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Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75233,"section_number":"56-232","catch_line":"Public utility and schedules defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-232\/"},{"id":87361,"section_number":"56-234","catch_line":"Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-234\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65474,"identifier":"56-232.1","token":"56\/10\/1\/56-232.1","url":"\/56-232.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-232.1\/","token":"56\/10\/1\/56-232.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of service by certain gas pipeline companies to municipalities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-232.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall regulate, to the same extent as it regulates other public utilities, the utility service furnished to any <span class=\"dictionary\">municipal corporation<\/span> by a natural gas pipeline transmission <span class=\"dictionary\">company<\/span>, all of whose facilities are located within the Commonwealth, and the <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span>, charges and facilities of such <span class=\"dictionary\">company<\/span> used to furnish such service.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF SERVICE BY CERTAIN GAS PIPELINE COMPANIES TO MUNICIPALITIES (\u00a7\n56-232.1)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of law the Commission shall regulate, to the same\nextent as it regulates other public utilities, the utility service furnished to\nany municipal corporation by a natural gas pipeline transmission company, all of\nwhose facilities are located within the Commonwealth, and the rates, charges and\nfacilities of such company used to furnish such service.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 41.","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}}