a solar financing agent's actions under this part shall not cause the solar financing agent to be considered an electric service provider for any purpose under this title.

(c) Any electric service provider or affiliate shall be authorized to become a solar financing agent; provided, however, that the restrictions of Part 1 of this article shall apply to any such electric service provider's provision of solar technology. An electric service provider and an affiliate shall be subject to subsection (a) of Code Section 46-3-11 in providing services as a solar financing agent.

(c) Any electric service provider or affiliate shall be authorized to become a solar financing agent; provided, however, that the restrictions of Part 1 of this article shall apply to any such electric service provider's provision of solar technology. An electric service provider and an affiliate shall be subject to subsection (a) of Code Section 46-3-11 in providing services as a solar financing agent.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-362 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-362
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-362
Status: in_force

(a) The articles of amendment, other than an amendment under subsection (b) of this Code section, shall be executed by the electric membership corporation as provided in Code Section 46-3-173 and shall set forth: (1) The name of the electric membership corporation; (2) The amendment so adopted; (3) The date of the adoption of the amendment by the members; and (4) The member vote required to adopt the amendment, the number of members entitled to vote, and the number of members who voted for the amendment.

(a) The articles of amendment, other than an amendment under subsection (b) of this Code section, shall be executed by the electric membership corporation as provided in Code Section 46-3-173 and shall set forth:

(1) The name of the electric membership corporation;

(1) The name of the electric membership corporation;

(2) The amendment so adopted;

(2) The amendment so adopted;

(3) The date of the adoption of the amendment by the members; and

(3) The date of the adoption of the amendment by the members; and

(4) The member vote required to adopt the amendment, the number of members entitled to vote, and the number of members who voted for the amendment.

(4) The member vote required to adopt the amendment, the number of members entitled to vote, and the number of members who voted for the amendment.

(b) If the amendment is made by the incorporator or incorporators or directors before the electric membership corporation has any members, the articles of amendment shall be executed by the incorporator or incorporators or directors, as the case may be, and shall set forth: (1) The name of the electric membership corporation; (2) The amendment so adopted and the date of adoption; and (3) A statement that the amendment is made by the incorporator or incorporators or directors before the electric membership corporation has any members.

(b) If the amendment is made by the incorporator or incorporators or directors before the electric membership corporation has any members, the articles of amendment shall be executed by the incorporator or incorporators or directors, as the case may be, and shall set forth:

(1) The name of the electric membership corporation;

(1) The name of the electric membership corporation;

(2) The amendment so adopted and the date of adoption; and

(2) The amendment so adopted and the date of adoption; and

(3) A statement that the amendment is made by the incorporator or incorporators or directors before the electric membership corporation has any members.

(3) A statement that the amendment is made by the incorporator or incorporators or directors before the electric membership corporation has any members.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-71 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-71
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-71
Status: in_force

The applicants shall submit to the clerk, along with the articles of incorporation, an affidavit signed by the duly authorized agent or publisher of a newspaper having general circulation in the county where the principal office of the cooperative is to be located, which affidavit shall state that there has been deposited with the newspaper the cost of publishing the articles of incorporation and the order of the judge thereon once a week for four weeks.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-430 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-430
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-430
Status: in_force

Every action for the involuntary dissolution of an electric membership corporation shall be commenced in the name of the state by the Attorney General in the superior court of the county in which the last known registered office or principal office of the electric membership corporation, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, is situated. Process shall issue and be served as in other civil actions.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-261 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-261
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-261
Status: in_force

A member shall not, solely by virtue of his status as a member, be liable for the debts of an electric membership corporation; and the property of the member shall not, solely by virtue of his status as a member, be subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, or other collection procedure for such debts.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4a-9 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4A / Section 46-4a-9
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4A-9
Status: in_force

Any person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available before the director and who is aggrieved by a final order or action in a contested case is entitled to judicial review under this chapter. All proceedings for judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act”; and any party to the proceeding may secure a review of the final judgment of the superior court by appeal in the manner and form provided by law for appeals from the superior courts to the appellate courts of this state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-150 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-150
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-150
Status: in_force

(a) Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers are transported an adequate supply of good, pure drinking water at all hours during the day and night. Any railroad company which violates this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers are transported an adequate supply of good, pure drinking water at all hours during the day and night. Any railroad company which violates this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any conductor or agent of a railroad who, after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passenger in each car, or a light at night, passes any depot or station without so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted in any county through which the railroad of which he is agent or conductor runs.

