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Title 56 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1. IN GENERAL
- § 56-1. Definitions
- § 56-1.1. Designation as public service corporation
- § 56-1.2. Persons not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc
- § 56-1.2:1. Retail sale of electricity in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service
- § 56-1.3. Regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service
- § 56-2. Public service corporations, etc., governed by provisions of this title
- § 56-3. Expenses prior to organization
- § 56-4. Repealed
- § 56-5. Triple damages for injury to property of public service corporation
- § 56-5.1. Repealed
- § 56-6. Remedies of persons aggrieved by public service corporation's violation of law
- § 56-7. Common law, etc., remedies not altered or abridged
- § 56-8. Repeal of charter
- § 56-8.1. Free services to members of General Assembly and others prohibited
- § 56-8.2. Appeals in rate cases
Article 2. FORECLOSURE SALES AND DISSOLUTION
- § 56-9. Sale of public service corporation under deed of trust; how purchaser may form new corporation
- § 56-10. Effect of such sale; date for meeting of stockholders
- § 56-11. Debts and claims against corporation so sold
- § 56-12. Works and property sold under court decree subject to provisions of three preceding sections
- § 56-13. Effect of dissolution of public service corporation
Article 3. OCCUPATION OF STREETS AND ROADS
- § 56-14. Streets, etc., of city or town not to be occupied without its consent; compensation
- § 56-15. Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor
Article 4. CROSSINGS AND CONNECTIONS
- § 56-16. Wagonways to be constructed across roads, railroads, canals, and other works; enforcement
- § 56-16.1. Telephone, telegraph or electric power lines crossing railroads
- § 56-16.2. Public utility lines crossing railroads
- § 56-17. Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost
- § 56-18. Submission of plans for such crossing
- § 56-19. Contest by company whose works are crossed
- § 56-20. Payment for damage occasioned by crossing works of public service corporations
- § 56-21. When work on crossing works of public service corporation to proceed; no injunction to be awarded
- § 56-22. Change of course of railroad, etc., to avoid crossings
- § 56-23. Crossing of highway by public service corporation
- § 56-24. Effect of crossing on highway
- § 56-25. Manner of construction of crossing
- § 56-26. Cost of crossing
- § 56-27. Applications required for crossings
- § 56-28. Contest by county or Commissioner of Highways
- § 56-29. Change of course of highway to avoid crossings
- § 56-30. Payment of damages occasioned by crossing highway
- § 56-31. When work of crossing highway to proceed
- § 56-32. Limitation on crossing rights if altering, closing or obstructing highway or stream involved
- § 56-33. Duty of corporation whose wires cross other works
- § 56-34. General Assembly may require connections between public service corporations
Article 5. RATES, RECORDS, REPORTS, ETC
- § 56-35. Regulation of public service companies
- § 56-36. Inspection of books and documents; special reports; rules and regulations to prevent unjust discrimination
- § 56-37. Regulation of services performed under municipal or county franchise
- § 56-38. Adjustment of claims and controversies
- § 56-39. Repealed
- § 56-40. Reduction of rates and charges
- § 56-41. Repealed
- § 56-41.1. Rates and charges for use of poles by telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities
- § 56-42. Repealed
- § 56-43. Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties
Article 6. COMPANIES IN WHICH COMMONWEALTH IS INTERESTED
- § 56-44. Repealed
- § 56-46.1. Commission to consider environmental, economic and improvements in service reliability factors in approving construction of electrical utility facilities; approval required for construction of certain electrical transmission lines; notice and hearing
- § 56-46.2. Construction of electrical transmission lines
- § 56-46.3. Foreign utility companies; penalties
- § 56-47. Repealed
- § 56-49. Powers
- § 56-49.01. Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property
- § 56-49.1. Repealed
- § 56-51.1. Repealed
- § 56-52. Repealed
- § 56-54.2. Definitions
- § 56-54.3. Election to be regulated as a competitive telephone company
- § 56-54.4. Commission authority over competitive telephone companies
- § 56-54.5. Powers of the Commission
- § 56-54.6. Duties of a competitive telephone company
- § 56-54.7. Service provided to the Commonwealth
