Code of Virginia
Title 56 - Public Service Companies

§ 56-1.2. Persons, localities, and school boards not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc. - The terms public utility, public service corporation, or public service...

§ 56-1.2:1. Retail sale of electricity in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service - A. The provision of electric vehicle charging service by a...

§ 56-1.3. Regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service - Notwithstanding any provision of law, except § 58.1-1730, to the...

§ 56-2. Public service corporations, etc., governed by provisions of this title - Every public service corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated and authorized...

§ 56-3. Expenses prior to organization - The expenses incurred prior to the organization of any public...

§ 56-4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 188.

§ 56-5. Triple damages for injury to property of public service corporation - Any person who shall wilfully destroy, injure, or obstruct any...

§ 56-5.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 35.

§ 56-6. Remedies of persons aggrieved by public service corporation's violation of law - Any person or corporation aggrieved by anything done or omitted...

§ 56-7. Common law, etc., remedies not altered or abridged - Nothing contained in this title shall in any way abridge...

§ 56-8. Repeal of charter - The charter of every public service corporation heretofore or hereafter...

§ 56-8.1. Free services to members of General Assembly and others prohibited - No public service corporation doing business in this Commonwealth shall...

§ 56-8.2. Appeals in rate cases - Any public service corporation which is required by law to...

§ 56-9. Sale of public service corporation under deed of trust; how purchaser may form new corporation - If a sale be made under a deed of trust...

§ 56-10. Effect of such sale; date for meeting of stockholders - The corporation created by or in consequence of such sale...

§ 56-11. Debts and claims against corporation so sold - The debts due to and by, and claims against, the...

§ 56-12. Works and property sold under court decree subject to provisions of three preceding sections - The works and property of a public service corporation sold...

§ 56-13. Effect of dissolution of public service corporation - When any public service corporation shall expire or be dissolved,...

§ 56-14. Streets, etc., of city or town not to be occupied without its consent; compensation - No public service corporation, cold storage, compressed air, viaduct, conduit,...

§ 56-15. (Effective until October 1, 2021) Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor - A. The governing body of Albemarle County, Chesterfield County, Henrico...

§ 56-15. Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor - A. The governing body of Albemarle County, Chesterfield County, Henrico...

§ 56-16. Wagonways to be constructed across roads, railroads, canals, and other works; enforcement - For the purpose of this section, "wagonway" means a vehicular...

§ 56-16.1. Telephone, telegraph or electric power lines crossing railroads - A. If a telephone, telegraph or electric power company desires...

§ 56-16.2. Public utility lines crossing railroads - A. As used in this section: "Municipality" means a city,...

§ 56-17. Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost - If any public service corporation deems it necessary in the...

§ 56-18. Submission of plans for such crossing - Before any such work as is mentioned in § 56-17...

§ 56-19. Contest by company whose works are crossed - Any company whose works are to be crossed under the...

§ 56-20. Payment for damage occasioned by crossing works of public service corporations - If any such crossing as is provided for in §§...

§ 56-21. When work on crossing works of public service corporation to proceed; no injunction to be awarded - Upon the failure of the company desiring to make any...

§ 56-22. Change of course of railroad, etc., to avoid crossings - If any public service corporation desires that the course of...

§ 56-23. Crossing of highway by public service corporation - If any public service corporation deems it necessary in the...

§ 56-24. Effect of crossing on highway - Such crossing shall be so located, constructed and operated as...

§ 56-25. Manner of construction of crossing - Such crossing shall be supported by such permanent and proper...

§ 56-26. Cost of crossing - The cost of any such crossing, its appliances and apparatus,...

§ 56-27. Applications required for crossings - Before the work is commenced upon any such crossing, the...

§ 56-28. Contest by county or Commissioner of Highways - The board of supervisors or other governing body aforesaid or...

§ 56-29. Change of course of highway to avoid crossings - If any public service corporation desires that the course of...

§ 56-30. Payment of damages occasioned by crossing highway - If any such crossing or change as is provided for...

§ 56-31. When work of crossing highway to proceed - Upon failure of the company desiring to make any crossing...

§ 56-32. Limitation on crossing rights if altering, closing or obstructing highway or stream involved - No state highway or county road or stream, or watercourse,...

§ 56-33. Duty of corporation whose wires cross other works - Every corporation, association, person, or partnership erecting or maintaining any...

§ 56-34. General Assembly may require connections between public service corporations - The General Assembly reserves the right to provide for connecting...

§ 56-35. Regulation of public service companies - The Commission shall have the power, and be charged with...

§ 56-36. Inspection of books and documents; special reports; rules and regulations to prevent unjust discrimination - The Commission shall also have the right at all times...

§ 56-37. Regulation of services performed under municipal or county franchise - Nothing in § 56-36 shall impair the right which has...

§ 56-38. Adjustment of claims and controversies - Upon the request of the parties interested, it shall be...

§ 56-39. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, c. 647.

§ 56-40. Reduction of rates and charges - The Commission, in the exercise of its discretion, may permit...

§ 56-41. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.

§ 56-41.1. Rates and charges for use of poles by telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities - A. The General Assembly has determined that the joint use...

§ 56-42. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.

§ 56-43. Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties - Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council...

§ 56-44. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 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... - A. Whenever the Commission is required to approve the construction...

§ 56-46.2. Construction of electrical transmission lines - The construction of all overhead electrical transmission lines shall adhere...

§ 56-46.3. Foreign utility companies; penalties - A. The provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act...

Chapter 2 - Creation and Powers of Public Service Corporations

§ 56-47. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 438.

§ 56-49. Powers - In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, each...

