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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 608 and 630 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55056,"identifier":"59.1-429","token":"59.1\/33\/59.1-429","url":"\/59.1-429\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-429\/","token":"59.1\/33\/59.1-429","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-429","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Division<\/span>” means the Division<\/span> of Consumer Counsel<\/span> in the Department of Law<\/span>.\n\t\t“Information provider<\/span>” means any person providing pay-per-call services<\/span>.\n\t\t“Long distance carrier<\/span>” means any interexchange telephone company<\/span> providing services within the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Pay-per-call service<\/span>” means any passive, interactive, polling, conference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed by telephone, through a 900 number exchange or otherwise, and generates a service-related fee billed to a telephone customer.\n\t\t“Telephone company<\/span>” means a certificated local exchange telephone company<\/span> which owns, manages, or controls any plant or equipment or any part of a plant or equipment within the Commonwealth for the conveyance of telephone messages, either directly or indirectly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-429)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Division” means the Division of Consumer Counsel in the\nDepartment of Law.\n\t\t“Information provider” means any person providing pay-per-call\nservices.\n\t\t“Long distance carrier” means any interexchange telephone company\nproviding services within the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Pay-per-call service” means any passive, interactive, polling,\nconference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed by telephone,\nthrough a 900 number exchange or otherwise, and generates a service-related fee\nbilled to a telephone customer.\n\t\t“Telephone company” means a certificated local exchange telephone\ncompany which owns, manages, or controls any plant or equipment or any part of a\nplant or equipment within the Commonwealth for the conveyance of telephone\nmessages, either directly or indirectly.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, cc. 608, 630; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}