- § 56-55. Definitions
- § 56-56. Issue of securities a special privilege subject to regulation
- § 56-57. Securities to which chapter is applicable
- § 56-58. Purposes for which stock, etc., may issue
- § 56-59. Order required before acting as surety, guarantor, etc
- § 56-60. Application for order authorizing issuance of securities or assumption of liabilities
- § 56-61. Action of Commission on such application
- § 56-62. Joint action with commission of another state
- § 56-63. Appeal from decision of Commission on issuance of securities
- § 56-64. Repealed
- § 56-65. Exceptions as to issue of stock, etc., in treasury, etc
- § 56-65.1. Short-term indebtedness
- § 56-65.2. Repealed
- § 56-66. No authority to capitalize permit, franchise or contract for consolidation
- § 56-67. Issuance of securities or assumption of liability void if order not obtained
- § 56-67.1. Validity of authorized securities
- § 56-68. No licensed salesman required when securities approved under this chapter
- § 56-69. Purposes to which proceeds of security issues may be applied
- § 56-70. Accounting for disposition of proceeds of issue of securities
- § 56-71. Violations of provisions of chapter; penalty
- § 56-72. Acts of officers, etc., bind company
- § 56-73. Penalty as to officers, etc., for violation of provisions of chapter
- § 56-74. State not obligated to pay or guarantee
- § 56-75. Fees in connection with applications for authority to issue securities
- § 56-76. Definitions
- § 56-77. Certain contracts must be approved by the Commission
- § 56-78. Exclusion from accounts of payments to affiliated companies
- § 56-79. Proof of costs in cases of payment to affiliated companies
- § 56-80. Continuing supervisory control over terms and conditions of contracts
- § 56-81. Summary order prohibiting treatment of payments as operating expenses, etc
- § 56-82. Approval of loans to affiliates, etc
- § 56-83. Summary order prohibiting payment of dividends to affiliates
- § 56-84. Application or petition by public service company and affiliates; hearing; action of Commission; conditions imposed on foreign corporations
- § 56-85. Offenses
- § 56-86. Appeal from decisions of Commission under chapter
- § 56-87. Rules of Commission to carry out chapter
- § 56-88. Definitions
- § 56-88.1. Acquisition or disposition of control of a public utility
- § 56-89. Acquisition or disposition of utility assets or utility securities
- § 56-90. Procedure for authority to acquire or dispose of utility assets or securities
- § 56-90.1. Sale of utility assets or undivided fractional interest therein; taxation
- § 56-91. Violations of chapter
- § 56-92. Short title
Article 1. RATES AND CHARGES
- § 56-93. Repealed
- § 56-99.2. Commission authority over rates, rules, classifications and practices of railroad companies
- § 56-100. Repealed
- § 56-100.1. Repealed
- § 56-102. Unlawful to charge other than published tariff
- § 56-102.1. Repealed
Article 2. SERVICE
- § 56-111. When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft
- § 56-112. Repealed
- § 56-117. Company to notify consignee of arrival of freight
- § 56-118. Freight bill; what to contain
Article 3. LIABILITIES
- § 56-119. Contracts, etc., limiting liability invalid
- § 56-120. Repealed
- § 56-122. When railroad, steamship, etc., companies not liable as a common carrier
- § 56-123. Adjustment of claims against carriers
- § 56-124. Procedure in action on such claims
- § 56-125. Suits against unincorporated carriers
Article 4. LIEN
Article 5. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION; SURETY BONDS ON EMPLOYEES; TRANSPORTATION OF EXPLOSIVES, CONVICTS AND INSANE PERSONS
- § 56-128. Commission's examination of all transportation companies, etc
- § 56-129. Repealed
- § 56-129.1. Participation in the Federal Railroad Administration Safety and Inspection Program
- § 56-130. Penalty for failure to make necessary repairs, etc
- § 56-131. Accident Investigation and Reporting
- § 56-132. Repealed
- § 56-133. Repealed
- § 56-136. Repealed
- § 56-139. Repealed
- § 56-140. Penalty for violation of chapter, orders, rules or regulations
- § 56-141. Repealed
Chapter 8. CANAL COMPANIES [Repealed]
Chapter 9. DISTRIBUTION AND POWER SUPPLY COOPERATIVES [Repealed]
Chapter 9.1. UTILITY CONSUMER SERVICES COOPERATIVES AND UTILITY AGGREGATION COOPERATIVES
Article 1. UTILITY CONSUMER SERVICES COOPERATIVES ACT
- § 56-231.15. Definitions
- § 56-231.16. Organization; purpose
- § 56-231.17. Articles of incorporation
- § 56-231.18. Name of other corporations not to include term "electric cooperative" or "utility consumer services cooperative."
