                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AVAILABILITY OF SYSTEM (§ 52-14)

The communication system provided for in this chapter may be made available for
use by any department or division of state government and by any county, city,
town, railroad, or other special police department lawfully maintained by any
corporation in the Commonwealth as well as agencies of the federal government,
subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. Application for permission to connect with the communication system shall be
made to the Superintendent of State Police on forms to be provided by him;

2. Such application may be approved by the Superintendent if, as, and when in
his discretion such connection is requisite and necessary for the best interests
of the entire system;

3. Upon approval of such application and before the applicant shall be connected
with the communication system, such applicant must agree to assume and pay all
rentals for sending and receiving stations, or receiving stations only, as may
be authorized by the Superintendent for installation within the jurisdiction of
the applicant, and any and all costs of installation and operation of such
stations; and

4. a. The Commonwealth shall pay all rental for necessary wire or circuit
mileage required to connect such stations operated by criminal justice agencies
of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, or the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, with the communication system; and
			b. All other agencies shall agree, as a condition of connection or continued
service, to assume and pay all rental for necessary wire or circuit mileage
required to connect such stations with the communication system.

HISTORY: 1938, p. 674; Michie Code 1942, § 2154(235); 1999, c. 150; 2022, c.
49.