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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71418</law_id><section_number>56-502</section_number><catch_line>Regulation by State Corporation Commission</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>Every <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> organized under this chapter shall be subject to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the State <span class="dictionary">Corporation</span> <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> with respect to <span class="dictionary">telephone services</span> and facilities in the same manner and to the same extent as are other similar utilities under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of Virginia, except that (i) the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have no <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the <span class="dictionary">rates</span>, service quality and types of service offerings of the <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> to its <span class="dictionary">members</span>; (ii) a <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> shall not be required to file a local service tariff with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; and (iii) where a <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span> establishes a cable television <span class="dictionary">system</span>, it shall be subject to Article 1.2 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/15.2-2108.19/">15.2-2108.19</a> et seq.) of Chapter 21 of Title 15.2.</p></section></text><history>1950, p. 594; 1956, c. 434; 1985, c. 405; 1996, c. 708; 1998, c. 252; 2001, c. 386; 2006, cc. 73, 76.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