- § 56-231.19. Filing articles of incorporation; effect thereof; other provisions of law applicable
- § 56-231.20. Repealed
- § 56-231.21. Dissolution and termination of cooperatives
- § 56-231.22. Charter amendments
- § 56-231.23. General powers granted
- § 56-231.24. Power to dispose of property
- § 56-231.25. Power to issue obligations
- § 56-231.26. Covenants in connection with obligations
- § 56-231.27. Power to purchase its own obligations
- § 56-231.28. Board of directors of cooperatives
- § 56-231.29. Powers of board of directors
- § 56-231.30. Rights and liabilities of members
- § 56-231.31. Payment of certain patronage capital to spouse or next of kin of deceased person
- § 56-231.31:1. Donation of certain patronage capital to the cooperative
- § 56-231.32. Service to members
- § 56-231.33. Adequate service; rates
- § 56-231.34. Regulation by Commission
- § 56-231.34:1. Separation of regulated and unregulated businesses
- § 56-231.34:2. Right of action; violation of rules or regulations
- § 56-231.35. Charter fees, etc
- § 56-231.36. Construction of article; conflicting laws
- § 56-231.37. How article cited
Article 2. UTILITY AGGREGATION COOPERATIVES ACT
- § 56-231.38. Definitions
- § 56-231.39. Organization and purpose
- § 56-231.40. Names
- § 56-231.41. Articles of incorporation
- § 56-231.42. Bylaws
- § 56-231.43. Powers
- § 56-231.44. Board of directors
- § 56-231.45. Officers
- § 56-231.46. Members
- § 56-231.47. Adoption of article
- § 56-231.48. Applicability of other laws
- § 56-231.49. Restructuring costs
- § 56-231.50. Regulation by State Corporation Commission
- § 56-231.50:1. Separation of regulated and unregulated businesses
- § 56-231.50:2. Right of action; violation of rules or regulations
- § 56-231.51. Construction of article and conflicting laws
- § 56-231.52. Citation to article
Article 1. DEFINITIONS
- § 56-232. Public utility and schedules defined
- § 56-232.1. Regulation of service by certain gas pipeline companies to municipalities
- § 56-232.2. Regulation of compressed natural gas service
- § 56-232.2:1. Regulation of electric vehicle charging service
- § 56-232.3. Regulation of service by certain gas distribution companies to federal, state and local governmental facilities
- § 56-233. Service defined
Article 1.1. PURCHASING PRACTICES
Article 2. SERVICES, RATES, CHARGES, ETC
- § 56-234. Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates
- § 56-234.1. Liability to customer for violation of duty to determine and charge lowest rate applicable
- § 56-234.2. Review of rates
- § 56-234.3. Approval of expenditures for and monitoring of new generation facilities and projected operation programs of electric utilities
- § 56-234.4. Authority to investigate utility operations to determine efficiency
- § 56-234.5. Required disclosure by certain officers and directors of certain utilities
- § 56-235. When Commission may fix rates, schedules, etc.; conformance with chapter
- § 56-235.1. Conservation of energy and capital resources
- § 56-235.1:1. Rates for stand-by electric service at renewable cogeneration facilities
- § 56-235.2. All rates, tolls, etc., to be just and reasonable to jurisdictional customers; findings and conclusions to be set forth; alternative forms of regulation for electric companies
- § 56-235.3. Procedures for investigation of rate applications
- § 56-235.4. Prohibition of multiple rate increases within any twelve-month period; exception
- § 56-235.5. Telephone regulatory alternatives
- § 56-235.5:1. Local exchange telephone service competition policy
- § 56-235.6. Optional performance-based regulation of certain utilities
- § 56-235.7. Jurisdiction of Commission when federal governmental facility ceases to be retail customer of electric utility
- § 56-235.8. Retail supply choice for natural gas customers
- § 56-235.9. Recovery of funds used for capital projects prior to a rate case for strategic natural gas facilities
- § 56-235.10. Recovery of eligible safety activity costs; administration; procedure
- § 56-236. Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted
- § 56-236.1. Rates to be charged churches
- § 56-236.2. Suspension of service to sewerage system
- § 56-237. How changes in rates effected; notice required; changes to be indicated on schedules
- § 56-237.1. Notification of intent to seek rate change in schedules required to be filed under § 56-236
- § 56-237.2. Public hearings on protests or objections to rate changes
- § 56-238. Suspension of proposed rates, etc.; investigation; effectiveness of rates pending investigation and subject to bond; fixing reasonable rates, etc
- § 56-239. Appeal from action of Commission
- § 56-240. Proposed rates, etc., or changes thereof, not suspended effective subject to later change by Commission; refund or credit; appeal; investor-owned public utilities required to show increase complies with § 56-235.2
- § 56-241. Rates of telephone companies
- § 56-241.1. Flat and measured telephone rates; certain rates prohibited
- § 56-241.2. Approval of rates for resale of telephone service
- § 56-242. Temporary reduction of rates
- § 56-243. Duration of such temporary reduction
- § 56-244. Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction
- § 56-245. Temporary increase in rates
- § 56-245.1. Meters to be kept in good working condition; defective meters
