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VA Code § 56-467 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-467. Restoring condition of ground

The portions of the surface of the parks, roads, turnpikes, streets, avenues, or alleys, or of any pavements opened up or disturbed in erecting, repairing, laying or replacing poles, wires, or cables, or in repairing conduits under the provisions of this chapter shall be immediately restored to and maintained in good condition by the company doing such work; and in case of the failure of such company to restore and maintain the same, the corporate authorities of the city or town, or the board of supervisors or other governing authority of the county, or the chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, as the case may be, may properly restore and maintain the same, and the costs thereof may be recovered by the city or town, or county, or Commonwealth, from such company, in any court of competent jurisdiction.Code 1919, § 4037; 1926, p. 908.
VA Code § 56-468 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-468. Endangering life or limb by stringing wires across other works

Whoever shall hereafter erect, string, or maintain wires for any telephone or telegraph lines, over or across the works, in this Commonwealth, of any company chartered as a work of internal improvement in any manner so as to endanger the lives or limbs of the employees of such company, or other person, shall, for each offense, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.Code 1919, § 4049.
VA Code § 56-468.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-468.2. Reimbursement for relocation costs

A. After July 1, 1998, certificated providers of telecommunications services shall receive reimbursement for eligible relocation costs incurred at the direction of a locality that imposes by ordinance the Public Rights-of-Way Use Fee or the Department of Transportation for new installations as defined in § 56-468.1 in any public rights-of-way in accordance with §§ 56-458 and 56-462 on the basis of age and according to the following schedule. Such reimbursement shall be received from either (i) the locality that granted the permit or franchise to use such right-of-way or (ii) the Commonwealth Transportation Board if the road or street is in the primary or secondary state highway system:1. For the first three years after the completion of the installation, the certificated provider of telecommunications service shall be reimbursed 100 percent of the eligible cost for the relocation of facilities installed in the public rights-of-way.2. For the fourth through sixth year after the completion of the installation, the certificated provider of telecommunications service shall be reimbursed 50 percent of the eligible cost for the relocation of facilities installed in the public rights-of-way.3. Beginning in the seventh year, the certificated provider of telecommunications service shall be responsible for the cost of relocating facilities installed in the public rights-of-way.Such reimbursement shall be received from either (i) the locality that granted the permit or franchise to use such right-of-way or (ii) the Commonwealth Transportation Board if the road or street is in the primary or secondary state highway system.B. The amount of relocation reimbursement in any fiscal year to be reimbursed under this section shall not exceed the amount of Public Rights-of-Way Use Fees received by that locality either directly or through its secondary highway fund apportionment in the preceding fiscal year. For facilities relocated in 1998 and 1999 at the direction of the locality or the Commonwealth Transportation Board, this limit on relocation reimbursement shall be the estimated annualized fees to be collected in that locality in 1998 for 1998 relocations and in 1999 for 1999 relocations. If the relocation reimbursement limit will be exhausted on a relocation project where two or more certificated providers of telecommunications service are eligible for relocation reimbursement, then the moneys available under the cap shall be shared by those eligible providers by prorating the reimbursement based on the reimbursement to which each provider would be entitled absent the limit.1998, cc. 742, 758; 2015, c. 256.
VA Code § 56-479 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-479. Commission to make rules; require connection between companies; inspect lines and buildings

The Commission shall keep itself fully informed of the condition of all the telephone companies of this Commonwealth as to the manner in which they are operated with reference to the accommodation of the public and shall, from time to time, make and enforce such requirements, rules and regulations as in its judgment will promote the efficiency of the service to be rendered, and to that end may require physical connection to be made between two or more lines at such place and in such manner as in its judgment the public service requires, having due regard to the interest of the companies to be affected thereby, as well as the effect upon their ability to render the best service to the public. The Commission may inspect and regulate the character of lines, buildings and other equipment used in the reception and transmission of messages, and may prohibit the paralleling of the lines of one company by those of another if in its judgment the efficiency of the service by either company or the public convenience will be injuriously affected.Code 1919, § 4055.
VA Code § 56-479.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-479.1. Long distance service; change of carriers; prior authorization

No telephone company shall cause the long distance carrier designation of any telephone customer to be changed following such customer's initial selection thereof when establishing or reestablishing telephone service, without having first received a statement from the long distance carrier that such carrier has received a letter of agency or letter of authorization or an electronic authorization by use of an 800 number or an oral authorization verified by an independent third party, or any other means of authorization that is approved by the Federal Communications Commission.1996, c. 476.
VA Code § 56-479.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-479.2. Anti-competitive acts; injunctive relief

A. No telecommunications service provider shall engage in anti-competitive acts or practices in connection with its provision of telecommunications services including price discrimination, predatory pricing or tying arrangements, as such terms are commonly applied in antitrust law.B. Any telecommunications service provider injured or threatened with injury by a violation of any of the provisions of this section or § 15.2-2160 may maintain a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, or both, and for reasonable costs and attorney's fees before the circuit court for the locality in which the injury occurs.2002, cc. 479, 489.
VA Code § 56-479.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-479.3. Authorization and verification for products, goods, and services to be billed on a telephone bill

