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If the Commission finds that such approval should be revoked, it shall determine a date by which the county, city, town, electric commission or board, or authority shall cease to offer such qualifying communications services. In determining such date the Commission shall allow a reasonable time for the entity to offer its equipment, infrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications services for sale at fair market value, which shall be deemed to be no less than the amount of the indebtedness, for such equipment, infrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications services. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of telecommunications equipment and services for intragovernmental purposes as specified in \u00a7 15.2-1500.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226444,"text":"The Commission may revoke its approval of a petition under \u00a7 56-484.7:1 no earlier than five years after such approval if it finds (i) that the factors described in \u00a7 56-484.7:2 on which the approval was based no longer exist or are no longer being satisfied, or (ii) that the petitioner has not made satisfactory progress toward making generally available the qualifying communications services specified in the petition. If the Commission finds that such approval should be revoked, it shall determine a date by which the county, city, town, electric commission or board, or authority shall cease to offer such qualifying communications services. In determining such date the Commission shall allow a reasonable time for the entity to offer its equipment, infrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications services for sale at fair market value, which shall be deemed to be no less than the amount of the indebtedness, for such equipment, infrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications services. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of telecommunications equipment and services for intragovernmental purposes as specified in \u00a7 15.2-1500.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15755,"edition_id":1,"name":"Provision of Certain Communications Services","identifier":"5.1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13123,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:59:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:59:01","permalink":{"id":249999,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15755,"identifier":"5.1","token":"56\/15\/5.1","url":"\/56\/15\/5.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13123,"edition_id":1,"name":"Telegraph and Telephone Companies","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12881,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:19","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:19","permalink":{"id":249827,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13123,"identifier":"15","token":"56\/15","url":"\/56\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12881,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Service Companies","identifier":"56","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":248473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12881,"identifier":"56","token":"56","url":"\/56\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60584,"structure_id":15755,"section_number":"56-484.7:1","catch_line":"Offering of communications services","url":"\/56-484.7_1\/","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_1","metadata":false},{"id":84607,"structure_id":15755,"section_number":"56-484.7:2","catch_line":"Approval","url":"\/56-484.7_2\/","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_2","metadata":false},{"id":70967,"structure_id":15755,"section_number":"56-484.7:3","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-484.7_3\/","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_3","metadata":false},{"id":62050,"structure_id":15755,"section_number":"56-484.7:4","catch_line":"Revocation of Commission approval","url":"\/56-484.7_4\/","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_4","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":70967,"structure_id":15755,"section_number":"56-484.7:3","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-484.7_3\/","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-484.7:4\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 479<\/a> and 489<\/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. 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 2003, chapter 711<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71801,"section_number":"15.2-1500","catch_line":"Organization of local government","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1500\/"},{"id":60584,"section_number":"56-484.7:1","catch_line":"Offering of communications services","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-484.7_1\/"},{"id":84607,"section_number":"56-484.7:2","catch_line":"Approval","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-484.7_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62050,"identifier":"56-484.7:4","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_4","url":"\/56-484.7_4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-484.7_4\/","token":"56\/15\/5.1\/56-484.7_4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation of Commission approval","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-484.7:4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> may revoke its approval of a petition<\/span> under \u00a7 56-484.7:1<\/a> no earlier than five years after such approval if it finds (i) that the factors described in \u00a7 56-484.7:2<\/a> on which the approval was based no longer exist or are no longer being satisfied, or (ii) that the petitioner has not made satisfactory progress toward making generally available the qualifying communications services specified in the petition<\/span>. If the Commission<\/span> finds that such approval should be revoked, it shall determine a date by which the county, city, town, electric commission<\/span> or board, or authority shall cease to offer such qualifying communications services. In determining such date the Commission<\/span> shall allow a reasonable time for the entity to offer its equipment, infrastructure and other assets<\/span> related to such qualifying communications services for sale at fair market value, which shall be deemed to be no less than the amount of the indebtedness, for such equipment, infrastructure and other assets<\/span> related to such qualifying communications services. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of telecommunications equipment and services for intragovernmental purposes as specified in \u00a7 15.2-1500<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOCATION OF COMMISSION APPROVAL (\u00a7 56-484.7:4)\n\nThe Commission may revoke its approval of a petition under \u00a7 56-484.7:1 no\nearlier than five years after such approval if it finds (i) that the factors\ndescribed in \u00a7 56-484.7:2 on which the approval was based no longer exist or\nare no longer being satisfied, or (ii) that the petitioner has not made\nsatisfactory progress toward making generally available the qualifying\ncommunications services specified in the petition. If the Commission finds that\nsuch approval should be revoked, it shall determine a date by which the county,\ncity, town, electric commission or board, or authority shall cease to offer such\nqualifying communications services. In determining such date the Commission\nshall allow a reasonable time for the entity to offer its equipment,\ninfrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications\nservices for sale at fair market value, which shall be deemed to be no less than\nthe amount of the indebtedness, for such equipment, infrastructure and other\nassets related to such qualifying communications services. The provisions of\nthis section shall not apply to the use of telecommunications equipment and\nservices for intragovernmental purposes as specified in \u00a7 15.2-1500.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 479, 489; 2003, c. 711.","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}}