- § 56-245.1:1. Customers to be notified about nuclear emergency evacuation plans
- § 56-245.1:2. Customers to be notified of renewable power options
Article 2.1. REGULATION OF SUBMETERING AND ENERGY ALLOCATION EQUIPMENT
Article 3. POWERS OF COMMISSION IN RELATION TO SERVICE
- § 56-246. Tests and equipment therefor
- § 56-247. Commission may change regulations, measurements, practices, services, or acts
- § 56-247.1. Commission to require public utilities to follow certain procedures
- § 56-248. Commission to prescribe standard units of products or service
- § 56-248.1. Commission to monitor fuel prices and utility fuel purchases; fuel price index
- § 56-249. Reports by utilities
- § 56-249.1. Commission may require transfer of gas, water or electricity by one utility to another; compensation
- § 56-249.2. Certain records to be maintained
- § 56-249.3. Certain electric utilities to file reports in relation to fuel transactions, fuel purchases, fuel adjustment clauses, etc
- § 56-249.4. How reports shall be filed; reports open to public; rules and regulations
- § 56-249.5. Repealed
- § 56-249.6. Recovery of fuel and purchased power costs
- § 56-249.7. Certain directors and officers of utility to file shareholder information
- § 56-250. Commission may authorize action by public utility in time of emergency or shortage; plans
- § 56-251. Repealed
- § 56-253. Existing remedies retained
Article 4. SALE OF PLANTS; EXTENSIONS; GENERAL POWERS OF COMPANIES
- § 56-254. Sale or lease of plants to cities or towns
- § 56-255. Extension of electric service to territory not being served
- § 56-256. Powers of corporations generally; rights, powers, privileges and immunities, etc
Article 5. PIPELINES AND OTHER WORKS
- § 56-257. Manner of installing underground utility lines
- § 56-257.1. Means of locating nonmetallic underground conduits
- § 56-257.2. Gas pipeline safety
- § 56-257.3. Repealed
- § 56-258. Who to permit laying of pipelines in roads
- § 56-259. Rights-of-way, etc., may be contracted for; location of easements of public service corporations
- § 56-259.1. Instruments conveying easements to public service corporations
- § 56-260. Compensation for damages
- § 56-260.1. Contract provisions exempting company from liability unlawful
Article 6. WATER AND SEWERAGE COMPANIES
- § 56-261. Duties of companies furnishing water or sewerage facilities
- § 56-261.1. Duties of water and sewerage companies in certain counties
- § 56-261.2. Hydrant connections and water supply for fire protection in certain counties
- § 56-262. Proceeding upon failure of public service corporation to perform duties
- § 56-263. Commission may order increase in service
- § 56-264. Quo warranto in case of failure to comply with order of Commission
- § 56-264.1. Collection of rates, fees and charges
- § 56-264.2. Governing board of multistate entities operating certain sewage treatment facilities; arbitration of issues; condemnation of facilities
- § 56-265. Certain sections not to limit Commission's powers
- § 56-265.1. Definitions
- § 56-265.2. Certificate of convenience and necessity required for acquisition, etc., of new facilities
- § 56-265.2:1. Approval by Commission required for construction of certain gas pipelines and related facilities; notice and hearing
- § 56-265.3. Certificate to furnish public utility service; allotment of territory transfers, leases or amendments
- § 56-265.3:1. Certificates to furnish water and sewer service
- § 56-265.4. Certificate to operate in territory of another certificate holder
- § 56-265.4:1. Furnishing of electric public utility service or provision of facilities therefor by municipal corporations and other governmental bodies
- § 56-265.4:2. Extension of service by cities and towns into annexed areas
- § 56-265.4:3. Repealed
- § 56-265.4:4. Certificate to operate as a telephone utility
- § 56-265.4:5. Furnishing gas service to commercial and industrial customers in an area not certificated for public utility gas service
- § 56-265.4:6. Furnishing non-utility gas service
- § 56-265.5. Effective date of certificates
- § 56-265.6. Penalties for misrepresentations, violations of law, regulations or terms of certificates
- § 56-265.7. Appeal from order of revocations, etc
- § 56-265.8. Proceedings before Commission on or before July 1, 1950
- § 56-265.8:1. Inspection and approval of certain installations not regulated pursuant to this chapter
- § 56-265.9. Title of chapter
- § 56-265.10. Definitions
- § 56-265.11. Petition of subscribers alleging inadequacy of service; Commission to investigate and formulate opinion
- § 56-265.11:1. Notification to energy utilities
- § 56-265.12. Opinion of Commission admissible in evidence
- § 56-265.13. Chapter not applicable to certain hotel corporations
- § 56-265.13:1. Short title
- § 56-265.13:2. Definitions
- § 56-265.13:3. Applicability of chapter
- § 56-265.13:4. Rates and services
- § 56-265.13:5. Notice of rate changes
- § 56-265.13:6. Public hearing on application; prohibition of multiple rate increases within any 12-month period
- § 56-265.13:6.1. Appointment of receiver; penalty
- § 56-265.13:7. Regulation by State Corporation Commission
- § 56-265.14. Short title
- § 56-265.15. Definitions; calculation of time periods
- § 56-265.15:1. Exemptions; routine maintenance
- § 56-265.16. Repealed
