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However, the authority must pay full market value for any such real or personal property conveyed by the governing body of any political subdivision to the authority. Whenever any railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities which are located in, along, across, over or under any public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way shall become an obstruction to, interfere with or be endangered by the construction, operation or maintenance of any project of the authority, the political subdivision having ownership, control or jurisdiction over such public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way may, as the exercise of an essential governmental function, order the safeguarding, maintaining, relocating, rebuilding, removing and replacing of such railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities by the owner thereof at the expense of the authority, and subject to the provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":297231,"text":"The governing body of any political subdivision, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized to transfer jurisdiction over, to permit the use of, lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority upon the request of the authority, upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of such subdivision may agree with the authority as reasonable and fair, such real or personal property as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation or maintenance of any project by the authority, including public roads and other property already donated to public use. However, the authority must pay full market value for any such real or personal property conveyed by the governing body of any political subdivision to the authority. Whenever any railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities which are located in, along, across, over or under any public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way shall become an obstruction to, interfere with or be endangered by the construction, operation or maintenance of any project of the authority, the political subdivision having ownership, control or jurisdiction over such public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way may, as the exercise of an essential governmental function, order the safeguarding, maintaining, relocating, rebuilding, removing and replacing of such railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities by the owner thereof at the expense of the authority, and subject to the provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14152,"edition_id":1,"name":"Electric Authorities Act","identifier":"54","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12721,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:03","permalink":{"id":159171,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14152,"identifier":"54","token":"15.2\/IV\/54","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/54\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12721,"edition_id":1,"name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":157897,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12721,"identifier":"IV","token":"15.2\/IV","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65196,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5400","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/15.2-5400\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5400","metadata":false},{"id":86116,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5401","catch_line":"Intent of General Assembly","url":"\/15.2-5401\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5401","metadata":false},{"id":72529,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5402","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-5402\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5402","metadata":false},{"id":79988,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5403","catch_line":"Creation of electric authority; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 416 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. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56240,"section_number":"25.1-102","catch_line":"Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":159285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82928,"identifier":"15.2-5424","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5424","url":"\/15.2-5424\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5424\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5424","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer, etc., of property of political subdivisions upon request of authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5424","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of any political subdivision, notwithstanding any contrary provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, is hereby authorized to transfer <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over, to permit the use of, lease, lend, grant or convey to the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> upon the request of the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, upon such terms and conditions as the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of such subdivision may agree with the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> as reasonable and fair, such real or personal property as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation or maintenance of any <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span> by the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, including public roads and other property already donated to public use. 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Whenever any railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities which are located in, along, across, over or under any public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way shall become an obstruction to, interfere with or be endangered by the construction, operation or maintenance of any <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, the political subdivision having ownership, control or <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over such public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way may, as the exercise of an essential governmental function, <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> the safeguarding, maintaining, relocating, rebuilding, removing and replacing of such railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities by the owner thereof at the expense of the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, and subject to the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain\" href=\"\/25.1-102\/\">25.1-102<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER, ETC., OF PROPERTY OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS UPON REQUEST OF AUTHORITY\n(\u00a7 15.2-5424)\n\nThe governing body of any political subdivision, notwithstanding any contrary\nprovision of law, is hereby authorized to transfer jurisdiction over, to permit\nthe use of, lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority upon the request of\nthe authority, upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of such\nsubdivision may agree with the authority as reasonable and fair, such real or\npersonal property as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the\nacquisition, construction, improvement, operation or maintenance of any project\nby the authority, including public roads and other property already donated to\npublic use. However, the authority must pay full market value for any such real\nor personal property conveyed by the governing body of any political subdivision\nto the authority. Whenever any railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or\nother structures or facilities which are located in, along, across, over or\nunder any public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way shall\nbecome an obstruction to, interfere with or be endangered by the construction,\noperation or maintenance of any project of the authority, the political\nsubdivision having ownership, control or jurisdiction over such public road,\nstreet, highway, alley or other public right-of-way may, as the exercise of an\nessential governmental function, order the safeguarding, maintaining,\nrelocating, rebuilding, removing and replacing of such railroad tracks, pipes,\npoles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities by the owner thereof at\nthe expense of the authority, and subject to the provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 416, \u00a7 15.1-1627; 1997, c. 587.","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}}