O.C.G.A. § 46-5-171.1 (2019)
Written authorization required by customer prior to being charged for service initiated by a third party
Annual report of Tier 1 company’s investment commitment. Unpublished telephone identification. Commission’s annual report to General Assembly. Article 5 Telecommunications Marketing Act of 1998 Article 4 Telecommunications and Competition Development Short title. Legislative findings; intent. Definitions. Certificates of authority. Interconnection among certificated local exchange companies.
Short title. Definitions. Certification of telecommunications companies which bill for or solicit intrastate telecommunications services. Procedures for confirmation of changes in selection of a primary local exchange or long distance carrier generated by telemarketing. Contents of letter of agency. Investigation and reporting requirements. Time limit on certain actions of local exchange carrier. Abusive telemarketing acts or practices. Forgery or falsification prohibited. Penalty for willful violation of article. Factual findings by Public Service Commission. Cause of action for damages Sec. resulting from violations of this article.
Annotations
Cross references. - Limitation on powers as to corporations, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V and Ch. 4, T. 14. Penalty for refusal to relinquish telephone party line in emergency, § 16-11-42. Taxation of mobile telecommunications, §§ 48-8-6 and
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Construction.
Administrative rules and regulations. - Regulation of telephone and telegraph services, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Public Service Commission, Chapters 515-5-1, 515-6-1, 515-8-1, 515-12-1.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Liability of telephone company for injury resulting from condition or location of telephone booth, 17 ALR4th 1308. Liability of telephone company for mistakes in or omissions from its directory, 47 ALR4th 882.
Search and seizure of telephone company records pertaining to subscriber as violation of subscriber’s constitutional rights, 76 ALR4th 536.
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Cable Theft: The Problem, the Need for Useful State
Legislation, and a Proposed Solution for Georgia,’’ see 35 Emory L.J. 643 (1986).