O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-108 (2019)

Lessee subject to Public Service Commission regulation

✓ 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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The railroad operation by the lessee of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be subject to the regulation of the Public Service Commission.

History

Code 1933, § 91-113a, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 146, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 857, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-114a, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1092, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Regulation of railroads generally, T. 46, C. 8 and 9.

Editor’s notes. - The lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad property by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968, referred to above, is found at Ga. L. 1968, p. 54, as amended by Ga. L. 1986, p. 231.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Lease contract between state and railroad. - Under the lease contract entered into between the state as the owner of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, on May 11, 1917, the lessee acquired a right to the use of the underground and overhead space on the portion

of the land lying between streets in the City of Atlanta constituting a part of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, with the right to sublet any part thereof not needed for railroad purposes, without the consent of the Governor. State v. Western & A.R.R., 185 Ga. 658, 196 S.E. 392 (1938).

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