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Phone Competition

Posted: Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 @ 7:56 am in Licensing, News, Technology, Utilities | No Comments »

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander:
Senate Regulated Industries Committee Chairman David Shafer (R-Duluth) submitted a bill that would eliminate the need for telecommunications companies to separately negotiate franchise agreements with each city in which they want to do business.
Last year the Senate R&I committee heard legislation (which became law) to allow [...]

SB59 – Social Networking Website; illegal for owner to allow minor to create/maintain profile; provide for penalties

Posted: Friday, January 26th, 2007 @ 7:08 am in Legislation, Privacy, Technology | 2 Comments »

SB59 – Social Networking Website; illegal for owner to allow minor to create/maintain profile; provide for penalties
Sponsored by: Staton,Cecil 18th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forgery and fraudulent practices, so as to provide definitions; to [...]

HB161 – Right of way acquisition; additional method; definitions; provisions

Posted: Friday, January 26th, 2007 @ 7:06 am in Legislation, Property, Taxation, Technology | No Comments »

HB161 – Right of way acquisition; additional method; definitions; provisions
Sponsored by: Lunsford,John 110th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 32 and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating, respectively, to highways, bridges, and ferries and revenue and taxation, so as to provide for an additional method of [...]

SB24 – Computer Security; persons provide identifying information by falsely representing themselves to be a business; definitions; penalties

Posted: Thursday, January 11th, 2007 @ 6:05 am in Criminal, Technology | No Comments »

SB24 – Computer Security; persons provide identifying information by falsely representing themselves to be a business; definitions; penalties
Sponsored by: Staton,Cecil 18th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer systems security, so as to [...]