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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 125 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1982, chapter 107.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74508,"section_number":"56-249.3","catch_line":"Certain electric utilities to file reports in relation to fuel transactions, fuel purchases, fuel adjustment clauses, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248977,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87031,"identifier":"56-249.4","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-249.4","url":"\/56-249.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-249.4\/","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-249.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"How reports shall be filed; reports open to public; rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-249.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The information filed pursuant to § 56-249.3<\/a> shall be filed with the Commission<\/span> in affidavit<\/span> form within forty-five days following the close of the reference month. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All such information and reports filed pursuant to this section and § 56-249.3<\/a> shall be open to the public and available for inspection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement this section and § 56-249.3<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW REPORTS SHALL BE FILED; REPORTS OPEN TO PUBLIC; RULES AND REGULATIONS (\u00a7\n56-249.4)\n\nA. The information filed pursuant to § 56-249.3 shall be filed with the\nCommission in affidavit form within forty-five days following the close of the\nreference month.\n\nB. All such information and reports filed pursuant to this section and §\n56-249.3 shall be open to the public and available for inspection.\n\nC. The Commission shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to\nimplement this section and § 56-249.3.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 125; 1982, c. 107.","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}}