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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78387</law_id><section_number>15.2-5431.35</section_number><catch_line>Powers of localities to make grants and conveyances to and contracts with authority</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="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Virginia Wireless Service Authorities Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each political subdivision may:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Convey or lease to any <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, with or without consideration, any systems or facilities for the provision of qualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offering of communications services" href="/56-484.7_1/">56-484.7:1</a> et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56; <a id="paragraph-280947" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5431.35/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Contract</span>, jointly or severally, with any <span class="dictionary">authority</span> for the provision of qualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offering of communications services" href="/56-484.7_1/">56-484.7:1</a> et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56; <a id="paragraph-280948" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5431.35/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Contract</span> with any <span class="dictionary">authority</span> for terminating any service furnished by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> to any premises that is connected to the system of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> if the owner, tenant or occupant of such premises fails to pay any rates, fees or charges for the use of or for the services furnished by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> within the time or times specified in such <span class="dictionary">contract</span>; and <a id="paragraph-280949" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5431.35/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> In any instance in which a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> makes rights-of-way, poles, conduits or other permanent distribution facilities available to the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall make these facilities available to private providers of communications services in a nondiscriminatory basis unless the facilities have insufficient capacity for such access and additional capacity cannot reasonably be added to the facilities. <a id="paragraph-280950" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5431.35/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 643.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
