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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 358 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80480,"identifier":"56-249.1","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-249.1","url":"\/56-249.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-249.1\/","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-249.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission may require transfer of gas, water or electricity by one utility to another; compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-249.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may require a public utility to transfer to another public utility of like business, gas, water or electricity, whenever the public health, welfare or safety shall be found to so require; provided, however, that the transferring public utility shall be compensated, at a <span class=\"dictionary\">rate<\/span> fixed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, for all such deliveries by the receiving public utility.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSION MAY REQUIRE TRANSFER OF GAS, WATER OR ELECTRICITY BY ONE UTILITY TO\nANOTHER; COMPENSATION (\u00a7 56-249.1)\n\nThe Commission may require a public utility to transfer to another public\nutility of like business, gas, water or electricity, whenever the public health,\nwelfare or safety shall be found to so require; provided, however, that the\ntransferring public utility shall be compensated, at a rate fixed by the\nCommission, for all such deliveries by the receiving public utility.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 358.","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}}