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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87088</law_id><section_number>56-500</section_number><catch_line>Consolidation or merger</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="16">Telephone Cooperatives Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any two or more <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> created under the provisions of this chapter may consolidate or merge into a single <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> in the manner prescribed by Title 13.1, which consolidated or merged <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall exercise all the powers and authority and shall be vested with all the rights, franchises and <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> of each of the <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> so consolidated or merged.</p></section></text><history>1950, p. 594; 1956, c. 434.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
