{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/56-484.32.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/56-484.32.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/56-484.32.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/56-484.32.html"}],"law_id":76949,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76949,"structure_id":16627,"section_number":"56-484.32","catch_line":"Wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee","history":"2018, cc. 837, 848.","full_text":"A\n\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is hereby established an annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee to replace any and all fees of general application, except for permit processing, zoning, subdivision, site plan, and comprehensive plan fees of general application, otherwise chargeable to wireless services providers and wireless infrastructure providers in connection with a permit for occupation and use of the public rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Department for the construction of new wireless support structures.B\n\nThe amount of the annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee shall be:1\n\n$1,000 for any wireless support structure at or below 50 feet in height;2\n\n$3,000 for any wireless support structure above 50 feet and at or below 120 feet in height;3\n\n$5,000 for any wireless support structure above 120 feet in height; and4\n\n$1 per square foot for any other equipment, shelter, or associated facilities constructed on the ground.\n\t\t\t\tThe fee amount specified in this subsection shall be adjusted every five years, as of January 1 of that year, in an amount equal to the annual increases for that five-year period in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.C\n\nNo later than June 30 of each year, the wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider shall remit directly to the Department any fees owed pursuant to this section. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to § 33.2-1530.D\n\nThe Department may elect to continue enforcing any agreement, contract, license, easement, or permit allowing the use of the public rights-of-way by a wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider existing prior to July 1, 2018, through and until expiration of the current term of the agreement, contract, license, easement, or permit.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276177,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is hereby established an annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee to replace any and all fees of general application, except for permit processing, zoning, subdivision, site plan, and comprehensive plan fees of general application, otherwise chargeable to wireless services providers and wireless infrastructure providers in connection with a permit for occupation and use of the public rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Department for the construction of new wireless support structures.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":276178,"text":"The amount of the annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee shall be:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":276179,"text":"$1,000 for any wireless support structure at or below 50 feet in height;","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":276180,"text":"$3,000 for any wireless support structure above 50 feet and at or below 120 feet in height;","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"B3"},"4":{"id":276181,"text":"$5,000 for any wireless support structure above 120 feet in height; and","type":"section","prefixes":["B","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"B3","prefix_anchor":"B3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"B4"},"5":{"id":276182,"text":"$1 per square foot for any other equipment, shelter, or associated facilities constructed on the ground.\n\t\t\t\tThe fee amount specified in this subsection shall be adjusted every five years, as of January 1 of that year, in an amount equal to the annual increases for that five-year period in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"B4","prefix_anchor":"B4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B3","next_prefix":"C"},"6":{"id":276183,"text":"No later than June 30 of each year, the wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider shall remit directly to the Department any fees owed pursuant to this section. 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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 837<\/a> and 848<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":250121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76949,"identifier":"56-484.32","token":"56\/15.1\/56-484.32","url":"\/56-484.32\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-484.32\/","token":"56\/15.1\/56-484.32","dublin_core":{"Title":"Wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-484.32","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provisions of law<\/span>, there is hereby established an annual wireless support structure<\/span> public rights-of-way use fee to replace any and all fees of general application, except for permit processing, zoning, subdivision, site plan, and comprehensive plan fees of general application, otherwise chargeable to wireless services providers<\/span> and wireless infrastructure providers<\/span> in connection with a permit for occupation and use of the public rights-of-way under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Department<\/span> for the construction of new wireless support structures<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The amount of the annual wireless support structure<\/span> public rights-of-way use fee shall be: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> $1,000 for any wireless support structure<\/span> at or below 50 feet in height; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> $3,000 for any wireless support structure<\/span> above 50 feet and at or below 120 feet in height; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> $5,000 for any wireless support structure<\/span> above 120 feet in height; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> $1 per square foot for any other equipment, shelter, or associated facilities constructed on the ground.\n\t\t\t\tThe fee amount specified in this subsection shall be adjusted every five years, as of January 1 of that year, in an amount equal to the annual increases for that five-year period in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department<\/span> of Labor, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No later than June 30 of each year, the wireless services provider<\/span> or wireless infrastructure provider<\/span> shall remit directly to the Department<\/span> any fees owed pursuant to this section. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to § 33.2-1530<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may elect to continue enforcing any agreement, contract<\/span>, license, easement, or permit allowing the use of the public rights-of-way by a wireless services provider<\/span> or wireless infrastructure provider<\/span> existing prior to July 1, 2018, through and until expiration of the current term of the agreement, contract<\/span>, license, easement, or permit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY USE FEE (\u00a7 56-484.32)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is hereby established an\nannual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use fee to replace any\nand all fees of general application, except for permit processing, zoning,\nsubdivision, site plan, and comprehensive plan fees of general application,\notherwise chargeable to wireless services providers and wireless infrastructure\nproviders in connection with a permit for occupation and use of the public\nrights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Department for the construction of\nnew wireless support structures.\n\nB. The amount of the annual wireless support structure public rights-of-way use\nfee shall be:\n\n 1. $1,000 for any wireless support structure at or below 50 feet in height;\n\n 2. $3,000 for any wireless support structure above 50 feet and at or below 120\n feet in height;\n\n 3. $5,000 for any wireless support structure above 120 feet in height; and\n\n 4. $1 per square foot for any other equipment, shelter, or associated\n facilities constructed on the ground.\n \t\t\t\tThe fee amount specified in this subsection shall be adjusted every five\n years, as of January 1 of that year, in an amount equal to the annual\n increases for that five-year period in the United States Average Consumer\n Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the\n Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, rounded to the\n nearest whole dollar.\n\nC. No later than June 30 of each year, the wireless services provider or\nwireless infrastructure provider shall remit directly to the Department any fees\nowed pursuant to this section. Such fees shall be deposited in the Highway\nMaintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to § 33.2-1530.\n\nD. The Department may elect to continue enforcing any agreement, contract,\nlicense, easement, or permit allowing the use of the public rights-of-way by a\nwireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider existing prior to\nJuly 1, 2018, through and until expiration of the current term of the agreement,\ncontract, license, easement, or permit.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, cc. 837, 848.","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}}