§ 56-49.01. Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property - A. Any firm, corporation, company, or partnership, organized for the...

§ 56-49.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 438.

§ 56-51.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, c. 429, cl. 1.

§ 56-52. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 438.

Chapter 2.1 - Competitive Telephone Companies

§ 56-54.2. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 56-54.3. Election to be regulated as a competitive telephone company - Any telephone company meeting the definition of a competitive telephone...

§ 56-54.4. Commission authority over competitive telephone companies - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall not...

§ 56-54.5. Powers of the Commission - A. The Commission may ensure competitive telephone companies provide reasonably...

§ 56-54.6. Duties of a competitive telephone company - A. A competitive telephone company that is an incumbent telephone...

§ 56-54.7. Service provided to the Commonwealth - The Commission shall have no jurisdiction or authority over (i)...

Chapter 3 - Issuance of Stocks, Bonds, Etc.

§ 56-55. Definitions - The term "public service company" when used in this chapter...

§ 56-56. Issue of securities a special privilege subject to regulation - The power of public service companies to issue stocks and...

§ 56-57. Securities to which chapter is applicable - A. This chapter shall apply to every stock or stock...

§ 56-58. Purposes for which stock, etc., may issue - A public service company may issue stocks and stock certificates...

§ 56-59. Order required before acting as surety, guarantor, etc. - No public service company shall henceforth assume any obligation or...

§ 56-60. Application for order authorizing issuance of securities or assumption of liabilities - An application for an order authorizing the issue of such...

§ 56-61. Action of Commission on such application - When an application is filed with the Commission under §...

§ 56-62. Joint action with commission of another state - If a commission or other agency or agencies is empowered...

§ 56-63. Appeal from decision of Commission on issuance of securities - The public service company making any application under § 56-60...

§ 56-64. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 500.

§ 56-65. Exceptions as to issue of stock, etc., in treasury, etc. - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the...

§ 56-65.1. Short-term indebtedness - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 56-57 and 56-65, the provisions...

§ 56-65.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1976, c. 408.

§ 56-66. No authority to capitalize permit, franchise or contract for consolidation - The Commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization...

§ 56-67. Issuance of securities or assumption of liability void if order not obtained - Any stock, or stock certificate or other evidence of interest...

§ 56-67.1. Validity of authorized securities - Securities of a public service company, and assumptions by a...

§ 56-68. No licensed salesman required when securities approved under this chapter - No licensed salesman shall be necessary in case of orders...

§ 56-69. Purposes to which proceeds of security issues may be applied - No public service company shall, without the consent of the...

§ 56-70. Accounting for disposition of proceeds of issue of securities - The Commission shall have the power to require public service...

§ 56-71. Violations of provisions of chapter; penalty - Every public service company which, directly or indirectly, issues or...

§ 56-72. Acts of officers, etc., bind company - For the purposes of this chapter the act, omission or...

§ 56-73. Penalty as to officers, etc., for violation of provisions of chapter - Every officer, agent or employee of a public service company,...

§ 56-74. State not obligated to pay or guarantee - No provision of this chapter, and no deed or act...

§ 56-75. Fees in connection with applications for authority to issue securities - Upon the filing of an application for the approval of...

Chapter 4 - Regulation of Relations with Affiliated Interests

§ 56-76. Definitions - The term "public service company" when used in this chapter...

§ 56-77. Certain contracts must be approved by the Commission - A. No contract or arrangement providing for the furnishing of...

§ 56-78. Exclusion from accounts of payments to affiliated companies - In any proceeding, whether upon the Commission's own motion or...

§ 56-79. Proof of costs in cases of payment to affiliated companies - No proof shall be satisfactory, within the meaning of the...

§ 56-80. Continuing supervisory control over terms and conditions of contracts - The Commission shall have continuing supervisory control over the terms...

§ 56-81. Summary order prohibiting treatment of payments as operating expenses, etc. - Whenever the Commission shall find upon investigation (1) that any...

§ 56-82. Approval of loans to affiliates, etc. - No public service company shall henceforth make, extend or renew...

§ 56-83. Summary order prohibiting payment of dividends to affiliates - The Commission may, of its own motion, whenever facts of...

§ 56-84. Application or petition by public service company and affiliates; hearing; action of Commission; conditions imposed on foreign corporations - In every case wherein the approval of the Commission is...

§ 56-85. Offenses - Every public service company (1) entering into, participating in or...

§ 56-86. Appeal from decisions of Commission under chapter - Any public service company or affiliated interest or any other...

§ 56-87. Rules of Commission to carry out chapter - The Commission is empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations...

Chapter 5 - Utility Transfers Act

§ 56-88. Definitions - In this chapter the following terms shall have the following...

§ 56-88.1. Acquisition or disposition of control of a public utility - A. No person, whether acting alone or in concert with...

§ 56-89. Acquisition or disposition of utility assets or utility securities - It shall be unlawful for any public utility, directly or...

§ 56-90. Procedure for authority to acquire or dispose of utility assets or securities - Application for authority to acquire or dispose of utility assets...

§ 56-90.1. Sale of utility assets or undivided fractional interest therein; taxation - If the Commission shall have granted a petition filed pursuant...

§ 56-90.2. Fair market valuations of water and sewer utility asset acquisitions - The Commission shall establish rules governing petitions by an acquiring...

§ 56-91. Violations of chapter - Any company violating any provision of § 56-89 shall upon...

§ 56-92. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Utility Transfers Act....

Chapter 6 - Transportation Companies Generally

§ 56-93. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-99.2. Commission authority over rates, rules, classifications and practices of railroad companies - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Corporation Commission...

