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The cost of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facility in a new location, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal shall be ascertained and paid by the Board as a part of the cost of the project.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":223662,"text":"For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Cost of highway construction” includes the cost of relocating or removing utility facilities in connection with any project on the Interstate System within cities or towns.\n\t\t\t“Cost of relocation or removal” includes the entire amount paid by such utility properly attributable to such relocation or removal after deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.\n\t\t\t“Facility of a utility” includes tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, and other structures, equipment, and appliances.\n\t\t\t“Utility” includes publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":223663,"text":"Whenever the Board determines that it is necessary that any facility of a utility in, on, under, over, or along existing streets that are to be included within any project on the Interstate System within cities or towns should be relocated or removed, the owner or operator of such facility shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the Board. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 589; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1972, chapter 79; in 1983, chapter 162; in 2003, chapter 302<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205773,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61206,"identifier":"33.2-307","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-307","url":"\/33.2-307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-307\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relocation or removal of utility facilities within projects on Interstate System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Cost of highway construction<\/span>” includes the cost of relocating or removing utility facilities in connection with any project on the Interstate System<\/span> within cities or towns.\n\t\t\t“Cost of relocation or removal<\/span>” includes the entire amount paid by such utility properly attributable to such relocation or removal after deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.\n\t\t\t“Facility of a utility<\/span>” includes tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, and other structures, equipment, and appliances.\n\t\t\t“Utility” includes publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever the Board<\/span> determines that it is necessary that any facility of a utility<\/span> in, on, under, over, or along existing streets that are to be included within any project on the Interstate System<\/span> within cities or towns should be relocated or removed, the owner or operator of such facility shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order<\/span> of the Board<\/span>. The cost of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facility in a new location, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal shall be ascertained and paid by the Board<\/span> as a part of the cost of the project. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELOCATION OR REMOVAL OF UTILITY FACILITIES WITHIN PROJECTS ON INTERSTATE SYSTEM\n(\u00a7 33.2-307)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Cost of highway construction” includes the cost of relocating or\nremoving utility facilities in connection with any project on the Interstate\nSystem within cities or towns.\n\t\t\t“Cost of relocation or removal” includes the entire amount paid\nby such utility properly attributable to such relocation or removal after\ndeducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value\nderived from the old facility.\n\t\t\t“Facility of a utility” includes tracks, pipes, mains, conduits,\ncables, wires, towers, and other structures, equipment, and appliances.\n\t\t\t“Utility” includes publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned\nutilities.\n\nB. Whenever the Board determines that it is necessary that any facility of a\nutility in, on, under, over, or along existing streets that are to be included\nwithin any project on the Interstate System within cities or towns should be\nrelocated or removed, the owner or operator of such facility shall relocate or\nremove the same in accordance with the order of the Board. The cost of such\nrelocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facility in a new\nlocation, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any\nother rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal shall be\nascertained and paid by the Board as a part of the cost of the project.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-36.9; 1958, c. 589; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-55; 1972, c.\n79; 1983, c. 162; 2003, c. 302; 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}}