- § 56-265.16:1. Operators to join notification centers; certification
- § 56-265.17. Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site
- § 56-265.17:1. Notification and procedures for designers
- § 56-265.17:2. Procedures for project owners
- § 56-265.17:3. Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice
- § 56-265.18. Notification requirements
- § 56-265.19. Duties of operator; regulations
- § 56-265.19:1. Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals
- § 56-265.20. Repealed
- § 56-265.20:1. Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines
- § 56-265.21. Marking by color
- § 56-265.22. Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required
- § 56-265.22:1. Meetings between excavators and operators
- § 56-265.23. Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns
- § 56-265.24. Duties of excavator
- § 56-265.25. Liability of operator and excavator; penalties
- § 56-265.26. Repealed
- § 56-265.26:1. Utility line depth requirement
- § 56-265.27. Not Set Out
- § 56-265.28. Sovereign immunity
- § 56-265.29. Other similar laws
- § 56-265.30. Authority of the State Corporation Commission
- § 56-265.31. Commission to establish advisory committee
- § 56-265.32. Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund
Chapter 12. MOTOR VEHICLE CARRIERS GENERALLY
Chapter 12.1. HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS [Repealed]
Chapter 12.2. PETROLEUM TANK TRUCK CARRIERS [Repealed]
Chapter 12.3. SIGHT-SEEING CARRIERS [Repealed]
Chapter 12.4. SPECIAL OR CHARTER PARTY CARRIERS [Repealed]
Chapter 12.5. RESTRICTED PARCEL CARRIERS [Repealed]
Chapter 12.6. MOTOR VEHICLES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES [Repealed]
Chapter 12.7. CARRIERS BY MOTOR LAUNCH [Repealed]
Chapter 12.8. LIMOUSINES AND EXECUTIVE SEDANS [Repealed]
Chapter 13. RAILROAD CORPORATIONS
Article 1. CREATION, CHANGES OF CORPORATE STRUCTURE, ETC
- § 56-339. Repealed
- § 56-345. Repealed
- § 56-345.1. Notice; consolidation, merger, abandonments, or discontinuances
Article 2. POWERS
- § 56-346. Certain powers conferred by law on railroad corporations
- § 56-347. Power of condemnation; limitation
- § 56-348. Repealed
- § 56-349. Repealed
- § 56-352. Railroad to have an insurable interest in property along its route
- § 56-353. Railroad company may appoint police agents
- § 56-354. Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace
Article 3. EXTENSIONS; CONNECTIONS; CROSSING OTHER RAILROADS, ROADS, ETC
- § 56-355. Repealed
- § 56-355.1. "State Highway System" defined
- § 56-355.2. Definitions
- § 56-356. Repealed
- § 56-359. Repealed
- § 56-362. Right of railroad to cross watercourse, intervening railroad, etc
- § 56-363. Crossing of a railroad or public highway by another railroad; crossing of a railroad by a public highway
- § 56-364. Repealed
- § 56-365.1. Closing and or consolidation of grade crossings
- § 56-366. Repealed
- § 56-366.1. Proceedings to avoid or eliminate grade crossings by grade separation or to widen, strengthen, remodel, relocate or replace existing crossing structures on public highways
- § 56-366.2. Repealed
- § 56-366.3. Proceedings to alter, rebuild or replace existing grade separation structure destroyed or rendered unusable
- § 56-367. Repealed
- § 56-368.1. Subsequent maintenance of underpasses and overpasses
- § 56-369. Elimination of public grade crossings by change of alignment of public highways or construction of replacement public highways
Article 4. DUTIES
- § 56-370. Repealed
- § 56-371. Repealed
- § 56-383. Railroad company may construct and maintain telegraph or telephone line
- § 56-384. Repealed
Article 5. SEGREGATION OF RACES, ETC
Article 6. HIGHWAY CROSSINGS
- § 56-405. Railroad companies to maintain grade crossings of public highways and approaches; repair by Commissioner of Highways or public road authority; recovery of cost from railroad company
- § 56-405.01. Repealed
- § 56-405.02. Railroads to adjust certain public highways at grade crossings
- § 56-405.1. Agreements with Commissioner of Highways or public road authority representative for maintenance and repair of public grade crossings
- § 56-405.2. Construction and maintenance of crossbucks
- § 56-405.3. Repealed
- § 56-406. Repealed
- § 56-406.1. Proceedings for installation and maintenance of automatically operated gates, signals and other automatic crossing warning devices
- § 56-406.2. Proceeding for fixing cost of maintaining such warning devices at public grade crossings
- § 56-407. Repealed
- § 56-408. Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited
- § 56-409. Repealed
- § 56-411. Removal of brush and trees from right-of-way
- § 56-412. When trains shall be stopped before getting to railroad crossing
- § 56-412.1. Railroad cars obstructing street or road; standing vehicle on railroad track
- § 56-412.2. Ordinances conflicting with § 56-412.1
- § 56-412.3. Maintenance of certain roadways by Buchanan County
Article 7. SAFETY PROVISIONS
- § 56-413. Repealed
- § 56-413.01. Locomotive and rail car standards
- § 56-413.1. Repealed
- § 56-414. Bell and whistle or horn; when sounded
- § 56-415. Penalty for violation of § 56-414
- § 56-416. Effect of failure to give statutory signals
- § 56-417. Repealed
- § 56-417.1. Clearance to be provided in construction, etc., of railroad structures
- § 56-418. Repealed
