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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 721 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78090,"section_number":"56-482.1","catch_line":"Reports required of interexchange telephone companies","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-482.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249963,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69467,"identifier":"56-482.2","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-482.2","url":"\/56-482.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-482.2\/","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-482.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-482.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any interexchange company<\/span> which willfully and knowingly fails to provide on time a report required by \u00a7 56-482.1<\/a> or willfully and knowingly understates the volume or type of use of service or facilities in such report shall be liable to the local exchange telephone company<\/span> covered by such report. In the case of an unprovided report, the liability shall be two times the amount of the charges for the services and facilities as actually used. In the case of an understated report, the liability shall be for two times the difference between the charges for the services and facilities as actually used and the charges as computed on the basis of an understated report.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES (\u00a7 56-482.2)\n\nAny interexchange company which willfully and knowingly fails to provide on time\na report required by \u00a7 56-482.1 or willfully and knowingly understates the\nvolume or type of use of service or facilities in such report shall be liable to\nthe local exchange telephone company covered by such report. In the case of an\nunprovided report, the liability shall be two times the amount of the charges\nfor the services and facilities as actually used. In the case of an understated\nreport, the liability shall be for two times the difference between the charges\nfor the services and facilities as actually used and the charges as computed on\nthe basis of an understated report.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 721.","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}}