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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 874<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75936,"section_number":"56-231.33","catch_line":"Adequate service; rates","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-231.33\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71119,"section_number":"56-231.34:1","catch_line":"Separation of regulated and unregulated businesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-231.34_1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66118,"identifier":"56-231.34","token":"56\/9.1\/1\/56-231.34","url":"\/56-231.34\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-231.34\/","token":"56\/9.1\/1\/56-231.34","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation by Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-231.34","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The regulated utility services<\/span> of a cooperative<\/span> shall be subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commission<\/span> in the same manner and to the same extent as are regulated utility services<\/span> provided by other persons<\/span> under the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth. All other business activities of a cooperative<\/span> and its affiliates<\/span> shall be subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commission<\/span> to the extent provided by \u00a7 56-231.34:1<\/a> and any other applicable laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION BY COMMISSION (\u00a7 56-231.34)\n\nThe regulated utility services of a cooperative shall be subject to the\njurisdiction of the Commission in the same manner and to the same extent as are\nregulated utility services provided by other persons under the laws of this\nCommonwealth. All other business activities of a cooperative and its affiliates\nshall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission to the extent provided by\n\u00a7 56-231.34:1 and any other applicable laws of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 874.","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}}