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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 328; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76427,"identifier":"15.2-2016","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/5\/15.2-2016","url":"\/15.2-2016\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2016\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/5\/15.2-2016","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of services and rates charged by person using streets, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2016","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> may regulate the services rendered to the public and rates charged therefor by any person using the streets, highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways, underpasses or other public rights-of-way or places for the rendition of such services, which are not subject to regulation by the State Corporation Commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF SERVICES AND RATES CHARGED BY PERSON USING STREETS, ETC (\u00a7\n15.2-2016)\n\nAny city or town may regulate the services rendered to the public and rates\ncharged therefor by any person using the streets, highways, roads, alleys,\nbridges, viaducts, subways, underpasses or other public rights-of-way or places\nfor the rendition of such services, which are not subject to regulation by the\nState Corporation Commission.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-77.59; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-895; 1997,\nc. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}