(b) Any conductor or agent of a railroad who, after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passenger in each car, or a light at night, passes any depot or station without so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted in any county through which the railroad of which he is agent or conductor runs.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-331 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-331
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-331
Status: in_force

The authority is created for nonprofit and public purposes; and it is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this article, and for such reasons the state covenants with the holders from time to time of the bonds, notes, and other obligations issued hereunder that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments imposed by the state or any of its counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, or taxing districts upon any property acquired by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or leased by it to others or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of any such property or on any income derived by the authority in the form of fees, recording fees, rentals, charges, purchase price, installments, or otherwise, and that the bonds, notes, and other obligations of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-231 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-231
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-231
Status: in_force

The petitioners shall be the first directors of the company. Upon receiving the prescribed certificate, the directors shall organize by electing one of their number president and shall elect such other corporate officers as may be necessary; and they shall open books of subscription to the capital stock of said company. When all the capital stock has been subscribed for and one-tenth of the amount actually paid in, notice of that fact shall be published at least three times in the newspaper in which the sheriff's notices are published in the county of the principal office of the company; whereupon, but not before, the company may begin the transaction of business. If the transaction of any business is commenced without complying with the requirements of this Code section, the incorporators and stockholders shall be personally liable for all obligations incurred prior to a full compliance with those requirements.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-170 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-170
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-170
Status: in_force

Providers of local exchange services shall have access to local telephone numbering resources and assignments on equitable terms that include recognition of the scarcity of such resources and that are in accordance with adopted national assignment guidelines and commission rules. Additionally, all local exchange companies shall make the necessary modifications to allow portability of local numbers between different certificated providers of local exchange service as soon as reasonably possible after such portability has been shown to be technically and economically feasible and in the public interest.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-43 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-43
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-43
Status: in_force

The application for any certificate of public convenience and necessity provided for in Code Section 46-5-41 shall be made under such rules and regulations as the commission may from time to time prescribe. Upon the receipt of any such application for such certificate, the commission shall cause notice thereof to be given by mail or by personal service to the chief executive officer of the municipalities affected, if any, and to any person occupying the territory affected, and shall publish such notice once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each territory affected.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-291 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-291
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-291
Status: in_force

No person shall recover damages from a railroad company for injury to himself or his property where the same is done by his consent or is caused by his own negligence, provided that if the complainant and the agents of the company are both at fault, the former may recover, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of fault attributable to him.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-100 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-100
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-100
Status: in_force

The political subdivisions with which the authority shall be authorized to contract to provide a gas supply pursuant to this article shall be those political subdivisions of this state which own and operate a gas distribution system.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-122 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-122
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-122
Status: in_force

(a) The rates, services, and practices relating to the exploration, manufacture, development, storage, production, transmission, and sale by the authority of gas as authorized by this article shall not be subject to the provisions of the Georgia Public Service Commission law nor to regulation.

(a) The rates, services, and practices relating to the exploration, manufacture, development, storage, production, transmission, and sale by the authority of gas as authorized by this article shall not be subject to the provisions of the Georgia Public Service Commission law nor to regulation.

(b) The provisions of this article do not, and are not intended to, increase or diminish the authority and jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission with respect to the distribution, sale, or transmission of gas by any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state.

(b) The provisions of this article do not, and are not intended to, increase or diminish the authority and jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission with respect to the distribution, sale, or transmission of gas by any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-116 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-116
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-116
Status: in_force

(a) Each political subdivision contracting with the authority (other than for short-term purchases) following the election of the first nine members of the authority shall designate a representative to the election committee no more than 30 days following the execution of such contract by and between the authority and such political subdivision. The term of such additional representative shall begin with the next meeting of the election committee.

(a) Each political subdivision contracting with the authority (other than for short-term purchases) following the election of the first nine members of the authority shall designate a representative to the election committee no more than 30 days following the execution of such contract by and between the authority and such political subdivision. The term of such additional representative shall begin with the next meeting of the election committee.

(b) Representatives to the election committee shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the political subdivision which appointed them.

(b) Representatives to the election committee shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the political subdivision which appointed them.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-131 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-5-131
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-5-131
Status: in_force

(a) Whether participating in a state-wide emergency 9-1-1 system or an emergency 9-1-1 system serving one or more local governments, neither the state nor the authority nor any local government of the state nor any emergency 9-1-1 system provider or service supplier or its employees, directors, officers, contractors, and agents, except in cases of wanton and willful misconduct or bad faith, shall be liable for death or injury to any person or for damage to property as a result of either developing, adopting, establishing, participating in, implementing, maintaining, or carrying out duties involved in operating the emergency 9-1-1 system or in the identification of the telephone number, address, or name associated with any person accessing an emergency 9-1-1 system.

