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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0677\">677<\/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":80578,"section_number":"15.2-2108.6","catch_line":"Feasibility study on providing cable television services","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.6\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73868,"section_number":"15.2-2108.4","catch_line":"Limitations on providing cable television services","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.4\/"},{"id":80578,"section_number":"15.2-2108.6","catch_line":"Feasibility study on providing cable television services","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154439,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72996,"identifier":"15.2-2108.5","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.1\/15.2-2108.5","url":"\/15.2-2108.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2108.5\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.1\/15.2-2108.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Preliminary public hearing; feasibility consultant","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2108.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Before a municipality may engage or offer to engage in an activity described in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Limitations on providing cable television services\" href=\"\/15.2-2108.4\/\">15.2-2108.4<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of the municipality shall hold a preliminary public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> at which any interested <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> may appear and be heard. <a id=\"paragraph-262890\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2108.5\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> elects to proceed after holding the preliminary public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> required by subsection A, the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> shall approve the hiring of a <span class=\"dictionary\">feasibility consultant<\/span> to conduct a feasibility study in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Feasibility study on providing cable television services\" href=\"\/15.2-2108.6\/\">15.2-2108.6<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-262891\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2108.5\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRELIMINARY PUBLIC HEARING; FEASIBILITY CONSULTANT (\u00a7 15.2-2108.5)\n\nA. Before a municipality may engage or offer to engage in an activity described\nin subsection A of &#xA7; 15.2-2108.4, the governing body of the municipality\nshall hold a preliminary public hearing at which any interested party may appear\nand be heard.\n\nB. If the governing body elects to proceed after holding the preliminary public\nhearing required by subsection A, the governing body shall approve the hiring of\na feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study in accordance with\n&#xA7; 15.2-2108.6.\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}}