                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATION BY STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION (§ 56-502)

Every cooperative organized under this chapter shall be subject to the
jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission with respect to telephone
services and facilities in the same manner and to the same extent as are other
similar utilities under the laws of Virginia, except that (i) the Commission
shall have no jurisdiction over the rates, service quality and types of service
offerings of the cooperative to its members; (ii) a cooperative shall not be
required to file a local service tariff with the Commission; and (iii) where a
cooperative establishes a cable television system, it shall be subject to
Article 1.2 (§ 15.2-2108.19 et seq.) of Chapter 21 of Title 15.2.

HISTORY: 1950, p. 594; 1956, c. 434; 1985, c. 405; 1996, c. 708; 1998, c. 252;
2001, c. 386; 2006, cc. 73, 76.