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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 648 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64250,"section_number":"56-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65628,"identifier":"56-1.1","token":"56\/1\/1\/56-1.1","url":"\/56-1.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-1.1\/","token":"56\/1\/1\/56-1.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation as public service corporation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-1.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The State Corporation Commission<\/span> may designate a business enterprise operating as a telephone or telecommunications company<\/span> to be a public service corporation<\/span> when, upon appropriate inquiry and public hearing<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> determines that the enterprise is engaged in any of the public utility services described in \u00a7 56-1<\/a>. However, this section shall not apply to any mutual telephone association existing prior to January 1, 1984.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION AS PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION (\u00a7 56-1.1)\n\nThe State Corporation Commission may designate a business enterprise operating\nas a telephone or telecommunications company to be a public service corporation\nwhen, upon appropriate inquiry and public hearing, the Commission determines\nthat the enterprise is engaged in any of the public utility services described\nin \u00a7 56-1. However, this section shall not apply to any mutual telephone\nassociation existing prior to January 1, 1984.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 648.","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}}