                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RELOCATION OF LINES OR WORKS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES ACQUIRED BY
COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (§ 56-458.1)

Whenever a telegraph or telephone company, or any company mentioned in Chapter
10 (§ 56-232 et seq.) of this title, shall be required by the Commonwealth
Transportation Board, or the Commissioner of Highways, to remove any part of its
lines or works off of the right-of-way of a road now or hereafter included in
either state highway system, or if any right-of-way, property or interest
therein used and occupied by such company with its lines or works, or part
thereof, is acquired by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, or the
Commissioner of Highways, for the uses of either such highway system, or if such
company is notified by such Board or Commissioner of the desire of such Board or
Commissioner to acquire such right-of-way, property, or interest therein, used
and occupied by such company with its lines or works, or part thereof, for the
uses of either such highway system, such company may relocate its lines or
works, or the part or parts thereof affected. If unable to agree with the owner
or owners for the right-of-way, or property, or interest therein for such
relocation, such company, in addition to its other powers, shall have the right
to acquire such rights-of-way, or property, or interest therein for the purpose
of such relocation of its lines or works, or part or parts thereof in the manner
provided by the laws of this Commonwealth for the exercise of the right of
eminent domain.

HISTORY: 1926, p. 507; Michie Code 1942, § 4384a.