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This law was first created in 1956. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 714 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 1956 \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 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63551,"section_number":"33.2-1700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207331,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66504,"identifier":"33.2-2219","token":"33.2\/IV\/22\/33.2-2219","url":"\/33.2-2219\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2219\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/22\/33.2-2219","dublin_core":{"Title":"Protection from competition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2219","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No franchise, right, or privilege<\/span> shall be granted or authorized by the Commonwealth or by any political subdivision or court<\/span> thereof for the acquisition, establishment, construction, maintenance<\/span>, repair, or operation of any bridge or tunnel or bridge and tunnel facility from any point within the boundaries of the District<\/span> to a point in the County of Northampton, except to the Commission<\/span> so long as any bonds<\/span><\/span> issued under this chapter remain outstanding or until provision is first made for the payment of the principal and the interest and the premium, if any, due and payable upon all such bonds<\/span><\/span>, provided that such prohibition does not apply to any ferry that may be established for the exclusive transportation of railroad cars, or of railroad passengers holding through tickets, or to projects<\/span> heretofore authorized under the Transportation Development and Revenue Bond<\/span> Act (\u00a7 33.2-1700<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROTECTION FROM COMPETITION (\u00a7 33.2-2219)\n\nNo franchise, right, or privilege shall be granted or authorized by the\nCommonwealth or by any political subdivision or court thereof for the\nacquisition, establishment, construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of\nany bridge or tunnel or bridge and tunnel facility from any point within the\nboundaries of the District to a point in the County of Northampton, except to\nthe Commission so long as any bonds issued under this chapter remain outstanding\nor until provision is first made for the payment of the principal and the\ninterest and the premium, if any, due and payable upon all such bonds, provided\nthat such prohibition does not apply to any ferry that may be established for\nthe exclusive transportation of railroad cars, or of railroad passengers holding\nthrough tickets, or to projects heretofore authorized under the Transportation\nDevelopment and Revenue Bond Act (\u00a7 33.2-1700 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 714; 2014, c. 805.","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}}