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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 73<\/a> and 76<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63465,"section_number":"15.2-2108.22","catch_line":"Regulation of fees, rates and services; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.22\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71298,"section_number":"15.2-2108.2","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60433,"identifier":"15.2-2108.24","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.24","url":"\/15.2-2108.24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2108.24\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.24","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements for certain cable operators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2108.24","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A locality<\/span> shall not impose through a franchise<\/span> to provide cable service<\/span>, whether by negotiation or by ordinance<\/span>, any facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements on a cable operator<\/span> that is (i) a certificated provider of telecommunications services<\/span> that has a franchise<\/span> to use the public rights-of-way in a locality<\/span> or (ii) a certificated provider of telecommunications services<\/span> that lacked prior consent to provide cable service<\/span> in a locality<\/span> but provided telecommunications services over facilities leased from an entity having a franchise<\/span> to use the public rights-of-way in such locality<\/span>, except that a municipality must meet the requirements of Article 1.1 (\u00a7 15.2-2108.2<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter or otherwise be authorized to provide cable service<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF FACILITY CONSTRUCTION OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR\nCERTAIN CABLE OPERATORS (\u00a7 15.2-2108.24)\n\nA locality shall not impose through a franchise to provide cable service,\nwhether by negotiation or by ordinance, any facility construction or\nrights-of-way management requirements on a cable operator that is (i) a\ncertificated provider of telecommunications services that has a franchise to use\nthe public rights-of-way in a locality or (ii) a certificated provider of\ntelecommunications services that lacked prior consent to provide cable service\nin a locality but provided telecommunications services over facilities leased\nfrom an entity having a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in such\nlocality, except that a municipality must meet the requirements of Article 1.1\n(\u00a7 15.2-2108.2 et seq.) of this chapter or otherwise be authorized to provide\ncable service.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, cc. 73, 76.","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}}