                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FREE SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHERS PROHIBITED (§ 56-8.1)

No public service corporation doing business in this Commonwealth shall grant to
any member of the General Assembly or to any state, county, district, or
municipal officer any free pass, free transportation, or any rebate or reduction
in the rates charged by such corporation to the general public. Any public
service corporation violating this section and any person receiving any
privilege or benefit prohibited by this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall each be fined an amount not to
exceed $1,000 for each such offense. This section shall not be construed to
prevent any public service corporation from granting free transportation,
services or free passes to any person including those set forth herein who would
by virtue of their employment or service as an officer, director or otherwise be
entitled thereto, or to members of any police force or fire department while in
the discharge of their official duties.

HISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 9.