§ 56-100. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 618.

§ 56-100.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-102. Unlawful to charge other than published tariff - When rates, fares, and charges excluding those covered by contracts...

§ 56-102.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-111. When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft - Any railroad doing business in this Commonwealth may acquire, own...

§ 56-112. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-117. Company to notify consignee of arrival of freight - It shall be the duty of every railroad company, or...

§ 56-118. Freight bill; what to contain - Every railroad company or line, doing business in this Commonwealth,...

§ 56-119. Contracts, etc., limiting liability invalid - No contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt any transportation...

§ 56-120. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1964, c. 219.

§ 56-122. When railroad, steamship, etc., companies not liable as a common carrier - Whenever any corporation, company, or association not incorporated by or...

§ 56-123. Adjustment of claims against carriers - Every claim against a common carrier doing business in the...

§ 56-124. Procedure in action on such claims - In any action which may be instituted pursuant to §...

§ 56-125. Suits against unincorporated carriers - When transportation lines are owned or operated by persons, partnerships,...

§ 56-126. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1964, c. 219.

§ 56-128. Commission's examination of all transportation companies, etc. - The Commission may examine all the railroads and other transportation...

§ 56-129. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-129.1. Participation in the Federal Railroad Administration Safety and Inspection Program - The State Corporation Commission shall have the authority to participate...

§ 56-130. Penalty for failure to make necessary repairs, etc. - If any railroad, or other railroad company, when directed by...

§ 56-131. Accident Investigation and Reporting - The Commission shall investigate the cause of any accident on...

§ 56-132. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-133. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 492.

§ 56-136. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 405.

§ 56-139. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-140. Penalty for violation of chapter, orders, rules or regulations - Any transportation company which violates any of the provisions of...

§ 56-141. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 314.

Chapter 7 - Air Carriers

§ 56-142. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 708.

Chapter 8 - Canal Companies

§ 56-207. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 177.

Chapter 9 - Distribution and Power Supply Cooperatives

§ 56-209. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 874.

Chapter 9.1 - Utility Consumer Services Cooperatives and Utility Aggregation Cooperatives

§ 56-231.15. Definitions - The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this...

§ 56-231.16. Organization; purpose - A. Any number of natural persons not less than five...

§ 56-231.17. Articles of incorporation - A. The articles of incorporation mentioned in § 56-231.16 shall...

§ 56-231.18. Name of other corporations not to include term "electric cooperative" or "utility consumer services cooperative." - The words "electric cooperative" or "utility consumer services cooperative" shall...

§ 56-231.19. Filing articles of incorporation; effect thereof; other provisions of law applicable - The natural persons executing the articles of incorporation shall be...

§ 56-231.20. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2000, cc. 944, 999.

§ 56-231.21. Dissolution and termination of cooperatives - A stock or nonstock cooperative may be dissolved in the...

§ 56-231.22. Charter amendments - A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation to change...

§ 56-231.23. General powers granted - Each cooperative formed under this article shall have power to...

§ 56-231.24. Power to dispose of property - No cooperative may sell, lease or dispose of all or...

§ 56-231.25. Power to issue obligations - A cooperative shall have power and is hereby authorized, from...

§ 56-231.26. Covenants in connection with obligations - In connection with the issuance of any obligations a cooperative...

§ 56-231.27. Power to purchase its own obligations - A cooperative may purchase any obligation issued by it. 1999,...

§ 56-231.28. Board of directors of cooperatives - Each cooperative shall have a board of directors of five...

§ 56-231.29. Powers of board of directors - The board of directors of a cooperative shall have power...

§ 56-231.30. Rights and liabilities of members - A. A cooperative may have one or more classes of...

§ 56-231.31. Payment of certain patronage capital to spouse or next of kin of deceased person - When there is held by any cooperative any patronage capital...

§ 56-231.31:1. Donation of certain patronage capital to the cooperative - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when there is held...

§ 56-231.32. Service to members - No person shall become or remain a member unless such...

§ 56-231.33. Adequate service; rates - Regulated utility services offered by a cooperative shall be reasonably...

§ 56-231.34. Regulation by Commission - The regulated utility services of a cooperative shall be subject...

§ 56-231.34:1. Separation of regulated and unregulated businesses - A. No cooperative that engages in a regulated utility service...

§ 56-231.34:2. Right of action; violation of rules or regulations - A. Any person who suffers loss as the proximate result...

§ 56-231.35. Charter fees, etc. - The general laws relating to fees and other charges in...

§ 56-231.36. Construction of article; conflicting laws - This article is to be liberally construed and the enumeration...

§ 56-231.37. How article cited - This article may be cited as the "Utility Consumer Services...

§ 56-231.38. Definitions - As used in this article: "Affiliate" means a separate affiliated...

§ 56-231.39. Organization and purpose - A. Subject to § 56-231.50:1, any utility consumer service cooperative...

§ 56-231.40. Names - The words "electric cooperative" or "utility aggregation cooperative" shall not...

§ 56-231.41. Articles of incorporation - A. The articles of incorporation shall be entitled "Articles of...

§ 56-231.42. Bylaws - The original bylaws of a cooperative shall be adopted by...

§ 56-231.43. Powers - A. Each cooperative formed under this article shall have power...

§ 56-231.44. Board of directors - A. Each cooperative shall have a board of directors consisting...

§ 56-231.45. Officers - The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president,...

§ 56-231.46. Members - A. A cooperative may have one or more classes of...

§ 56-231.47. Adoption of article - Any cooperative of this Commonwealth engaged in the purchase, sale,...

§ 56-231.48. Applicability of other laws - All of the provisions of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act,...

