Such communication may be from a live operator, through the use of ADAD equipment as defined in Code Section 46-5-23, or by other means.
History. Code 1981, § 46-5-27 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 562, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 46; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 44/SB 148.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, inserted “, mobile, or wireless” throughout subsections (a) through (g); in subsection (a), deleted “to the home” following “services” in paragraph (a)(1), substituted “individuals” for “the home” in paragraph (a)(4), deleted “to their homes” following “calls” in paragraph (a)(5), and deleted “in their homes” following “calls” at the end of paragraph (a)(7); in paragraph (b)(2), deleted “residential” preceding “telephone service” and substituted “or mobile or wireless telephone service provider, or other” for “or the other”; in subsection (d), inserted “, mobile, and wireless” in the first sentence of paragraph (d)(1), substituted “selected by and awarded a contract by” for “under contract with” in paragraph (d)(2), substituted “and methods for revocation” for “or revocation” in subparagraph (d)(3)(B); rewrote subsection (e); and, in subsection (f), designated the existing provisions as paragraph (f)(1) and added paragraph (f)(2).
The 2004 amendment, effective May 13, 2004, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in paragraph (b)(2).
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (h), substituted “Attorney General” for “administrator appointed pursuant to subsection (g) of Code Section 10-1-395” at the beginning of the first sentence and substituted “Attorney General” for “administrator” in the fourth and fifth sentences.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1998, p. 505, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 1998, for purposes of administrative establishment of the data base, including receipt of notices, by the Public Service Commission and shall become effective for all purposes on January 1, 1999.”
Law reviews.
For review of 1998 legislation relating to public utilities and transportation, see 15 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 209 (1998).
For note on the 2003 amendment of this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 228 (2003).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation
§ 46-5-21. Using Telephone Communications for Obscene, Threatening, or Harassing Purposes
§ 46-5-23. Use of Automatic Dialing and Recorded Message (Adad) Equipment
§ 46-5-24. Use of Certain Telephone Numbers by Adad Equipment Prohibited
§ 46-5-25. Transmission of Unsolicited Commercial Facsimile Messages