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The Commission shall, upon receipt of a written complaint concerning the lack of compliance with these standards in the construction of a particular transmission line, investigate the situation and, if appropriate, exercise its powers granted under \u00a7 12.1-12 to enforce adherence to the standards.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226985,"text":"The construction of all overhead electrical transmission lines shall adhere to the standards set forth in the National Electrical Safety Code. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 187 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66769,"section_number":"56-578","catch_line":"Nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution system","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-578\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77048,"section_number":"12.1-12","catch_line":"Powers and duties generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/12.1-12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62247,"identifier":"56-46.2","token":"56\/1\/6\/56-46.2","url":"\/56-46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-46.2\/","token":"56\/1\/6\/56-46.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Construction of electrical transmission lines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-46.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The construction of all overhead electrical transmission lines shall adhere to the standards set forth in the National Electrical Safety Code. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall, upon receipt of a written complaint concerning the lack of compliance with these standards in the construction of a particular transmission line, investigate the situation and, if appropriate, exercise its powers granted under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties generally\" href=\"\/12.1-12\/\">12.1-12<\/a> to enforce adherence to the standards.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES (\u00a7 56-46.2)\n\nThe construction of all overhead electrical transmission lines shall adhere to\nthe standards set forth in the National Electrical Safety Code. The Commission\nshall, upon receipt of a written complaint concerning the lack of compliance\nwith these standards in the construction of a particular transmission line,\ninvestigate the situation and, if appropriate, exercise its powers granted under\n\u00a7 12.1-12 to enforce adherence to the standards.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 187.","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}}