                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSION AUTHORITY OVER RATES, RULES, CLASSIFICATIONS AND PRACTICES OF
RAILROAD COMPANIES (§ 56-99.2)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Corporation Commission
shall have the authority to administer and prescribe the rates, rules,
classifications and practices of railroad companies exclusively in accordance
with the provisions of Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the United States Code, as
amended by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, Public Law 96-448. The Commission
shall also have the authority to establish, by rule or regulation, standards and
procedures to administer the rates, rules, classifications and practices of
railroad companies exclusively in accordance with federal law.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 443.