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This department may share a common balance sheet with other telecommunications and communications services, but the income statements must be stated separately; and2\n\nAdopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality’s cable television services.D\n\nA municipality authorized pursuant to subsection E of § 56-265.4:4 to provide cable television service shall not transfer funds from other departments to the cable television department, but the municipality may make interdepartmental loans at market rates, upon such terms and conditions as would prevail from a private lender.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307332,"text":"A municipality that provides a cable television service under this article shall:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":307333,"text":"Establish an enterprise fund to account for the municipality’s operations of a cable television service; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":307334,"text":"Adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality’s cable television services.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":307335,"text":"A municipality that provides a cable television service under this article shall not:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B1"},"4":{"id":307336,"text":"Transfer any appropriation or other balance in any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section to another enterprise fund; or","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"5":{"id":307337,"text":"Transfer any appropriation or other balance in any other enterprise fund established by the municipality to any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section.\n\t\t\t\tThe restrictions on transfers described in this subsection do not apply to transfers made by a municipality between other enterprise funds established by the municipality.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"C"},"6":{"id":307338,"text":"A municipality authorized pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7 56-265.4:4 to provide cable television service shall:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"C1"},"7":{"id":307339,"text":"Establish a separate department within an enterprise fund to account for the municipality’s operations of a cable television service. 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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55350,"section_number":"56-265.4:4","catch_line":"Certificate to operate as a telephone utility","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.4_4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154455,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85820,"identifier":"15.2-2108.9","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.1\/15.2-2108.9","url":"\/15.2-2108.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2108.9\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.1\/15.2-2108.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enterprise funds for cable television services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2108.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A municipality that provides a cable television service<\/span> under this article shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Establish an enterprise fund to account for the municipality’s operations of a cable television service<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality’s cable television services<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A municipality that provides a cable television service<\/span> under this article shall not: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Transfer any appropriation or other balance in any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section to another enterprise fund; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Transfer any appropriation or other balance in any other enterprise fund established by the municipality to any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section.\n\t\t\t\tThe restrictions on transfers described in this subsection do not apply to transfers made by a municipality between other enterprise funds established by the municipality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A municipality authorized pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7 56-265.4:4<\/a> to provide cable television service<\/span> shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Establish a separate department within an enterprise fund to account for the municipality’s operations of a cable television service<\/span>. This department may share a common balance sheet with other telecommunications and communications services, but the income statements must be stated separately; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality’s cable television services<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> A municipality authorized pursuant to subsection E of § 56-265.4:4<\/a> to provide cable television service<\/span> shall not transfer funds from other departments to the cable television department, but the municipality may make interdepartmental loans at market rates, upon such terms and conditions as would prevail from a private lender. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENTERPRISE FUNDS FOR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES (\u00a7 15.2-2108.9)\n\nA. A municipality that provides a cable television service under this article\nshall:\n\n 1. Establish an enterprise fund to account for the municipality’s\n operations of a cable television service; and\n\n 2. Adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality’s\n cable television services.\n\nB. A municipality that provides a cable television service under this article\nshall not:\n\n 1. Transfer any appropriation or other balance in any enterprise fund\n established by the municipality under this section to another enterprise fund;\n or\n\n 2. Transfer any appropriation or other balance in any other enterprise fund\n established by the municipality to any enterprise fund established by the\n municipality under this section.\n \t\t\t\tThe restrictions on transfers described in this subsection do not apply to\n transfers made by a municipality between other enterprise funds established by\n the municipality.\n\nC. A municipality authorized pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7 56-265.4:4 to\nprovide cable television service shall:\n\n 1. Establish a separate department within an enterprise fund to account for\n the municipality’s operations of a cable television service. This\n department may share a common balance sheet with other telecommunications and\n communications services, but the income statements must be stated separately;\n and\n\n 2. Adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality’s\n cable television services.\n\nD. A municipality authorized pursuant to subsection E of § 56-265.4:4 to\nprovide cable television service shall not transfer funds from other departments\nto the cable television department, but the municipality may make\ninterdepartmental loans at market rates, upon such terms and conditions as would\nprevail from a private lender.\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}}