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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 1954, chapter 298; in 1976, chapter 763; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0738\">738<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67487,"section_number":"56-237.2","catch_line":"Public hearings on protests or objections to rate changes","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-237.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59697,"section_number":"56-236","catch_line":"Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-236\/"},{"id":64233,"section_number":"56-237.1","catch_line":"Notification of intent to seek rate change in schedules required to be filed under \u00a7 56-236","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-237.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57569,"identifier":"56-237","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-237","url":"\/56-237\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-237\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-237","dublin_core":{"Title":"How changes in rates effected; notice required; changes to be indicated on schedules","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-237","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No change shall be made in any schedule required to be filed pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted\" href=\"\/56-236\/\">56-236<\/a>, including <span class=\"dictionary\">schedules<\/span> of joint <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span>, except after 30 days&#8217; notice to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, in such manner as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may require, and to the public, in such manner as prescribed in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Notification of intent to seek rate change in schedules required to be filed under \u00a7 56-236\" href=\"\/56-237.1\/\">56-237.1<\/a>, and all such changed <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span>, tolls, charges, rules, and regulations shall be plainly indicated upon existing <span class=\"dictionary\">schedules<\/span> or by filing new <span class=\"dictionary\">schedules<\/span> in lieu thereof not less than 30 days prior to the time the same are to take effect; provided, that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may, in particular cases, authorize or prescribe less time in which changes may be made; and provided further that, in the case of water companies, the notice to the public shall set forth the proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span> and charges.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW CHANGES IN RATES EFFECTED; NOTICE REQUIRED; CHANGES TO BE INDICATED ON\nSCHEDULES (\u00a7 56-237)\n\nNo change shall be made in any schedule required to be filed pursuant to \u00a7\n56-236, including schedules of joint rates, except after 30 days&#8217; notice\nto the Commission, in such manner as the Commission may require, and to the\npublic, in such manner as prescribed in \u00a7 56-237.1, and all such changed rates,\ntolls, charges, rules, and regulations shall be plainly indicated upon existing\nschedules or by filing new schedules in lieu thereof not less than 30 days prior\nto the time the same are to take effect; provided, that the Commission may, in\nparticular cases, authorize or prescribe less time in which changes may be made;\nand provided further that, in the case of water companies, the notice to the\npublic shall set forth the proposed rates and charges.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4066; 1918, p. 674; 1924, p. 539; 1927, p. 123; 1954, c.\n298; 1976, c. 763; 2011, cc. 738, 740.","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}}