{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/56-533.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/56-533.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/56-533.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/56-533.html"}],"law_id":76084,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76084,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-533","catch_line":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","history":"1986, c. 337.","full_text":"Every small investor-owned telephone utility shall be subject to Chapters 1 (\u00a7 56-1 et seq.), 2 (\u00a7 56-49 et seq.), 10 (\u00a7 56-232 et seq.), 10.1 (\u00a7 56-265.1 et seq.), 10.3 (\u00a7 56-265.14 et seq.) and 15 (\u00a7 56-458 et seq.) of this title, except that the obligations of small investor-owned telephone utilities as to tariff filings shall be defined by this chapter. Small investor-owned telephone utilities shall also be subject to Chapters 3 (\u00a7 56-55 et seq.) and 4 (\u00a7 56-76 et seq.) of this title when they have affiliated interests as defined in \u00a7 56-76.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":273079,"text":"Every small investor-owned telephone utility shall be subject to Chapters 1 (\u00a7 56-1 et seq.), 2 (\u00a7 56-49 et seq.), 10 (\u00a7 56-232 et seq.), 10.1 (\u00a7 56-265.1 et seq.), 10.3 (\u00a7 56-265.14 et seq.) and 15 (\u00a7 56-458 et seq.) of this title, except that the obligations of small investor-owned telephone utilities as to tariff filings shall be defined by this chapter. Small investor-owned telephone utilities shall also be subject to Chapters 3 (\u00a7 56-55 et seq.) and 4 (\u00a7 56-76 et seq.) of this title when they have affiliated interests as defined in \u00a7 56-76.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16503,"edition_id":1,"name":"Small Investor-Owned Telephone Utility Act","identifier":"19","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12881,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:21:29","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:21:29","permalink":{"id":250337,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16503,"identifier":"19","token":"56\/19","url":"\/56\/19\/","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":86664,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-531","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/56-531\/","token":"56\/19\/56-531","metadata":false},{"id":86330,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-532","catch_line":"Tariff filings","url":"\/56-532\/","token":"56\/19\/56-532","metadata":false},{"id":76084,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-533","catch_line":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","url":"\/56-533\/","token":"56\/19\/56-533","metadata":false},{"id":69999,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-534","catch_line":"Construction of chapter; conflicting laws","url":"\/56-534\/","token":"56\/19\/56-534","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":86330,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-532","catch_line":"Tariff filings","url":"\/56-532\/","token":"56\/19\/56-532","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":69999,"structure_id":16503,"section_number":"56-534","catch_line":"Construction of chapter; conflicting laws","url":"\/56-534\/","token":"56\/19\/56-534","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-533\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 337 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64250,"section_number":"56-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-1\/"},{"id":75233,"section_number":"56-232","catch_line":"Public utility and schedules defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-232\/"},{"id":85772,"section_number":"56-265.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.1\/"},{"id":67078,"section_number":"56-265.14","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.14\/"},{"id":84023,"section_number":"56-458","catch_line":"Right to erect lines parallel to railroads; occupation of roads, streets, etc.; location of same","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-458\/"},{"id":54611,"section_number":"56-49","catch_line":"Powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-49\/"},{"id":63393,"section_number":"56-55","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-55\/"},{"id":58706,"section_number":"56-76","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-76\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76084,"identifier":"56-533","token":"56\/19\/56-533","url":"\/56-533\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-533\/","token":"56\/19\/56-533","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-533","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">small investor-owned telephone utility<\/span> shall be subject to Chapters 1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/56-1\/\">56-1<\/a> et seq.), 2 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers\" href=\"\/56-49\/\">56-49<\/a> et seq.), 10 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Public utility and schedules defined\" href=\"\/56-232\/\">56-232<\/a> et seq.), 10.1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/56-265.1\/\">56-265.1<\/a> et seq.), 10.3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title\" href=\"\/56-265.14\/\">56-265.14<\/a> et seq.) and 15 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Right to erect lines parallel to railroads; occupation of roads, streets, etc.; location of same\" href=\"\/56-458\/\">56-458<\/a> et seq.) of this title, except that the obligations of small investor-owned telephone utilities as to tariff filings shall be defined by this chapter. Small investor-owned telephone utilities shall also be subject to Chapters 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/56-55\/\">56-55<\/a> et seq.) and 4 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/56-76\/\">56-76<\/a> et seq.) of this title when they have affiliated interests as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/56-76\/\">56-76<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION BY STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION (\u00a7 56-533)\n\nEvery small investor-owned telephone utility shall be subject to Chapters 1 (\u00a7\n56-1 et seq.), 2 (\u00a7 56-49 et seq.), 10 (\u00a7 56-232 et seq.), 10.1 (\u00a7 56-265.1\net seq.), 10.3 (\u00a7 56-265.14 et seq.) and 15 (\u00a7 56-458 et seq.) of this title,\nexcept that the obligations of small investor-owned telephone utilities as to\ntariff filings shall be defined by this chapter. Small investor-owned telephone\nutilities shall also be subject to Chapters 3 (\u00a7 56-55 et seq.) and 4 (\u00a7 56-76\net seq.) of this title when they have affiliated interests as defined in \u00a7\n56-76.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 337.","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}}