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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83216</law_id><section_number>12.1-28</section_number><catch_line>Notice and hearing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-221</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="12.1">State Corporation Commission</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Procedure Before the Commission and Appeals</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Before promulgating any general <span class="dictionary">order</span>, rule, or regulation, the Commission shall give reasonable notice of its contents and shall afford interested persons having objections thereto an opportunity to present <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and be heard. Every such <span class="dictionary">order</span> and notice of every such rule or regulation finally adopted by the Commission shall be published in the next annual report of the Commission, and a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, rule or regulation shall be delivered by the Commission to every person affected by it who requests a copy and copies shall be available to the public by application therefor to the Commission. This section shall control in the event it is deemed inconsistent with other provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span>.
		Before the Commission shall enter any <span class="dictionary">finding</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against any person, it shall afford such person reasonable notice of the time and place at which he shall be afforded an opportunity to introduce <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and be heard.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 12-54; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1994, c. 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
