                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF LOCALITIES TO MAKE GRANTS AND CONVEYANCES TO AND CONTRACTS WITH
AUTHORITY (§ 15.2-5431.35)

Each political subdivision may:

1. Convey or lease to any authority, with or without consideration, any systems
or facilities for the provision of qualifying communications services as
authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7; 56-484.7:1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56;

2. Contract, jointly or severally, with any authority for the provision of
qualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7;
56-484.7:1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56;

3. Contract with any authority for terminating any service furnished by the
authority to any premises that is connected to the system of the authority if
the owner, tenant or occupant of such premises fails to pay any rates, fees or
charges for the use of or for the services furnished by the authority within the
time or times specified in such contract; and

4. In any instance in which a locality makes rights-of-way, poles, conduits or
other permanent distribution facilities available to the authority, the
authority shall make these facilities available to private providers of
communications services in a nondiscriminatory basis unless the facilities have
insufficient capacity for such access and additional capacity cannot reasonably
be added to the facilities.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 643.