Title 46

(a) All local exchange companies shall permit reasonable interconnection with other certificated local exchange companies. This subsection Page: 527 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:57:26 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN TELEPHONE …

(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 mon…

(a) An electing local exchange company shall have its rates for basic local exchange services determined pursuant to this Code section. (b) Rates for basic local exchange services for residential and single line business customers in effect on the date the local exchange company …

(a) The commission shall create a Universal Access Fund to assure the provision of reasonably priced access to basic local exchange services throughout Georgia. The fund shall be administered by the commission under rules to be promulgated by the commission as needed to assure th…

(a) The jurisdiction of the commission under this article shall be construed to include the authority necessary to implement and administer the express provisions of this article through rule-making proceedings and orders in specific cases. (b) The commission’s jurisdiction shall…

A company electing alternative regulation: (1) Shall comply with orders issued and rules adopted by the commission to implement the express provisions of this article as a condition of obtaining or retaining a certificate of authority under this article; (2) Shall not refuse any …

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.…

A local exchange company may not charge a residential customer or single line business for basic local exchange service based on the duration Page: 535 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:57:31 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN TELEPHO…

(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 th…

A Tier 1 local exchange company shall provide an annual report with quarterly updates to the commission regarding its investment commitment as prescribed in subsection (a) of Code Section 45-5-165. Contributions to infrastructure for distance learning and telemedicine by a Tier 1…

(a) Any person that obtains an unpublished telephone identification using a telephone caller identification service may not do any of the following without the written consent of the customer of the unpublished telephone line identification: (1) Intentionally disclose the unpubli…

The commission shall report to the General Assembly annually on the status of the transition to alternative regulation of telecommunications services in Georgia. (Code 1981, § 46-5-174, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 886, § 2.) ARTICLE 5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETING ACT OF 1998

This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Telecommunications Marketing Act of 1998.’’ (Code 1981, § 46-5-180, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 919, § 1.) Page: 537 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:57:32 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 …

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…

No telecommunications company shall bill for intrastate telecommunications services or solicit intrastate telecommunications services within this state without a certificate of authority from the Georgia Public Service Commission; provided, however, that a certificate is not requ…

(a) No telecommunications company shall submit to a customer’s local exchange company a change order for the customer’s primary carrier of local exchange or long distance service which is generated by outbound telemarketing unless and until the order has been confirmed in accorda…

(a) A telecommunications company relying on a written authorization from a customer for a primary local exchange or long distance carrier change must obtain a letter of agency as specified in this Code section. Any letter of agency that does not conform with this Code section is …

(a) A customer shall first report any unwanted, unauthorized change of the customer’s primary local exchange or long distance carrier to the customer’s current primary local exchange or long distance carrier or the commission; and, thereafter, such carrier shall investigate this …

The customer’s current local exchange carrier shall initiate action to change the customer back to the prior local exchange or long distance carrier or to another local exchange or long distance carrier of the customer’s choice within three business days after a customer’s reques…

Telecommunications companies may not engage in any abusive telemarketing act or practice. Each instance of engaging in an abusive act or practice shall constitute a separate violation of this article. Abusive telemarketing acts or practices shall include but not be limited to the…

Any employee, representative, or agent of a telecommunications company who forges a customer’s signature on a letter of agency or otherwise falsifies evidence of customer authorization of a change of a primary local exchange or long distance carrier shall be guilty of a misdemean…

Any willful violation of this article is subject to enforcement as provided in Code Sections 46-2-91, 46-2-92, and 46-2-93. In addition, without limiting the scope of Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the ‘‘Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,’’ any willful violation…

If, after a hearing on a complaint, the commission shall determine that the complainant’s selection of a primary local exchange or long distance carrier was switched in violation of this article, the commission may make factual findings regarding the amount of damages suffered by…

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 f…

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or repeal the application of any state or federal law or regulation regarding telemarketing. In addition, nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the application of any such law or regulation to telecommunication…

History. — Code 1981, § 38-3-186, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 1-1/HB 751.

Using telephone communications for obscene, threatening, or harassing purposes. Using telephone communications for obscene comments, requests, or suggestions; injunction; recorded commercial message. Use of automatic dialing and recorded message (ADAD) equipment. Use of certain t…

Avoiding or attempting to avoid charges for use of telecommunication service; penalties; computation of damages. Making, possessing, selling, allowing use of, or publishing assembly plans for devices, equipment, or apparatus for committing theft of telecommunications service, or …

Declaration of purpose. Definitions. Powers of cooperatives generally. Power of superior court to create cooperatives, to approve amendments to their articles of incorporation, conversion, consolidation, merger, or dissolution. Names of cooperatives. Incorporators. Contents of ar…