Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 672 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 672-11 - INSTALLATION, RELOCATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF UTILITIES ON PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY › Rule 672-11-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The following words when used in Chapter 672-11 shall have the
				following meanings:
(a) "Annual Permit
			 Fee" means the yearly amount due for a Permit approved by Department on or
			 after January 1, 2022 that is associated with the ongoing management of the
			 Public Rights-of-Way obtained pursuant to the Department's authority and as
			 calculated in accordance with this Chapter.
(b) "Application Fee" means a nonrefundable
			 onetime fee for the review of a Permit application by the Department and as
			 calculated in accordance with this Chapter. This fee is nonrefundable
			 regardless of whether a Permit application is abandoned or not
			 approved.
(c) "Communication Cable"
			 means any fiber optic, copper, media, or other cable utilized by a
			 Communications Utility for the purpose of providing a Communications
			 Service.
(d) "Communications
			 Service" includes, but is not limited to, a wireline or wireless
			 Telecommunications Service, Information Service or Cable Service as those terms
			 are defined in Sections 153 and 522 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
			 amended, (47 U.S.C. §§
									153 and  602) and Broadband Internet Access
			 Service as that term is defined in Section 8.1(b) of the rules and regulations
			 of the FCC (47 C.F.R. §
									8.1(b)).
(e) "Communications Utility" means a Utility
			 that provides a Communications Service.
(f) "Department" or "GDOT" means the Georgia
			 Department of Transportation.
(g)
			 "EMC" means an electric membership cooperative which is a member-owned and
			 not-for-profit Utility.
(h)
			 "Existing Permit" means a Permit that has been approved by the Department prior
			 to January 1, 2022.
(i) "FCC" means
			 the United States Federal Communications Commission.
(j) "Non-Communications Utility" means a
			 utility that is not a Communications Utility, including, but not limited to, an
			 entity that provides electric, gas, water or other power services, without
			 regard to whether such services are subject to regulation by the Georgia Public
			 Service Commission or other regulatory department.
(k) "Permit" means the legal document by
			 which the Department authorizes the use of and regulates the use and/or
			 occupancy of the Public Rights-of-Way and as further defined in the
			 UAM.
(l) "Public Rights-of-Way"
			 means the state highway system and those local roads and streets that are a
			 part of the Federal-aid system, but excluding the interstate highway systems.
(m) "UAM" means the Department's
			 Utility Accommodation Policy and Standards Manual, current edition.
(n) "Utility" means a Communications Utility
			 or a Non-Communications Utility.
(o) "Wireless Facility" means equipment at a
			 fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and
			 a communications network and includes, but is not limited to, Small Wireless
			 Facilities as that term is defined in Section 1.6002 of the rules and
			 regulations of the FCC (47 C.F.R. §
									1.6002).
O.C.G.A.
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										32-6-174,   50-13-4,   32-2-2.