TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Section 5. Telephone Service, 46-5-1 through 46-5-252.

ARTICLE 2 TELEPHONE SERVICE

46-5-132. Fees by service supplier.

It shall be unlawful for any service supplier to assess or charge any fee for an emergency call placed on an emergency 9-1-1 system. The prohibition provided for in this Code section shall only apply to actual emergency calls made on such system and shall not apply to nor prohibit any fee assessed or charged for the implementation or enhancement of such system.

(Code 1981, §46-5-132, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1017, § 9; Ga. L. 2005, p. 660, § 9/HB 470; Ga. L. 2007, p. 318, § 2/HB 394; Ga. L. 2008, p. 324, § 46/SB 455.)

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, substituted "9-1-1" for "'911'" in this Code section.

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, in the first sentence, deleted "wireless" preceding "service supplier", deleted "telephone" preceding "call placed", and substituted "an emergency 9-1-1" for "a 9-1-1 emergency telephone"; and deleted "telephone" following "actual emergency" in the second sentence.

The 2008 amendment, effective May 12, 2008, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in this Code section.