§ 56-231.49. Restructuring costs - To the extent authorized in this title, a cooperative may...

§ 56-231.50. Regulation by State Corporation Commission - The regulated utility services and operations of any cooperative organized...

§ 56-231.50:1. Separation of regulated and unregulated businesses - A. No cooperative that engages in a regulated utility service...

§ 56-231.50:2. Right of action; violation of rules or regulations - A. Any person who suffers loss as the proximate result...

§ 56-231.51. Construction of article and conflicting laws - This article is to be liberally construed and the enumeration...

§ 56-231.52. Citation to article - This article may be cited as the "Utility Aggregation Cooperatives...

Chapter 10 - Heat, Light, Power, Water and Other Utility Companies Generally

§ 56-232. Public utility and schedules defined - A. The term "public utility" as used in §§ 56-233...

§ 56-232.1. Regulation of service by certain gas pipeline companies to municipalities - Notwithstanding any provision of law the Commission shall regulate, to...

§ 56-232.2. Regulation of compressed natural gas service - The Commission may refrain from regulating and prescribing the rates,...

§ 56-232.2:1. Regulation of electric vehicle charging service - The Commission shall not regulate or prescribe the rates, charges,...

§ 56-232.3. Regulation of service by certain gas distribution companies to federal, state and local governmental facilities - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-232, the Commission shall regulate,...

§ 56-233. Service defined - The term "service" is used in this chapter in its...

§ 56-233.1. Public utilities purchasing practices - Every public utility subject to the annual or biennial review...

§ 56-234. Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates - A. It shall be the duty of every public utility...

§ 56-234.1. Liability to customer for violation of duty to determine and charge lowest rate applicable - It shall be the duty of every public utility, upon...

§ 56-234.2. Review of rates - The Commission shall review the rates of any public utility...

§ 56-234.3. Approval of expenditures for and monitoring of new generation facilities and projected operation programs of electric utilities - Prior to construction or financial commitments therefor, any electric utility...

§ 56-234.4. Authority to investigate utility operations to determine efficiency - The Commission shall have the authority to investigate public utilities...

§ 56-234.5. Required disclosure by certain officers and directors of certain utilities - If it comes to the attention of any elected officer...

§ 56-235. When Commission may fix rates, schedules, etc.; conformance with chapter - If upon investigation the rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint...

§ 56-235.1. Conservation of energy and capital resources - It shall be the duty of the Commission to investigate...

§ 56-235.1:1. Rates for stand-by electric service at renewable cogeneration facilities - A. The Commission shall adopt regulations pursuant to its rules...

§ 56-235.1:2. Costs of using small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses - In any proceeding under this title in which the Commission...

§ 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 - A. Any rate, toll, charge or schedule of any public...

§ 56-235.3. Procedures for investigation of rate applications - At any hearing on the application of a public utility...

§ 56-235.4. Prohibition of multiple rate increases within any twelve-month period; exception - A. The regulated operating revenues of a public utility shall...

§ 56-235.5. Telephone regulatory alternatives - A. As used in this section, "telephone company" means any...

§ 56-235.5:1. Local exchange telephone service competition policy - A. The Commission, in resolving issues and cases concerning local...

§ 56-235.6. Optional performance-based regulation of certain utilities - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the...

§ 56-235.7. Jurisdiction of Commission when federal governmental facility ceases to be retail customer of electric utility - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in § 56-234, the rates...

§ 56-235.8. Retail supply choice for natural gas customers - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each...

§ 56-235.9. Recovery of funds used for capital projects prior to a rate case for strategic natural gas facilities - A. As used in this section: "Capitalized carrying cost" includes...

§ 56-235.10. Recovery of eligible safety activity costs; administration; procedure - A. As used in this section: "Eligible safety activity costs"...

§ 56-235.11. Retail rates of affiliated water utilities - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 56-235.12. Economic development programs - A. As used in this section: "Acquire utility rights-of-way" means...

§ 56-236. Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted - A. Unless the Commission determines otherwise, every public utility shall...

§ 56-236.1. Rates to be charged churches - No electric utility, subject to regulation by the Commission, shall...

§ 56-236.2. Suspension of service to sewerage system - No public utility furnishing heat, light or power to a...

§ 56-237. How changes in rates effected; notice required; changes to be indicated on schedules - No change shall be made in any schedule required to...

§ 56-237.1. Notification of intent to seek rate change in schedules required to be filed under § 56-236 - A. Every public utility, other than a public utility providing...

§ 56-237.2. Public hearings on protests or objections to rate changes - Whenever pursuant to § 56-237 there shall be filed with...

§ 56-238. Suspension of proposed rates, etc.; investigation; effectiveness of rates pending investigation and subject to bond; fixing reasonable rates, etc. - The Commission, either upon complaint or on its own motion,...

§ 56-239. Appeal from action of Commission - The public utility whose schedules shall have been so filed...

§ 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 - Unless the Commission so suspends such schedule of rates, tolls,...

§ 56-241. Rates of telephone companies - The power of the Commission over the rates of telephone...

§ 56-241.1. Flat and measured telephone rates; certain rates prohibited - Every telephone company which offers dial tone line or substantially...

§ 56-241.2. Approval of rates for resale of telephone service - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-241.1, the Commission may approve...

§ 56-242. Temporary reduction of rates - Whenever the Commission, pending an investigation had upon its own...

§ 56-243. Duration of such temporary reduction - No temporary order made under § 56-242 shall remain in...

§ 56-244. Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction - If upon a final disposition of the issues involved in...

§ 56-245. Temporary increase in rates - Whenever the Commission, upon petition of any public utility, is...

