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No amendment that releases the grantee, or his assignee, from the performance of any duty required by the ordinance or that authorizes an increase in the user charges to be made by such grantee or assignee shall be granted until notice of such proposed amendment has been given to the public by advertising the proposed amendment for seven days in some newspaper having general circulation in the city or town. The cost of such advertising shall be paid by the city or town, which shall be reimbursed by the person to whom the amendment is granted. No such amendment shall be adopted except by ordinance.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253022,"text":"No amendment or extension of any franchise, right, lease or privilege that now exists, or that may hereafter be authorized, which extends or enlarges the time or territory of such franchise, right, lease or privilege, shall be granted by any city or town until the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2101 through 15.2-2104 have been complied with. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83742,"section_number":"15.2-2108.23","catch_line":"Regulation of rights-of-way; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.23\/"},{"id":81245,"section_number":"15.2-2108.30","catch_line":"Renewal","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.30\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68887,"section_number":"15.2-2101","catch_line":"Ordinance proposing grant of franchise, etc., to be advertised","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2101\/"},{"id":56639,"section_number":"15.2-2104","catch_line":"Bond of person awarded franchise, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2104\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154361,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70043,"identifier":"15.2-2105","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2105","url":"\/15.2-2105\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2105\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2105","dublin_core":{"Title":"How amendments made to franchise, etc.; notice required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2105","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No amendment or extension of any franchise, right, lease or privilege<\/span> that now exists, or that may hereafter be authorized, which extends or enlarges the time or territory of such franchise, right, lease or privilege<\/span>, shall be granted by any city<\/span> or town<\/span> until the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2101<\/a> through 15.2-2104<\/a> have been complied with. No amendment that releases the grantee, or his assignee, from the performance of any duty required by the ordinance<\/span> or that authorizes an increase in the user charges to be made by such grantee or assignee shall be granted until notice of such proposed amendment has been given to the public by advertising the proposed amendment for seven days in some newspaper having general circulation in the city<\/span> or town<\/span>. The cost of such advertising shall be paid by the city<\/span> or town<\/span>, which shall be reimbursed by the person to whom the amendment is granted. No such amendment shall be adopted except by ordinance<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW AMENDMENTS MADE TO FRANCHISE, ETC.; NOTICE REQUIRED (\u00a7 15.2-2105)\n\nNo amendment or extension of any franchise, right, lease or privilege that now\nexists, or that may hereafter be authorized, which extends or enlarges the time\nor territory of such franchise, right, lease or privilege, shall be granted by\nany city or town until the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2101 through 15.2-2104 have\nbeen complied with. No amendment that releases the grantee, or his assignee,\nfrom the performance of any duty required by the ordinance or that authorizes an\nincrease in the user charges to be made by such grantee or assignee shall be\ngranted until notice of such proposed amendment has been given to the public by\nadvertising the proposed amendment for seven days in some newspaper having\ngeneral circulation in the city or town. The cost of such advertising shall be\npaid by the city or town, which shall be reimbursed by the person to whom the\namendment is granted. No such amendment shall be adopted except by ordinance.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-734; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-314; 1997, c. 587; 2024,\ncc. 225, 242.","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}}