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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 265 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87278,"section_number":"56-54.5","catch_line":"Powers of the Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-54.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249977,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87369,"identifier":"56-484.1","token":"56\/15\/4\/56-484.1","url":"\/56-484.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-484.1\/","token":"56\/15\/4\/56-484.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-484.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> “Commission<\/span>” shall mean the State Corporation<\/span> Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> “Exchange<\/span>” shall mean a geographical area established for the administration of communication services and consisting of one or more central offices together with associated facilities used in providing telephone exchange<\/span> service. Exchanges<\/span> are identified in the tariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> “Local service area<\/span>” shall mean the entire area composed of an exchange<\/span> or exchanges<\/span> within which are located the telephones which a customer may call at the rates<\/span> and charges specified for local exchange<\/span> service in the tariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 56-484.1)\n\nThe following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have\nthe following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context:\n\nA. “Commission” shall mean the State Corporation Commission.\n\nB. “Exchange” shall mean a geographical area established for the\nadministration of communication services and consisting of one or more central\noffices together with associated facilities used in providing telephone exchange\nservice. Exchanges are identified in the tariffs of the telephone companies as\nfiled with the Commission.\n\nC. “Local service area” shall mean the entire area composed of an\nexchange or exchanges within which are located the telephones which a customer\nmay call at the rates and charges specified for local exchange service in the\ntariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 265.","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}}