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A.<\/span> Nothing in this article shall authorize any county<\/span> or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth to (i) provide a cable television service<\/span>; or (ii) purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate a facility for the purpose of providing a cable television service<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this article shall apply to a municipality purchasing, leasing, constructing, or equipping facilities that are designed to provide services within the municipality, and that the municipality (i) uses for internal municipal government purposes; or (ii) by written contract<\/span>, leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider<\/span> to use the facilities in connection with a private provider<\/span> offering cable television services<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCOPE OF ARTICLE (\u00a7 15.2-2108.3)\n\nA. Nothing in this article shall authorize any county or other political\nsubdivision of the Commonwealth to (i) provide a cable television service; or\n(ii) purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate a facility for the purpose\nof providing a cable television service.\n\nB. Nothing in this article shall apply to a municipality purchasing, leasing,\nconstructing, or equipping facilities that are designed to provide services\nwithin the municipality, and that the municipality (i) uses for internal\nmunicipal government purposes; or (ii) by written contract, leases, sells\ncapacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use the\nfacilities in connection with a private provider offering cable television\nservices.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 677.","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}}