(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. (Code 1933, § 34C-1715, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.) Page: 302 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:54:46 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN PUBLIC UTILITIES, ETC.