(a) Whether participating in a state-wide emergency 9-1-1 system or an emergency 9-1-1 system serving one or more local governments, neither the state nor the authority nor any local government of the state nor any emergency 9-1-1 system provider or service supplier or its employees, directors, officers, contractors, and agents, except in cases of wanton and willful misconduct or bad faith, shall be liable for death or injury to any person or for damage to property as a result of either developing, adopting, establishing, participating in, implementing, maintaining, or carrying out duties involved in operating the emergency 9-1-1 system or in the identification of the telephone number, address, or name associated with any person accessing an emergency 9-1-1 system.

(b) No local government of the State of Georgia shall be required to release, indemnify, defend, or hold harmless any emergency 9-1-1 system provider from any loss, claim, demand, suit, or other action or any liability whatsoever which arises out of subsection (a) of this Code section, unless the local government agrees or has agreed to assume such obligations.

(b) No local government of the State of Georgia shall be required to release, indemnify, defend, or hold harmless any emergency 9-1-1 system provider from any loss, claim, demand, suit, or other action or any liability whatsoever which arises out of subsection (a) of this Code section, unless the local government agrees or has agreed to assume such obligations.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-141 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-141
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-141
Status: in_force

The fiscal officer of the authority or his agent shall maintain records containing a full and correct description of each evidence of indebtedness issued, identifying it and showing its date, issue, amount, interest rate, payment dates, payments made, registration, cancellation, destruction, and every other relevant transaction.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-23 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-23
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-23
Status: in_force

The commission is vested with full power and authority to make, prescribe, and enforce all such reasonable rules, regulations, and orders as may be necessary to compel and require the several railroad companies in this state to receive, receipt for, forward, and deliver promptly to destination all freight of every character which may be tendered or received by them for transportation. In addition, the commission shall have full power and authority to make, prescribe, and enforce such reasonable rules, regulations, and orders as may be necessary to compel and require prompt delivery to the consignee of all freights on arrival at destination.
O.C.G.A. § 46-8-339 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-8-339
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-8-339
Status: in_force

Street, suburban, and interurban railroad companies incorporated under the laws of this state shall have the authority to furnish steam for heating and power purposes to any person within the limits of the counties in which such companies operate, with authority to charge and collect reasonable compensation for the same and with full power to do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry into full effect the authority conferred by this Code section, and to use the streets and public places to lay and maintain their pipes and other appliances for conveying and distributing such steam, provided that before any such company shall be entitled to use any of the streets of any city in this state, the consent of such city shall be obtained.
O.C.G.A. § 46-4-59 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / Section 46-4-59
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-4-59
Status: in_force

When a gas utility which has exercised the power of eminent domain pursuant to Code Section 46-4-57 permanently abandons the entire underground reservoir for the storage of gas, the condemned property shall revert to the then owners of the land, the mineral rights, royalties, and other interests relating to the property in proportion to their several ownership interests. Good faith exploration or development work relative to a proposed or approved underground gas storage project shall be conclusive evidence that such project has not been abandoned. No gas utility shall abandon an underground reservoir for the storage of gas without first receiving an order of the commission approving such abandonment.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-466 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / Section 46-3-466
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-3-466
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of authority of a foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state may be revoked by the Secretary of State upon the conditions prescribed in this Code section when: (1) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file its annual report to the Secretary of State within the time required by Code Section 46-3-481 , or has failed to pay any fees or penalties prescribed by this article when they have become due and payable, or has failed to file its annual license or occupation tax return on or before the day such return becomes due; (2) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state as required by Code Section 46-3-457 ; (3) The foreign electric cooperative has failed, after change of its registered office or registered agent, to file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement of such change as required by Code Section 46-3-458 ; (4) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file in the office of the Secretary of State any articles of merger within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-461 ; (5) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to make application to the Secretary of State for an amended certificate of authority under the circumstances and within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-462 ; or (6) A misrepresentation has been made of any material matter in any application, report, affidavit, or other document submitted by such foreign electric cooperative pursuant to this article.

