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O.C.G.A. § 46-5-40 (2019)

"Person" defined

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As used in this part, the term "person" means:

(1) Any corporation, company, firm, association, or individual owning, leasing, or operating a public telephone service or telephone line in this state; and

(2) Any cooperative nonprofit membership corporation or limited dividend or mutual association, with respect to that part or portion of its operations devoted to the furnishing of telephone service within this state.

History

(Ga. L. 1950, p. 311, § 8.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Statesboro Tel. Co. v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 235 Ga. 179, 219 S.E.2d 127 (1975).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1986–1987 · leading case: Coin Call, Inc. v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 636 F. Supp. 608 (N.D. Ga. 1986).
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Coin Call, Inc. v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 636 F. Supp. 608 (N.D. Ga. 1986). · cites it 2× “) O.C.G.A. § 46-5-40 defines the term "person,” inter alia, as "any corporation .”
Pub. Serv. Tel. Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 359 S.E.2d 239 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “[are] requirements [which] are presently inherent in the public convenience and necessity provisions of [OCGA § 46-5-40 et seq.]. [Cit.]” Accordingly, it is clear the PSC did not err in this case, either insofar as it held that the decisive *495 issue was the inadequacy of…”
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