- § 56-419. Duplicate switch keys of railroads; unlawful making, etc.; punishment
- § 56-419.1. Repealed
- § 56-419.2. Safety requirements applicable to vehicles transporting railroad employees
- § 56-420. Repealed
Article 8. RIGHTS-OF-WAY; FIRES; FENCES; CATTLE GUARDS, ETC
- § 56-426. Repealed
- § 56-426.1. Repealed
- § 56-427. Repealed
- § 56-428. Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines or trains
- § 56-429. Company to erect fences along roadbed; cattle guards, etc
- § 56-430. Construction of § 56-429; burden of proof
- § 56-431. When company not liable for injury on enclosed track
- § 56-432. Liability for injury on track not enclosed
- § 56-433. Cattle guards; remedy of aggrieved landowner; penalty
- § 56-434. When cattle guards may be discontinued
- § 56-435. Appeal from general district court to circuit court in cattle-guard cases
- § 56-436. Board of appraisers to appraise injured or killed livestock; duty of appraisers
- § 56-437. Effect of appraisal in case of suit; costs
- § 56-438. Fee of appraisers
- § 56-439. Application of §§ 56-436 through 56-438
- § 56-439.1. Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty
- § 56-440. Penalty for failure to remove cause of complaint in cities or towns
Article 9. LIABILITY TO EMPLOYEES
Article 10. EXCURSIONS AND PICNICS
Article 11. MISCELLANEOUS
- § 56-445. Repealed
- § 56-446. Information to State Corporation Commission; penalty
- § 56-446.1. Limitations on passenger rail transportation liability
- § 56-447. Repealed
- § 56-451.1. Keeping unused tracks in place
- § 56-451.2. Repealed
Chapter 14.1. SIGHT-SEEING CARRIERS BY BOAT [Repealed]
Chapter 15. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES
Article 1. ERECTION OF LINES; RIGHTS-OF-WAY; EMINENT DOMAIN, ETC
- § 56-458. Right to erect lines parallel to railroads; occupation of roads, streets, etc.; location of same
- § 56-458.1. Relocation of lines or works of certain public utilities acquired by Commonwealth Transportation Board
- § 56-459. Removal of old line not required by this chapter
- § 56-460. How consent of appropriate authorities obtained; terms of use
- § 56-461. Cost to Commonwealth in connection with construction of line to be paid by company
- § 56-462. Franchise to occupy parks, streets, etc.; imposition of terms, conditions, etc., as to use of streets, etc., and construction thereon
- § 56-463. Company may contract for right-of-way, etc
- § 56-464. Right of eminent domain
- § 56-465. Preceding sections subject to repeal or change at pleasure
- § 56-466. Location of posts, poles, cables and conduits; height of wires, etc
- § 56-466.1. Pole attachments; cable television systems and telecommunications service providers
- § 56-467. Restoring condition of ground
- § 56-468. Endangering life or limb by stringing wires across other works
- § 56-468.1. (Contingent expiration -- see Editor's note) Public Rights-of-Way Use Fee
- § 56-468.2. Reimbursement for relocation costs
Article 2. DUTIES IN REGARD TO MESSAGES; NEGLIGENCE; DAMAGES
Article 3. SUPERVISION BY COMMISSION
- § 56-478. Repealed
- § 56-478.1. Repealed
- § 56-479. Commission to make rules; require connection between companies; inspect lines and buildings
- § 56-479.1. Long distance service; change of carriers; prior authorization
- § 56-479.2. Anti-competitive acts; injunctive relief
- § 56-479.3. Authorization and verification for products, goods, and services to be billed on a telephone bill
- § 56-480. Rates, etc., on file with Commission not to be questioned in courts; revision; proof
- § 56-480.1. Time limit on institution of approved rates
- § 56-480.2. Operator assistance at pay stations
- § 56-481. Repealed
- § 56-481.1. Rates, charges, and regulations for interexchange telephone service
- § 56-481.2. Rates, charges and regulations for local exchange telephone services provided by new entrants
- § 56-482. Agreements between telephone companies to be submitted to Commission
- § 56-482.1. Reports required of interexchange telephone companies
- § 56-482.2. Penalties
- § 56-483. Refusal or neglect to make reports; obstructing Commission in discharge of duties; violations in general
- § 56-484. Foreign companies to obtain license
Article 4. EXTENSION AND REDUCTION OF TELEPHONE SERVICE
- § 56-484.1. Definitions
- § 56-484.2. Extension or reduction upon poll of certain subscribers
- § 56-484.3. Powers of Commission not restricted; rules and regulations
Article 5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE
Article 5.1. PROVISION OF CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
- § 56-484.7:1. Offering of communications services
- § 56-484.7:2. Approval
- § 56-484.7:3. Repealed
- § 56-484.7:4. Revocation of Commission approval
Article 6. WIRELESS ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY TELEPHONE SERVICE ACT
Article 7. ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY TELEPHONE SERVICES ACT
- § 56-484.12. Definitions
- § 56-484.12:1. Notice to subscribers of lack of access to E-911
- § 56-484.12:2. Plan for access to E-911
- § 56-484.13. E-911 Services Board; membership; terms; compensation
- § 56-484.14. Powers and duties of E-911 Services Board
- § 56-484.15. Wireless Carrier E-911 Cost Recovery Subcommittee established
- § 56-484.16. Local emergency telecommunications requirements; use of digits "9-1-1."