(a) The certificate of authority of a foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state may be revoked by the Secretary of State upon the conditions prescribed in this Code section when:

(1) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file its annual report to the Secretary of State within the time required by Code Section 46-3-481 , or has failed to pay any fees or penalties prescribed by this article when they have become due and payable, or has failed to file its annual license or occupation tax return on or before the day such return becomes due;

(1) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file its annual report to the Secretary of State within the time required by Code Section 46-3-481 , or has failed to pay any fees or penalties prescribed by this article when they have become due and payable, or has failed to file its annual license or occupation tax return on or before the day such return becomes due;

(2) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state as required by Code Section 46-3-457 ;

(2) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state as required by Code Section 46-3-457 ;

(3) The foreign electric cooperative has failed, after change of its registered office or registered agent, to file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement of such change as required by Code Section 46-3-458 ;

(3) The foreign electric cooperative has failed, after change of its registered office or registered agent, to file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement of such change as required by Code Section 46-3-458 ;

(4) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file in the office of the Secretary of State any articles of merger within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-461 ;

(4) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file in the office of the Secretary of State any articles of merger within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-461 ;

(5) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to make application to the Secretary of State for an amended certificate of authority under the circumstances and within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-462 ; or

(5) The foreign electric cooperative has failed to make application to the Secretary of State for an amended certificate of authority under the circumstances and within the time prescribed by Code Section 46-3-462 ; or

(6) A misrepresentation has been made of any material matter in any application, report, affidavit, or other document submitted by such foreign electric cooperative pursuant to this article.

(6) A misrepresentation has been made of any material matter in any application, report, affidavit, or other document submitted by such foreign electric cooperative pursuant to this article.

(b) No certificate of authority of a foreign electric cooperative shall be revoked by the Secretary of State unless: (1) He shall have given the foreign electric cooperative not less than 60 days' notice thereof by mail addressed to its registered office in this state; and (2) The foreign electric cooperative shall fail prior to revocation to file such annual report, or pay such fees or penalties, or file its annual license or occupation tax return, or file the required statement of change of registered agent or registered office, or file such articles of amendment or articles of merger or make application for such amended certificate of authority, or correct such misrepresentation.

(b) No certificate of authority of a foreign electric cooperative shall be revoked by the Secretary of State unless:

(1) He shall have given the foreign electric cooperative not less than 60 days' notice thereof by mail addressed to its registered office in this state; and

(1) He shall have given the foreign electric cooperative not less than 60 days' notice thereof by mail addressed to its registered office in this state; and

(2) The foreign electric cooperative shall fail prior to revocation to file such annual report, or pay such fees or penalties, or file its annual license or occupation tax return, or file the required statement of change of registered agent or registered office, or file such articles of amendment or articles of merger or make application for such amended certificate of authority, or correct such misrepresentation.

(2) The foreign electric cooperative shall fail prior to revocation to file such annual report, or pay such fees or penalties, or file its annual license or occupation tax return, or file the required statement of change of registered agent or registered office, or file such articles of amendment or articles of merger or make application for such amended certificate of authority, or correct such misrepresentation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-2-30 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-2-30
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-2-30
Status: in_force

The commission shall have full power and authority to make rules and regulations to effectuate and implement all laws conferring powers and duties upon the commission. Any rule or regulation adopted by the commission shall be transmitted to the chairman of the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate for review by such committees and recommendations by such committees to the General Assembly for appropriate action.
O.C.G.A. § 46-9-211 — GA Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-9-211
Georgia Code Title 46. Public Utilities and Public Transportation § 46-9-211
Status: in_force

(a) No railroad company operating or doing business wholly or partly within this state shall: (1) Refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company with which it may be connected, whether directly or indirectly, tickets for any point upon its lines of road; (2) Refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its lines; or (3) Refuse to receive and transport baggage which may be checked upon said tickets so sold.

(a) No railroad company operating or doing business wholly or partly within this state shall:

(1) Refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company with which it may be connected, whether directly or indirectly, tickets for any point upon its lines of road;

(1) Refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company with which it may be connected, whether directly or indirectly, tickets for any point upon its lines of road;

(2) Refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its lines; or

(2) Refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its lines; or

(3) Refuse to receive and transport baggage which may be checked upon said tickets so sold.

(3) Refuse to receive and transport baggage which may be checked upon said tickets so sold.

(b) Any company so placing its tickets on sale may demand reasonable security to secure the price of such tickets so placed on sale, and may demand, from time to time, such renewals of deposits or other security as will protect it from any loss from the sale of such tickets.

(b) Any company so placing its tickets on sale may demand reasonable security to secure the price of such tickets so placed on sale, and may demand, from time to time, such renewals of deposits or other security as will protect it from any loss from the sale of such tickets.