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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81549</law_id><section_number>56-508.15</section_number><catch_line>Registration required for intrastate pay telephone service; pay telephone instruments disconnected upon suspension or revocation of registration</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="16.3">Pay Telephone Registration Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall sell or resell <span class="dictionary">intrastate telephone service</span> through pay telephone instruments without either being registered pursuant to this chapter with the State <span class="dictionary">Corporation</span> <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/56-265.1/">56-265.1</a> et seq.) of this title. Upon suspension or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of any registration, certificated carriers shall disconnect pay telephone instruments of the registrant as directed by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-292087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-508.15/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All <span class="dictionary">persons</span> engaged in the sale or resale of <span class="dictionary">intrastate telephone service</span> through pay telephone instruments as of July 1, 1993, shall, within the following 180 days, either acquire <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> registration or demonstrate to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 of this title. <a id="paragraph-292088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-508.15/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> As used in this chapter, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">intrastate telephone service</span>&#x201D; means telephone calls that originate and terminate within the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-292089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-508.15/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 140.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
