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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 140 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85772,"section_number":"56-265.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81549,"identifier":"56-508.15","token":"56\/16.3\/56-508.15","url":"\/56-508.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-508.15\/","token":"56\/16.3\/56-508.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration required for intrastate pay telephone service; pay telephone instruments disconnected upon suspension or revocation of registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-508.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall sell or resell intrastate telephone service<\/span> through pay telephone instruments without either being registered pursuant to this chapter with the State Corporation<\/span> Commission<\/span> or holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 (§ 56-265.1<\/a> et seq.) of this title. Upon suspension or revocation<\/span> of any registration, certificated carriers shall disconnect pay telephone instruments of the registrant as directed by order<\/span> of the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All persons<\/span> engaged in the sale or resale of intrastate telephone service<\/span> through pay telephone instruments as of July 1, 1993, shall, within the following 180 days, either acquire Commission<\/span> registration or demonstrate to the Commission<\/span> possession<\/span> of a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 of this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> As used in this chapter, “intrastate telephone service<\/span>” means telephone calls that originate and terminate within the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR INTRASTATE PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE; PAY TELEPHONE\nINSTRUMENTS DISCONNECTED UPON SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION (\u00a7\n56-508.15)\n\nA. No person shall sell or resell intrastate telephone service through pay\ntelephone instruments without either being registered pursuant to this chapter\nwith the State Corporation Commission or holding a certificate of public\nconvenience and necessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 (§ 56-265.1 et seq.) of\nthis title. Upon suspension or revocation of any registration, certificated\ncarriers shall disconnect pay telephone instruments of the registrant as\ndirected by order of the Commission.\n\nB. All persons engaged in the sale or resale of intrastate telephone service\nthrough pay telephone instruments as of July 1, 1993, shall, within the\nfollowing 180 days, either acquire Commission registration or demonstrate to the\nCommission possession of a certificate of public convenience and necessity\npursuant to Chapter 10.1 of this title.\n\nC. As used in this chapter, “intrastate telephone service” means\ntelephone calls that originate and terminate within the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 140.","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}}