O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-70-6 (2019)

Promotion of deployment of broadband services by broadband services providers

✓ 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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(a) As used in this Code section, the terms ‘‘broadband services’’ and ‘‘broadband services provider’’ shall have the same meanings as provided in Code Section 50-40-1.

(b) The governing bodies of municipalities and counties shall provide in any comprehensive plan for the promotion of the deployment of broadband services by broadband services providers.

History

Code 1981, § 36-70-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 3-1/SB 402. Effective date. - This Code section became effective May 7, 2018.

Annotations

Cross references. - Competitive Emerging Communications Technologies Act of 2006, § 46-5-220. Promotion and deployment of broadband services, T. 50, C. 40.

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant

to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, ‘‘Code Section 50-40-1’’ was substituted for ‘‘Code Section 50-39-1’’ at the end of subsection (a). Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 1/SB 402, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act.’ ’’

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