§ 56-245.1. Meters to be kept in good working condition; defective meters - (1) Any person, firm, corporation, county, city, town or association,...

§ 56-245.1:1. Customers to be notified about nuclear emergency evacuation plans - At least once in every calendar year after July 1,...

§ 56-245.1:2. Customers to be notified of renewable power options - A. The Commission shall post on its website the names,...

§ 56-245.2. Definitions - A. When used in this article, unless expressly stated otherwise:...

§ 56-245.3. Commission to promulgate regulations and standards - A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Commission shall...

§ 56-246. Tests and equipment therefor - The Commission may purchase such materials, apparatus and standard measuring...

§ 56-247. Commission may change regulations, measurements, practices, services, or acts - If upon investigation it shall be found that any regulation,...

§ 56-247.1. Commission to require public utilities to follow certain procedures - A. The Commission shall require that public utilities adhere to...

§ 56-248. Commission to prescribe standard units of products or service - The Commission shall ascertain and prescribe for each kind of...

§ 56-248.1. Commission to monitor fuel prices and utility fuel purchases; fuel price index - A. The Commission shall monitor all fuel purchases, transportation costs,...

§ 56-249. Reports by utilities - The Commission, with or without an investigation, may require any...

§ 56-249.1. Commission may require transfer of gas, water or electricity by one utility to another; compensation - The Commission may require a public utility to transfer to...

§ 56-249.2. Certain records to be maintained - All public utilities doing business in the Commonwealth that file...

§ 56-249.3. Certain electric utilities to file reports in relation to fuel transactions, fuel purchases, fuel adjustment clauses, etc. - The Commission shall require that public electric utilities, owning and...

§ 56-249.4. How reports shall be filed; reports open to public; rules and regulations - A. The information filed pursuant to § 56-249.3 shall be...

§ 56-249.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 492.

§ 56-249.6. Recovery of fuel and purchased power costs - A. 1. Each electric utility that purchases fuel for the...

§ 56-249.7. Certain directors and officers of utility to file shareholder information - The directors and officers of any public utility as defined...

§ 56-250. Commission may authorize action by public utility in time of emergency or shortage; plans - (1) Whenever it shall appear by satisfactory evidence that any...

§ 56-251. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 478.

§ 56-253. Existing remedies retained - Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way abridge...

§ 56-254. Sale or lease of plants to cities or towns - The board of directors of any public service corporation operating...

§ 56-255. Extension of electric service to territory not being served - If, from any rural territory not now being served, application...

§ 56-256. Powers of corporations generally; rights, powers, privileges and immunities, etc. - Every corporation organized for the purpose of: (1) constructing, maintaining,...

§ 56-256.1. Height of electric power distribution lines over agricultural land - Unless placement at a greater height is required pursuant to...

§ 56-257. Manner of installing underground utility lines - A. Every operator, as defined in § 56-265.15, having the...

§ 56-257.1. Means of locating nonmetallic underground conduits - Any plastic or other nonmetallic pressurized conduit installed underground on...

§ 56-257.2. Gas pipeline safety - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall...

§ 56-257.2:1. Projects presenting material risk to public safety; licensed professional engineers; regulations - The Commission shall promulgate regulations requiring that a licensed professional...

§ 56-257.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 35.

§ 56-257.4. Report by the State Corporation Commission on investigation of natural gas utilities incident - The Commission shall, upon written request, make available for public...

§ 56-257.5. Manner of installing underground utility lines through agricultural operation - A. For purposes of this section: "Topsoil" means at least...

§ 56-258. Who to permit laying of pipelines in roads - The Commissioner of Highways or the board of supervisors or...

§ 56-259.1. Instruments conveying easements to public service corporations - No instrument executed by a landowner after January 1, 2002,...

§ 56-259. Rights-of-way, etc., may be contracted for; location of easements of public service corporations - A. Any corporation of the character mentioned in this chapter...

§ 56-260. Compensation for damages - If any company of the character mentioned in this chapter...

§ 56-260.1. Contract provisions exempting company from liability unlawful - No contract for an easement of right-of-way for a pipeline,...

§ 56-261. Duties of companies furnishing water or sewerage facilities - Every public service corporation engaged in the business of furnishing...

§ 56-261.1. Duties of water and sewerage companies in certain counties - Chapter 298 of the Acts of 1950, approved April 4,...

§ 56-261.2. Hydrant connections and water supply for fire protection in certain counties - Chapter 319 of the Acts of 1950, approved April 4,...

§ 56-262. Proceeding upon failure of public service corporation to perform duties - If any such public service corporation shall fail or refuse...

§ 56-263. Commission may order increase in service - The Commission, after due notice to such public service corporation,...

§ 56-264. Quo warranto in case of failure to comply with order of Commission - If any such public service corporation shall fail or refuse...

§ 56-264.1. Collection of rates, fees and charges - In the event that the rates, fees or charges charged...

§ 56-264.2. Governing board of multistate entities operating certain sewage treatment facilities; arbitration of issues; condemnation of facilities - A. As used in this section, "multistate entity" means any...

§ 56-264.3. Cost allocation and rate design - A. The provisions of this section shall apply in any...

§ 56-265. Certain sections not to limit Commission's powers - Nothing in § 56-261 or §§ 56-262 through 56-264 shall...

Chapter 10.1 - Utility Facilities Act

§ 56-265.1. Definitions - In this chapter, the following terms shall have the following...

§ 56-265.2. Certificate of convenience and necessity required for acquisition, etc., of new facilities - A. 1. Subject to the provisions of subdivision 2, it...

