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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77461</law_id><section_number>15.2-2108.3</section_number><catch_line>Scope of article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Provision of Cable Television Services by Certain Localities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Nothing in this article shall authorize any <span class="dictionary">county</span> or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth to (i) provide a <span class="dictionary">cable television service</span>; or (ii) purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate a facility for the purpose of providing a <span class="dictionary">cable television service</span>. <a id="paragraph-277859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this article shall apply to a municipality purchasing, leasing, constructing, or equipping facilities that are designed to provide services within the municipality, and that the municipality (i) uses for internal municipal government purposes; or (ii) by written <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a <span class="dictionary">private provider</span> to use the facilities in connection with a <span class="dictionary">private provider</span> offering <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>. <a id="paragraph-277860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 677.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
