                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SERVICE TO MEMBERS (§ 56-231.32)

No person shall become or remain a member unless such person shall use utility
services supplied by such cooperative and shall have complied with the terms and
conditions in respect to membership contained in the bylaws of such cooperative.
However, nothing in this article shall prevent a cooperative from engaging in
other lawful activities or enterprises. Should the cooperative acquire any
utility facilities already dedicated or devoted to the public use it may, for
the purpose of continuing existing service and avoiding hardship, continue to
serve the persons served directly from such facilities at the time of such
acquisition without requiring that such persons become members. Such nonmember
utility service customers shall have the right to become members upon
nondiscriminatory terms. The charges for regulated utility services to such
nonmembers shall be on a cost basis similar to the charges to members.

HISTORY: 1999, c. 874.