§ 56-265.2:1. Approval by Commission required for construction of certain gas pipelines and related facilities; notice and hearing - A. Whenever a certificate is required pursuant to § 56-265.2...

§ 56-265.3. Certificate to furnish public utility service; allotment of territory transfers, leases or amendments - A. No public utility shall begin to furnish public utility...

§ 56-265.3:1. Certificates to furnish water and sewer service - A. Any company proposing to construct facilities after January 1,...

§ 56-265.4. Certificate to operate in territory of another certificate holder - Except as provided in § 56-265.4:4, no certificate shall be...

§ 56-265.4:1. Furnishing of electric public utility service or provision of facilities therefor by municipal corporations and other governmental bodies - If any municipal corporation or other governmental body, having legal...

§ 56-265.4:2. Extension of service by cities and towns into annexed areas - A. Any city or town in the Commonwealth which provides...

§ 56-265.4:3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 738 and 740, cl. 2.

§ 56-265.4:4. Certificate to operate as a telephone utility - A. The Commission may grant certificates to competing telephone companies,...

§ 56-265.4:5. Furnishing gas service to commercial and industrial customers in an area not certificated for public utility gas service - A. Any company desiring to make an exempt sale, transmission...

§ 56-265.4:6. Furnishing non-utility gas service - A. In this section the following terms shall have the...

§ 56-265.5. Effective date of certificates - Certificates issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be...

§ 56-265.6. Penalties for misrepresentations, violations of law, regulations or terms of certificates - The Commission may, by its order duly entered after hearing,...

§ 56-265.7. Appeal from order of revocations, etc. - From any order of the Commission suspending, revoking, altering or...

§ 56-265.8. Proceedings before Commission on or before July 1, 1950 - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to or...

§ 56-265.8:1. Inspection and approval of certain installations not regulated pursuant to this chapter - The owner or operator of any facility for the generation...

§ 56-265.9. Title of chapter - This chapter may be cited as the Utility Facilities Act....

Chapter 10.2 - Certain Water and Sewerage Systems Not Regulated As Public Utilities

§ 56-265.10. Definitions - (a) "Water system" as used herein means any privately owned...

§ 56-265.11. Petition of subscribers alleging inadequacy of service; Commission to investigate and formulate opinion - If fifty or more of the subscribers, but not more...

§ 56-265.11:1. Notification to energy utilities - Each person operating a sewerage system which includes one or...

§ 56-265.12. Opinion of Commission admissible in evidence - The opinion of the Commission shall be furnished in writing...

§ 56-265.13. Chapter not applicable to certain hotel corporations - No provision of this chapter shall apply to a corporation...

Chapter 10.2:1 - Small Water or Sewer Public Utility Act

§ 56-265.13:1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Small Water or...

§ 56-265.13:2. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Commission" shall mean the "State...

§ 56-265.13:3. Applicability of chapter - This chapter shall apply to every certificated water or sewer...

§ 56-265.13:4. Rates and services - A small water or sewer utility shall be required to...

§ 56-265.13:5. Notice of rate changes - A. A small water or sewer utility shall make a...

§ 56-265.13:6. Public hearing on application; prohibition of multiple rate increases within any 12-month period - A. Upon application to the Commission by at least 25...

§ 56-265.13:6.1. Appointment of receiver; penalty - A. The Commission may, either upon petition of two-thirds of...

§ 56-265.13:7. Regulation by State Corporation Commission - A. Every small water or sewer utility subject to this...

Chapter 10.3 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act

§ 56-265.14. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Underground Utility Damage...

§ 56-265.15. Definitions; calculation of time periods - A. As used in this chapter: "Abandoned" means no longer...

§ 56-265.15:1. Exemptions; routine maintenance - Nothing in this chapter shall apply to: 1. Any hand...

§ 56-265.16. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 448, effective July 1, 1990.

§ 56-265.16:1. Operators to join notification centers; certification - A. Every operator, including counties, cities and towns, but excluding...

§ 56-265.17. Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site - A. Except as provided in subsection G, no person, including...

§ 56-265.17:1. Notification and procedures for designers - A. Each designer, who prepares drawings and plans for projects...

§ 56-265.17:2. Procedures for project owners - The project owner shall provide copies of those portions of...

§ 56-265.17:3. Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice - An operator, upon notification by a designer in accordance with...

§ 56-265.18. Notification requirements - Every notice served by any person on a notification center...

§ 56-265.19. Duties of operator; regulations - A. If a proposed excavation or demolition is planned in...

§ 56-265.19:1. Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals - A. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,...

§ 56-265.20. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 890, effective January 1, 1995.

§ 56-265.20:1. Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-257.1, any plastic or other...

§ 56-265.21. Marking by color - In marking the approximate location of underground utility lines or...

§ 56-265.22. Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required - A. The notification center shall, upon receiving notice by a...

§ 56-265.22:1. Meetings between excavators and operators - A. Any person planning excavation or demolition in such proximity...

§ 56-265.23. Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns - Employees of the Virginia Department of Transportation acting within the...

§ 56-265.24. Duties of excavator - A. Any person excavating within two feet on either side...

§ 56-265.25. Liability of operator and excavator; penalties - A. 1. If any underground utility line is damaged as...

§ 56-265.26. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 890, effective January 1, 1995.

§ 56-265.26:1. Utility line depth requirement - Every operator having the right to install underground utility lines...

§ 56-265.27. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.

§ 56-265.28. Sovereign immunity - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate the...

§ 56-265.29. Other similar laws - Compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall not exempt...

§ 56-265.30. Authority of the State Corporation Commission - A. The Commission shall enforce the provisions of the Underground...

