                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS; SPECIAL REPORTS; RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
PREVENT UNJUST DISCRIMINATION (§ 56-36)

The Commission shall also have the right at all times to inspect the books,
papers and documents of all public service companies doing business in this
Commonwealth, and to require from such companies, from time to time, special
reports and statements, under oath, concerning their business. It shall keep
itself fully informed of the physical condition of all railroads of the
Commonwealth, as to the manner in which they are operated, with reference to the
security and accommodation of the public, and shall, from time to time, make and
enforce such requirements, rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent
unjust or unreasonable discrimination by any public service company in favor of,
or against, any person, locality, community, connecting line, or kind of traffic
in the matter of car service, train or boat schedule, efficiency of
transportation or otherwise, in connection with the public duties of such
company.
		Const., § 156, par. (b); Code 1919, § 3710; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 38.