- § 56-484.17. Wireless E-911 Fund; uses of Fund; enforcement; audit required
- § 56-484.17:1. Collection of prepaid wireless E-911 charge at point of sale; rate established
- § 56-484.18. Designation of official State Police access number; blocking caller identification prohibited
Article 8. EMERGENCY CALLS ON MULTILINE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
- § 56-484.19. Definitions
- § 56-484.20. Charges for emergency calls
- § 56-484.21. Instructions for emergency calling
- § 56-484.22. Access to PSAPs from telephone stations on MLTS
- § 56-484.23. Provision of emergency call information
- § 56-484.24. Liability
- § 56-484.25. Exemption for certain counties
- § 56-485. Short title
- § 56-486. Who may form cooperative; purpose
- § 56-487. Definitions
- § 56-488. Certificate of incorporation
- § 56-489. Limitation of use of words "telephone cooperative."
- § 56-490. Filing certificate of incorporation
- § 56-491. Board of directors; officers
- § 56-492. Powers of board of directors
- § 56-493. Membership; voting; nonprofit operation
- § 56-494. Service to members; to nonmembers
- § 56-495. Powers granted corporation
- § 56-496. Disposition of property
- § 56-497. Issue of obligations
- § 56-498. Covenants
- § 56-499. Purchase of own obligations
- § 56-500. Consolidation or merger
- § 56-501. Repealed
- § 56-501.1. Payment of certain patronage capital to spouse or next of kin of deceased person
- § 56-502. Regulation by State Corporation Commission
- § 56-503. Dissolution
- § 56-504. Charter amendments
- § 56-505. Charter fees
- § 56-506. Construction of chapter; conflicting laws
- § 56-507. Adoption of provisions by existing corporation
- § 56-508. Extension of service to territory not being served
Chapter 16.2. CELLULAR MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS [Repealed]
Chapter 16.3. PAY TELEPHONE REGISTRATION ACT
- § 56-508.15. Registration required for intrastate pay telephone service; pay telephone instruments disconnected upon suspension or revocation of registration
- § 56-508.16. Commission authorized to promulgate regulations
- § 56-509. Not Set Out
- § 56-510. Duty of Governor when there is threat of curtailment, interruption, etc., of operation
- § 56-511. Power of Governor to possess and operate utility
- § 56-512. Employment of utility employees by Commonwealth; information to be furnished
- § 56-513. Replacement of utility employees unwilling to work for Commonwealth
- § 56-514. Status as employee of utility unaffected by acceptance or refusal of employment by Commonwealth
- § 56-515. Entry upon property of utility after proclamation of intention to take possession
- § 56-516. When possession of utility to be delivered; procedure upon refusal of possession
- § 56-517. Interference with or obstruction of Governor, state representative or agent
- § 56-518. Expense of operation, etc.; payment of revenues, etc., into state treasury
- § 56-519. Previously established salaries, wages, conditions of employment, etc., to be observed; collective bargaining
- § 56-520. Collection and disposition of revenues accruing from utility
- § 56-521. Restoring possession to utility
- § 56-522. Compensation to utility
- § 56-523. Definitions
- § 56-524. Penalties
- § 56-525. Injunction against violation of chapter
- § 56-526. Duty of Commonwealth's attorneys and Attorney General; employment of special counsel
- § 56-527. Chapter not applicable to certain carriers
- § 56-528. Governor's powers as commander in chief not impaired
- § 56-531. Definitions
- § 56-532. Tariff filings
- § 56-533. Regulation by State Corporation Commission
- § 56-534. Construction of chapter; conflicting laws
- § 56-535. Title
- § 56-536. Definitions
- § 56-537. Not Set Out
- § 56-538. Prerequisite for construction and operation
- § 56-539. Certificate of authority
- § 56-540. Application
- § 56-541. Eminent domain
- § 56-542. Powers of the Commission
- § 56-543. Powers and duties of roadway operator
- § 56-544. Board approval; inspection agreement with Department
- § 56-545. Insurance; sovereign immunity
- § 56-546. Local approvals
- § 56-547. Utility crossings
- § 56-548. Highway and roadway crossings
- § 56-549. Default
- § 56-550. Police powers; violations of law
- § 56-551. Termination of certificate; dedication of assets
- § 56-552. Improvement Fund
- § 56-553. Title
- § 56-554. Definitions
- § 56-555. Commission to implement the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
- § 56-556. (Repealed October 1, 2014) Title
- § 56-557. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Definitions
- § 56-558. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Policy
- § 56-559. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Prerequisite for operation
- § 56-560. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Approval by the responsible public entity