§ 56-265.31. Commission to establish advisory committee - A. The Commission shall establish an advisory committee consisting of...

§ 56-265.32. Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund - A. The Commission may, by judgment entered after a hearing...

Chapter 11 - Express Companies

§ 56-266. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

Chapter 12 - Motor Vehicle Carriers Generally

§ 56-273. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.1 - Household Goods Carriers

§ 56-338.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.2 - Petroleum Tank Truck Carriers

§ 56-338.19. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.3 - Sight-Seeing Carriers

§ 56-338.40. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.4 - Special or Charter Party Carriers

§ 56-338.50. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.5 - Restricted Parcel Carriers

§ 56-338.65. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.6 - Motor Vehicles of Railroad Companies

§ 56-338.85. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 628, effective January 1, 1981.

Chapter 12.7 - Carriers by Motor Launch

§ 56-338.93. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 12.8 - Limousines and Executive Sedans

§ 56-338.104. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 13 - Railroad Corporations

§ 56-339. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435.

§ 56-345. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-345.1. Notice; consolidation, merger, abandonments, or discontinuances - Any railroad company operating in the Commonwealth that submits an...

§ 56-346. Certain powers conferred by law on railroad corporations - In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every...

§ 56-347. Power of condemnation; limitation - In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every...

§ 56-348. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-349. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435.

§ 56-352. Railroad to have an insurable interest in property along its route - Every railroad company is hereby invested with an insurable interest...

§ 56-353. Railroad company may appoint police agents - The president or any other executive officer of any railroad...

§ 56-354. Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace - Conductors and engineers of railroad passenger trains, and station and...

§ 56-355. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435.

§ 56-355.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 256, cl. 9.

§ 56-355.2. Definitions - "Public road authority" as used in this chapter means any...

§ 56-356. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435.

§ 56-359. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-362. Right of railroad to cross watercourse, intervening railroad, etc. - Any railroad corporation created or doing business under the laws...

§ 56-363. Crossing of a railroad or public highway by another railroad; crossing of a railroad by a public highway - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...

§ 56-364. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-365.1. Closing and or consolidation of grade crossings - Whenever the public safety requires that an existing crossing of...

§ 56-366. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1952, c. 398.

§ 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 - Whenever a road in the primary or secondary state highway...

§ 56-366.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-366.3. Proceedings to alter, rebuild or replace existing grade separation structure destroyed or rendered unusable - In the event an existing overpass or crossing over a...

§ 56-367. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1952, c. 398.

§ 56-368.1. Subsequent maintenance of underpasses and overpasses - After the work specified in §§ 56-366.1 and 56-366.3 regarding...

§ 56-369. Elimination of public grade crossings by change of alignment of public highways or construction of replacement public highways - Whenever the Commissioner of Highways or the appropriate public road...

§ 56-370. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435.

§ 56-371. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-383. Railroad company may construct and maintain telegraph or telephone line - Any railroad company may construct and maintain along the line...

§ 56-384. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-390. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 731.

§ 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 - At every crossing, now existing or hereafter established, of a...

§ 56-405.01. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-405.02. Railroads to adjust certain public highways at grade crossings - When adjustments are made to railway trackage grade which crosses...

§ 56-405.1. Agreements with Commissioner of Highways or public road authority representative for maintenance and repair of public grade crossings - Whenever the Commissioner of Highways or representative of the appropriate...

§ 56-405.2. Construction and maintenance of crossbucks - Every railroad company shall cause signal boards, hereinafter referred to...

§ 56-405.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-406. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 226.

§ 56-406.1. Proceedings for installation and maintenance of automatically operated gates, signals and other automatic crossing warning devices - Railroads shall cooperate with the Virginia Department of Transportation and...

§ 56-406.2. Proceeding for fixing cost of maintaining such warning devices at public grade crossings - Whenever any automatically operated gate, signal or other automatic crossing...

§ 56-407. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 164.

§ 56-408. Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited - No device or sign which is in the form of...

§ 56-409. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 122.

§ 56-411. Removal of brush and trees from right-of-way - Every railway company operating in this Commonwealth shall be required...

§ 56-412. When trains shall be stopped before getting to railroad crossing - Whenever railroads cross each other on the same grade in...

§ 56-412.1. Railroad cars obstructing street or road; standing vehicle on railroad track - It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, or any...

§ 56-412.2. Ordinances conflicting with § 56-412.1 - No city, town or county shall adopt any ordinance, order...

§ 56-412.3. Maintenance of certain roadways by Buchanan County - The Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County is hereby authorized...

§ 56-413. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-413.01. Locomotive and rail car standards - All locomotives and rail cars operating over the tracks of...

§ 56-413.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-414. Bell and whistle or horn; when sounded - Every railroad company shall provide each locomotive passing upon its...

§ 56-415. Penalty for violation of § 56-414 - Every officer or employee of any railway company, whose duty...

§ 56-416. Effect of failure to give statutory signals - If the employees in charge of any railroad engine or...

§ 56-417. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-417.1. Clearance to be provided in construction, etc., of railroad structures - No railroad, nor any person, firm or corporation operating any...

§ 56-418. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-419. Duplicate switch keys of railroads; unlawful making, etc.; punishment - It shall be unlawful for any person to make, buy,...

§ 56-419.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-419.2. Safety requirements applicable to vehicles transporting railroad employees - A. As used in this section "motor vehicle" shall mean...

§ 56-420. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 7.

§ 56-426. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 227.

§ 56-426.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 891.

§ 56-427. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-428. Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines or trains - Whenever any person sustains damage from fire occasioned by sparks...

