                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPANY MAY CONTRACT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY, ETC (§ 56-463)

Every telegraph or telephone company and every cable operator that has a
franchise to use the public rights-of-way in a locality may contract with any
person, the owner of lands, or of any interest, franchise, privilege, or
easement therein or in respect thereto, over which such line is proposed to be
constructed, for the right-of-way for erecting, repairing, and preserving its
poles and other structures necessary for operating its line, and in the case of
telegraph or telephone companies, for sufficient land for the erection and
occupation of offices at suitable distances along its line for the public
accommodation. No such company or operator may be required by the Commission or
other governmental regulatory entity to accept any such interest, franchise,
privilege, or easement that restricts the services that may legally be offered
by the company or operator.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 4039; 2009, c. 331.