O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-18-4 (2019)

Intent and construction of chapter

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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It is the intent of this chapter to confirm expressly the authority of counties to grant franchises for, and to regulate by ordinance or resolution, cable television systems within their territorial limits, except as limited by Code Section 36-18-3. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair any cable television system franchise license lawfully issued by a county or municipality prior to April 9, 1981; and any such license shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter.

History

Ga. L. 1981, p. 865, § 4.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Pre-1981 franchises which were not lawfully issued, as the franchises purported to be ‘‘exclusive,’’ were not entitled to the benefits bestowed by O.C.G.A.

Ch. 18, T. 36. Cable Holdings of Battlefield, Inc. v. Lookout Cable Servs., Inc., 178 Ga. App. 456, 343 S.E.2d 737 (1986).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Franchises from Public Entities, §§ 36, 37.

C.J.S. - 37 C.J.S., Franchises, §§ 26, 27.