{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-5-44","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 46-5-44","heading":"Power of commission to issue or deny certificate.","body":"The commission shall have power, after a hearing, either to issue the certificate of public convenience and necessity as prayed for, to refuse to issue the same, or to issue it for the construction, operation, or acquisition of only a portion of the contemplated line, plant, or system or extension thereof.","path":["TITLE 46 Public Utilities and Public Transportation","CHAPTER 5 Telephone Service","Article 2 Telephone Service","PART 2 Construction and Operation of Lines, Plants, or Systems Generally"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.46.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"87e89f467c7295721aa6b6fde9277aaae6cc72535911d65ec01edf0816986238","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-5-43","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-5-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}