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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62056</law_id><section_number>56-231.18</section_number><catch_line>Name of other corporations not to include term &amp;#8220;electric cooperative&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;utility consumer services cooperative.&amp;#8221;</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="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Utility Consumer Services Cooperatives and Utility Aggregation Cooperatives</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Utility Consumer Services Cooperatives Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The words &#x201C;electric <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;utility consumer services <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span>&#x201D; shall not be used in the corporate name of <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> other than (i) those subject to the provisions of this chapter, (ii) nonstock <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> of which <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> are <span class="dictionary">members</span>, and (iii) <span class="dictionary">corporations</span>, all of the stock of which is owned by <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span>.</p></section></text><history>1999, c. 874; 2000, cc. 944, 999.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
