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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 such project.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264521,"text":"As used in 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 secondary state highway system.\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 therefrom 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 utilities owned by a county, city, town, or public authority, and nonprofit, consumer-owned company located in a county having a population of at least 30,000 but no more than 34,000 that (i) is exempt from income taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) is organized to provide suitable drinking water, (iii) has no assistance from investors, (iv) does not pay dividends, and (v) does not sell stock to the general public.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":264522,"text":"Whenever it is necessary that the facility of a utility in, on, under, over, or along an existing highway that is to be included within any construction project on the secondary state highway system 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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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 680<\/a> and 688<\/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. It has been modified 3 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 1999, chapter 942<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 168<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205869,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73525,"identifier":"33.2-330","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-330","url":"\/33.2-330\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-330\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-330","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relocation or removal of utility facilities within secondary state highway system construction projects","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-330","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in 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 secondary state highway system.\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 therefrom 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 utilities owned by a county, city, town, or public authority, and nonprofit, consumer-owned company located in a county having a population of at least 30,000 but no more than 34,000 that (i) is exempt from income taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) is organized to provide suitable drinking water, (iii) has no assistance from investors, (iv) does not pay dividends, and (v) does not sell stock to the general public. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever it is necessary that the facility of a utility<\/span> in, on, under, over, or along an existing highway that is to be included within any construction project on the secondary state highway system 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 such project. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELOCATION OR REMOVAL OF UTILITY FACILITIES WITHIN SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY\nSYSTEM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (\u00a7 33.2-330)\n\nA. As used in 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 secondary\nstate highway system.\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 therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any\nsalvage value derived 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 utilities owned by a county, city, town, or\npublic authority, and nonprofit, consumer-owned company located in a county\nhaving a population of at least 30,000 but no more than 34,000 that (i) is\nexempt from income taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,\n(ii) is organized to provide suitable drinking water, (iii) has no assistance\nfrom investors, (iv) does not pay dividends, and (v) does not sell stock to the\ngeneral public.\n\nB. Whenever it is necessary that the facility of a utility in, on, under, over,\nor along an existing highway that is to be included within any construction\nproject on the secondary state highway system should be relocated or removed,\nthe owner or operator of such facility shall relocate or remove the same in\naccordance with the order of the Board. The cost of such relocation or removal,\nincluding the cost of installing such facility in a new location, and the cost\nof any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights, required\nto accomplish such relocation or removal shall be ascertained and paid by the\nBoard as a part of the cost of such project.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 680, 688, \u00a7 33.1-69.2; 1999, c. 942; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c.\n168.","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}}