- § 56-561. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Service contracts
- § 56-562. Repealed
- § 56-563. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Affected jurisdictions
- § 56-564. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Dedication of public property
- § 56-565. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Powers and duties of the private entity
- § 56-566. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Comprehensive agreement
- § 56-566.1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Interim agreement
- § 56-566.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Multiple public entities
- § 56-567. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Federal, state and local assistance
- § 56-567.1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Financing
- § 56-568. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Material default; remedies
- § 56-569. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Condemnation
- § 56-570. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Utility crossings
- § 56-571. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Police powers; violations of law
- § 56-572. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Dedication of assets
- § 56-573. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Sovereign immunity
- § 56-573.1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Procurement
- § 56-573.1:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Posting of conceptual proposals; public comment; public access to procurement records
- § 56-573.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Jurisdiction
- § 56-573.3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Contributions and gifts; prohibition during approval process
- § 56-574. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Preservation of the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988
- § 56-575. Not Set Out
- § 56-575.1. Definitions
- § 56-575.2. Declaration of public purpose
- § 56-575.3. Prerequisite for operation of a qualifying project
- § 56-575.3:1. Adoption of guidelines by responsible public entities
- § 56-575.4. Approval of qualifying projects by the responsible public entity
- § 56-575.5. Service contracts
- § 56-575.6. Affected local jurisdictions
- § 56-575.7. Dedication of public property
- § 56-575.8. Powers and duties of the private entity
- § 56-575.9. Comprehensive agreement
- § 56-575.9:1. Interim agreement
- § 56-575.10. Federal, state and local assistance
- § 56-575.11. Material default; remedies
- § 56-575.12. Condemnation
- § 56-575.13. Utility crossing
- § 56-575.14. Police powers; violations of law
- § 56-575.15. Sovereign immunity
- § 56-575.16. Procurement
- § 56-575.17. Posting of conceptual proposals; public comment; public access to procurement records
- § 56-575.17:1. Contributions and gifts; prohibition during approval process
- § 56-575.18. Auditor of Public Accounts
- § 56-576. Definitions
- § 56-577. Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs
- § 56-578. Nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution system
- § 56-579. Regional transmission entities
- § 56-580. Transmission and distribution of electric energy
- § 56-581. Regulation of rates subject to Commission's jurisdiction
- § 56-581.1. Repealed
- § 56-582. Rate caps
- § 56-583. Repealed
- § 56-584. Stranded costs
- § 56-585. Default service
- § 56-585.1. Generation, distribution, and transmission rates after capped rates terminate or expire
- § 56-585.2. Sale of electricity from renewable sources through a renewable energy portfolio standard program
- § 56-585.3. Regulation of cooperative rates after rate caps
- § 56-586. Emergency service provider
- § 56-586.1. Electric energy emergencies
- § 56-587. Licensure of retail electric energy suppliers and persons providing other competitive services
- § 56-588. Licensing of aggregators
- § 56-589. Municipal and state aggregation
- § 56-590. Divestiture, functional separation and other corporate relationships
- § 56-591. Application of antitrust laws
- § 56-592. Consumer education and marketing practices
- § 56-592.1. Consumer education program; scope and funding
- § 56-593. Retail customers' private right of action; marketing practices
- § 56-594. Net energy metering provisions
- § 56-594.1. Interconnection by farms
- § 56-595. Repealed
- § 56-596. Consideration of economic development; report
- § 56-597. Definitions
- § 56-598. Contents of integrated resource plans
- § 56-599. Integrated resource plan required
- § 56-600. Definitions
- § 56-601. Natural gas conservation and ratemaking efficiency
- § 56-602. Conservation and ratemaking efficiency plans
- § 56-603. Definitions
- § 56-604. Filing of petition with Commission to establish or amend a SAVE plan; recovery of certain costs; procedure
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