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The Commission shall have discretion as to the extent to which it will exercise the authority granted to it in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter grants, affects, modifies, or limits any rights, duties, obligations, or authority of any entity, including the Commission, (i) pursuant to the provisions of 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 251 and 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 252 or (ii) related to wholesale telephone services and issues, including the payment of switched network access rates or other intercarrier compensation, interconnection, porting, and numbering.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290732,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall not have any jurisdiction and authority, including jurisdiction and authority over any obligation of a competitive telephone company to seek approval from the Commission, to regulate, supervise, or promulgate rules relating to the retail services, rates, and terms of service of a competitive telephone company, except as specifically enumerated in this chapter. The Commission shall have discretion as to the extent to which it will exercise the authority granted to it in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter grants, affects, modifies, or limits any rights, duties, obligations, or authority of any entity, including the Commission, (i) pursuant to the provisions of 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 251 and 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 252 or (ii) related to wholesale telephone services and issues, including the payment of switched network access rates or other intercarrier compensation, interconnection, porting, and numbering.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15639,"edition_id":1,"name":"Competitive Telephone Companies","identifier":"2.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12881,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:57:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:57:14","permalink":{"id":250381,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15639,"identifier":"2.1","token":"56\/2.1","url":"\/56\/2.1\/","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":78043,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.2","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/56-54.2\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.2","metadata":false},{"id":59757,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.3","catch_line":"Election to be regulated as a competitive telephone company","url":"\/56-54.3\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.3","metadata":false},{"id":81105,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.4","catch_line":"Commission authority over competitive telephone companies","url":"\/56-54.4\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.4","metadata":false},{"id":87278,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.5","catch_line":"Powers of the Commission","url":"\/56-54.5\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.5","metadata":false},{"id":80222,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.6","catch_line":"Duties of a competitive telephone company","url":"\/56-54.6\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.6","metadata":false},{"id":85634,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.7","catch_line":"Service provided to the Commonwealth","url":"\/56-54.7\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.7","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":59757,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.3","catch_line":"Election to be regulated as a competitive telephone company","url":"\/56-54.3\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.3","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":87278,"structure_id":15639,"section_number":"56-54.5","catch_line":"Powers of the Commission","url":"\/56-54.5\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.5","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-54.4\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 340<\/a> and 376<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":250391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81105,"identifier":"56-54.4","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.4","url":"\/56-54.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-54.4\/","token":"56\/2.1\/56-54.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission authority over competitive telephone companies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-54.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> shall not have any jurisdiction<\/span> and authority, including jurisdiction<\/span> and authority over any obligation of a competitive telephone company<\/span> to seek approval from the Commission<\/span>, to regulate, supervise, or promulgate rules relating to the retail services, rates<\/span>, and terms of service of a competitive telephone company<\/span>, except as specifically enumerated in this chapter. The Commission<\/span> shall have discretion as to the extent to which it will exercise the authority granted to it in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter grants, affects, modifies, or limits any rights, duties, obligations, or authority of any entity, including the Commission<\/span>, (i) pursuant to the provisions of 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 251 and 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 252 or (ii) related to wholesale telephone services and issues<\/span>, including the payment of switched network access rates<\/span> or other intercarrier compensation, interconnection, porting, and numbering.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSION AUTHORITY OVER COMPETITIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES (\u00a7 56-54.4)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall not have any\njurisdiction and authority, including jurisdiction and authority over any\nobligation of a competitive telephone company to seek approval from the\nCommission, to regulate, supervise, or promulgate rules relating to the retail\nservices, rates, and terms of service of a competitive telephone company, except\nas specifically enumerated in this chapter. The Commission shall have discretion\nas to the extent to which it will exercise the authority granted to it in this\nchapter. Nothing in this chapter grants, affects, modifies, or limits any\nrights, duties, obligations, or authority of any entity, including the\nCommission, (i) pursuant to the provisions of 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 251 and 47 U.S.C. \u00a7\n252 or (ii) related to wholesale telephone services and issues, including the\npayment of switched network access rates or other intercarrier compensation,\ninterconnection, porting, and numbering.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 340, 376.","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}}