§ 56-429. Company to erect fences along roadbed; cattle guards, etc. - Upon the written request by certified mail to the registered...

§ 56-430. Construction of § 56-429; burden of proof - Section 56-429, so far as it relates to fencing, shall...

§ 56-431. When company not liable for injury on enclosed track - No railroad company shall be liable for any injury to...

§ 56-432. Liability for injury on track not enclosed - In any action or suit against a railroad company for...

§ 56-433. Cattle guards; remedy of aggrieved landowner; penalty - Every railroad company whose road passes through any enclosed lands...

§ 56-434. When cattle guards may be discontinued - Every railroad company, after erecting the fences mentioned in §...

§ 56-435. Appeal from general district court to circuit court in cattle-guard cases - In all suits brought before the general district court against...

§ 56-436. Board of appraisers to appraise injured or killed livestock; duty of appraisers - Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are killed or...

§ 56-437. Effect of appraisal in case of suit; costs - If the railroad company fails, for sixty days after such...

§ 56-438. Fee of appraisers - Appraisers appointed pursuant to the provisions of § 56-436 shall...

§ 56-439. Application of §§ 56-436 through 56-438 - The provisions of §§ 56-436 through 56-438 shall not apply...

§ 56-439.1. Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty - Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are injured or...

§ 56-440. Penalty for failure to remove cause of complaint in cities or towns - If any railroad, when directed so to do by a...

§ 56-441. Liability for injury to employee - Every corporation operating a railroad in this Commonwealth, whether such...

§ 56-442. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 142.

§ 56-445. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-446. Information to State Corporation Commission; penalty - Every railroad company in this Commonwealth shall, at all times,...

§ 56-446.1. Limitations on passenger rail transportation liability - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 56-447. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-451.1. Keeping unused tracks in place - If a railroad company discontinues operations on all or any...

§ 56-451.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1987, c. 495.

Chapter 14 - Steamship Companies

§ 56-452. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 243.

§ 56-454. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.

§ 56-457. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 25.

Chapter 14.1 - Sight-Seeing Carriers by Boat

§ 56-457.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 744 and 803.

Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies

§ 56-458. Right to erect lines parallel to railroads; occupation of roads, streets, etc.; location of same - A. Every telegraph company and every telephone company incorporated by...

§ 56-458.1. Relocation of lines or works of certain public utilities acquired by Commonwealth Transportation Board - Whenever a telegraph or telephone company, or any company mentioned...

§ 56-459. Removal of old line not required by this chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the...

§ 56-460. How consent of appropriate authorities obtained; terms of use - The consent required under § 56-458, when given, shall be...

§ 56-461. Cost to Commonwealth in connection with construction of line to be paid by company - The actual costs and expenses of the Commonwealth in the...

§ 56-462. Franchise to occupy parks, streets, etc.; imposition of terms, conditions, etc., as to use of streets, etc., and construction thereon - A. No incorporated city or town shall grant to any...

§ 56-463. Company may contract for right-of-way, etc. - Every telegraph or telephone company and every cable operator that...

§ 56-464. Right of eminent domain - If the company and such owner cannot agree on the...

§ 56-465. Preceding sections subject to repeal or change at pleasure - The preceding sections of this chapter and also §§ 56-466,...

§ 56-466. Location of posts, poles, cables and conduits; height of wires, etc. - All posts, poles, wires, cables and conduits which shall be...

§ 56-466.1. Pole attachments; cable television systems and telecommunications service providers - A. As used in this section: "Cable television system" means...

§ 56-466.2. Undergrounding existing overhead distribution lines; relocation of facilities of cable operator - When an investor-owned incumbent electric utility proposes to improve electric...

§ 56-467. Restoring condition of ground - The portions of the surface of the parks, roads, turnpikes,...

§ 56-468. Endangering life or limb by stringing wires across other works - Whoever shall hereafter erect, string, or maintain wires for any...

§ 56-468.1. (Contingent expiration -- see Editor's note) Public Rights-of-Way Use Fee - A. As used in this article: "Access lines" are defined...

§ 56-468.2. Reimbursement for relocation costs - A. After July 1, 1998, certificated providers of telecommunications services...

§ 56-469. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 738 and 740, cl. 2.

§ 56-478. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1973, c. 376.

§ 56-478.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 738 and 740, cl. 2.

§ 56-479. Commission to make rules; require connection between companies; inspect lines and buildings - The Commission shall keep itself fully informed of the condition...

§ 56-479.1. Long distance service; change of carriers; prior authorization - No telephone company shall cause the long distance carrier designation...

§ 56-479.2. Anti-competitive acts; injunctive relief - A. No telecommunications service provider shall engage in anti-competitive acts...

§ 56-479.3. Authorization and verification for products, goods, and services to be billed on a telephone bill - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 56-479.4. Designation of eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service - The Commission may designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular...

§ 56-480. Rates, etc., on file with Commission not to be questioned in courts; revision; proof - The reasonableness, justice and validity of any rate, charge, rule,...

§ 56-480.1. Time limit on institution of approved rates - No telephone company shall institute a rate for service contained...

§ 56-480.2. Operator assistance at pay stations - No telephone company shall require the deposit of money in...

§ 56-481. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 738 and 740, cl. 2.

§ 56-481.1. Rates, charges, and regulations for interexchange telephone service - If under Chapter 10.1 (§ 56-265.1 et seq.) a certificate...

§ 56-481.2. Rates, charges and regulations for local exchange telephone services provided by new entrants - If, under subsection B of § 56-265.4:4, a certificate of...

§ 56-482. Agreements between telephone companies to be submitted to Commission - Upon demand of either party thereto or any person affected...

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