Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 515-6-1-.03
All applications for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity must be in writing on the application form prescribed and furnished by the Commission. This form must be filled out completely and verified by the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation or association, any officer or director thereof may verify the application. The application shall be filed in duplicate, the original of which is verified, and where other parties interested in the subject matter of the application are named therein, there shall be filed one additional copy for each such named party, together with such other additional copies as may be required by the Commission. Upon receipt of the application the Commission will designate a time and place of hearing and cause notice thereof to be given by mail or personal service to the chief executive office of the municipality or municipalities affected, if any, and shall publish such notice at the applicant's expense, once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in each territory affected. The Commission, in its discretion, may waive notice and hearing of applications for certificates covering territory served on February 17, 1950.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 515-6-1-.03
Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 125; 1907, pp. 72, 75; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1950, p. 311; 1964, p. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.