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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 46-5-160 (2019)

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✓ 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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This article shall be known and may be cited as ‘‘The Telecommunications and Competition Development Act of 1995.’’

History

(Code 1981, § 46-5-160, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 886, § 2.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. ALLTEL Ga. Communications Corp., 244 Ga. App. 645, 536 S.E.2d 542 (2000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1997–2007 · leading case: Alltel Georgia Commc'ns v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 505 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 1998).
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Alltel Georgia Commc'ns v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 505 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 1998). · cites it 12× “We granted certiorari in this case to consider the scope of the Public Service Commission's authority to regulate a company that has given notice of its election of "alternative *219 regulation" under the Georgia Telecommunications and Competition Development Act, OCGA §…”
Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Alltel Georgia Commc'ns Corp., 489 S.E.2d 350 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “Under the Georgia Telecommunications & Competition Development Act of 1995 (TCDA) (OCGA § 46-5-160 et seq.), which became effective July 1, 1995, ALLTEL Companies are Tier 2 local exchange companies (LECs).”
Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. v. MCImetro Access Transmission Servs., Inc., 278 F.3d 1223 (11th Cir. 2002). · cites it 3× “In the orders currently disputed before the court, the GPSC cites two such alternative bases for its jurisdiction: (1) the Telecommunications and Competition Development Act of 1995 (the “Georgia Act”), Ga. Code Ann. §§ 46-5-160 to -174 (Supp. 2001), and (2) “its general…”
United States v. Coastal Utils., Inc., 483 F. Supp. 2d 1232 (S.D. Ga. 2007). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. §§ 46-5-160, et. seq. The purpose of the Act was to “[a]ssure reasonable cost for universal access to basic telecommunications services throughout Georgia” and “[e]ncour-age investment in Georgia’s telecommunications infrastructure.”
Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. ALLTEL Georgia Commc'ns Corp., 536 S.E.2d 542 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “In 1995, the Georgia legislature enacted the Georgia Telecommunications and Competition Development Act, [OCGA § 46-5-160 et seq.,] which created a new regulatory model for telecommunications services reflecting the transition to market-based competition.”
Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Alltel Georgia Commc'ns Corp., 497 S.E.2d 50 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Alltel Georgia Communications Corporation and other Alltel telecommunications companies (Alltel companies) filed a petition in the Fulton County Superior Court pursuant to OCGA § 50-13-19 seeking review of the Georgia Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision interpreting OCGA…”
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