Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1849 - Telephones; long-distance charges; prohibit in same local exchange

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 46-5-25.3

1. Streat  167th          2. Watson  139th           3. Coleman  142nd
4. Lee  94th              5. Walker  141st           6. Barnes  33rd


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              2/29/96  Read 1st Time                                                                
              3/5/96   Read 2nd Time                                                                
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HB 1849                                            LC 22 2280






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the jurisdiction,
  1- 3  powers, and duties of the Public Service Commission, so as
  1- 4  to prohibit rate schedules authorizing long-distance
  1- 5  telephone charges for calls between two telephones having
  1- 6  the same three-digit local exchange; to provide for
  1- 7  amendment of existing rate schedules to comply with such
  1- 8  prohibition; to provide for modification of rate schedules
  1- 9  in the discretion of the commission; to provide that this
  1-10  Act shall not be interpreted as amending, modifying, or
  1-11  repealing a specified Code section relating to the
  1-12  commission's rate-making power; to repeal conflicting laws;
  1-13  and for other purposes.

  1-14       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-15  Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of
  1-16  Georgia Annotated, relating to the jurisdiction, powers, and
  1-17  duties of the Public Service Commission, is amended by
  1-18  inserting a new Code section to be designated Code Section
  1-19  46-2-25.3 to read as follows:

  1-20    "46-5-25.3. (Index)

  1-21    (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this Code
  1-22    section, on and after July 1, 1996, the commission shall
  1-23    not approve any rate schedule which authorizes a
  1-24    long-distance charge for calls between two telephones
  1-25    having the same three-digit local exchange. Where two or
  1-26    more telephone companies operate the same three-digit
  1-27    local exchange, each company shall provide local calling
  1-28    to other telephones in the same three-digit local exchange
  1-29    within the area served by the other company or companies.
  1-30    Rate schedules approved prior to July 1, 1996, shall be
  1-31    amended to comply with this Code section by not later than
  1-32    July 1, 1997.




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                                                  LC 22 2280

  2- 1    (b) All rate schedules approved pursuant to this Code
  2- 2    section may be modified at the discretion of the
  2- 3    commission upon a good and sufficient showing of
  2- 4    geographic, economic, or technological infeasibility by a
  2- 5    telephone company.

  2- 6    (c) Nothing in this Code section shall be interpreted as
  2- 7    amending, modifying, or repealing Code Section 46-2-23,
  2- 8    relating to the rate-making power of the commission
  2- 9    generally and special provisions concerning
  2-10    telecommunications companies."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-11  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-12  repealed.


































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