Georgia Code, Title 46, Chapter 5, Article 4 - Telecommunications and Competition Development

• § 46-5-160 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as "The Telecommunications and Competition Development Act of 1995."
• § 46-5-161 - Legislative Findings; Intent
  (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) It is in the public interest to establish a new regulatory model for telecommunications services in Georgia to...
• § 46-5-162 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Alternative regulation" means a form of regulation pursuant to which the rates, terms, and conditions for...
• § 46-5-163 - Certificates of Authority
  (a) A telecommunications company including a telecommunications services reseller shall not provide telecommunications services without a certificate of authority issued by the commission. The...
• § 46-5-164 - Interconnection Among Certificated Local Exchange Companies
  (a) All local exchange companies shall permit reasonable interconnection with other certificated local exchange companies. This subsection includes all or portions of such services...
• § 46-5-165 - Alternative Regulation of Rates, Terms, and Conditions
  (a) Any Tier 1 local exchange company may elect to have its rates, terms, and conditions for its services determined pursuant to the alternative...
• § 46-5-166 - Rates for Switched Access
  (a) An electing company, as defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section 46-5-162, shall set rates on a basis that does not unreasonably discriminate...
• § 46-5-167 - Universal Access Fund
  (a) The commission shall administer a Universal Access Fund to assure the provision of reasonably priced access to basic local exchange services throughout Georgia....
• § 46-5-168 - Jurisdiction and Authority of Commission
  (a) The jurisdiction of the commission under this article shall be construed to include the authority necessary to implement and administer the express provisions...
• § 46-5-169 - Company Obligations Associated With Alternative Regulation
  A company electing alternative regulation: (1) Shall comply with orders issued and rules adopted by the commission to implement the express provisions of this...
• § 46-5-170 - Access to Local Telephone Numbering Resources and Assignments
  Providers of local exchange services shall have access to local telephone numbering resources and assignments on equitable terms that include recognition of the scarcity...
• § 46-5-171 - Local Call Charges Based on Duration or Time of Call Prohibited
  A local exchange company may not charge a residential customer or single line business for basic local exchange service based on the duration of...
• § 46-5-171.1 - Written Authorization Required by Customer Prior to Being Charged for Service Initiated by a Third Party
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, no telecommunications company shall charge a customer for any service which is provided...
• § 46-5-172 - Annual Report of Tier 1 Company's Investment Commitment
  A Tier 1 local exchange company shall provide an annual report with quarterly updates to the commission regarding its investment commitment as prescribed in...
• § 46-5-173 - Unpublished Telephone Identification
  (a) Any person that obtains an unpublished telephone identification using a telephone caller identification service may not do any of the following without the...
• § 46-5-174 - Commission's Annual Report to General Assembly
  The commission shall report to the General Assembly annually on the status of the transition to alternative regulation of telecommunications services in Georgia.

Last modified: October 14, 2016