A. As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:"Billing agent" means any entity that submits charges for products, goods, or services to the billing carrier on behalf of itself or any service provider."Billing carrier" means any telephone company that issues a telephone bill directly to customers."Service provider" means any entity that offers products, goods, and services to a customer and that directly or indirectly charges to or collects from a customer's bill received from a billing carrier an amount for such products, goods, or services.B. This section does not apply to (i) products, goods, or services offered by or bundled with the services of a telephone company or its affiliates; (ii) telephone calls that are customer initiated by dialing 1+, 0+, 0-, or 1010XXX or that a customer accepts as collect; or (iii) commercial mobile radio services.C. No service provider or billing agent shall willfully (i) add products, goods, or services not authorized by any customer or (ii) charge or attempt to collect charges from any customer for any such products, goods, or services without the customer's authorization. A customer is not liable for an amount charged through a billing carrier by a service provider or a billing agent without the authorization of the customer.D. A service provider or billing agent shall obtain verification of a customer's authorization before submitting charges for products, goods, or services directly or indirectly to the billing carrier. The verification may be in written, oral, or electronic form and shall be verified by an independent third party. The service provider shall retain the verification for a minimum of two years.E. A billing carrier shall not enter into an agreement to bill for any charges for products, goods, or services for a service provider or billing agent unless that agreement requires the service provider or billing agent to comply with subsection D.2010, c. 322.
VA Code § 56-480 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-480. Rates, etc., on file with Commission not to be questioned in courts; revision; proof

The reasonableness, justice and validity of any rate, charge, rule, regulation or requirement on file with the Commission for any telephone company shall not be questioned in any suit brought by any person in the courts of this Commonwealth against any such telephone company, wherein is involved the charges of such company for the transmission of messages, or the efficiency of the public service and in all the courts of this Commonwealth they shall be conclusively presumed to be reasonable, just and valid.All such schedules, rules, regulations and requirements shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules, rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission without further proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence, with a certificate of the clerk of the Commission that the same is a true copy of the schedule, rule, regulation or requirement on file with the Commission and so offered in evidence.Code 1919, § 4056; 1973, c. 378.
VA Code § 56-480.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-480.1. Time limit on institution of approved rates

No telephone company shall institute a rate for service contained within the official tariff of the company more than three years from the date such rate is approved by the State Corporation Commission.1975, c. 550.
VA Code § 56-480.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-480.2. Operator assistance at pay stations

No telephone company shall require the deposit of money in any pay station as a prerequisite to reaching the operator from such station.1979, c. 71.
VA Code § 56-481.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-481.1. Rates, charges, and regulations for interexchange telephone service

If under Chapter 10.1 (§ 56-265.1 et seq.) a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued to a telephone company to provide interexchange service, the Commission may, if it determines that such service will be provided on a competitive basis, approve rates, charges, and regulations as it may deem appropriate for the telephone company furnishing the competitive service, provided such rates, charges, and regulations are nondiscriminatory and in the public interest. In making such determination, the Commission may consider (i) the number of companies providing the service; (ii) the geographic availability of the service from other companies; (iii) the quality of service available from other companies; and (iv) any other factors the Commission considers relevant to the public interest. The Commission is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement this provision; provided that any such rules so promulgated shall be uniformly applicable to all telephone companies that are subject to the provisions of this section. The Commission shall permit the detariffing of interexchange service.1984, c. 721; 2011, cc. 738, 740.
VA Code § 56-481.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-481.2. Rates, charges and regulations for local exchange telephone services provided by new entrants

If, under subsection B of § 56-265.4:4, a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued to a new entrant to provide local exchange telephone service, the Commission shall at the same time adopt a form of regulation for the new entrant's local exchange services and, upon application pursuant to § 56-235.5, for the incumbent local exchange telephone company, that does not regulate the earnings of either. In approving the form of regulation of the new entrant's local exchange services, the Commission shall do so in a manner that is equitable to the new entrant and the incumbent local exchange telephone company and in the public interest. In determining the appropriate form of regulation for the new entrant, the Commission shall: (i) consider whether the form of regulation reasonably protects the affordability of basic local exchange telephone service, as such service is defined by the Commission, and reasonably assures the continuation of quality local exchange telephone service; and (ii) find that such action will not unreasonably prejudice or disadvantage any class of telephone company customers or telephone service providers, including the new entrant and incumbent local exchange telephone company, and is in the public interest. In approving the appropriate form of regulation for the new entrant, the Commission may take such action as it deems appropriate in the public interest, with due consideration being given to the competitiveness of the services, including deregulation and detariffing the services. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive the Commission of its power to modify the form of regulation, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, if it finds that competition or the potential for competition no longer effectively regulates the price of a service. Except as provided for in this section and in subsection B of § 56-265.4:4, no other provision of law relating to the regulation of rates, charges, and regulation of local exchange telephone services shall apply to the provision of such services by new entrants.1995, cc. 22, 35, 187; 2001, c. 75.
VA Code § 56-482 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-482. Agreements between telephone companies to be submitted to Commission

Upon demand of either party thereto or any person affected thereby all arrangements and agreements whatever between two or more telephone companies doing business in this Commonwealth, affecting or regulating the division of charges, earnings, or the manner of transmission of messages over their respective lines, or the physical connection between the lines of such companies, shall be submitted to the Commission for inspection insofar as they may affect the efficiency of the public service and the ability of the respective companies to best serve the public and be subject to its approval.Code 1919, § 4053.
VA Code § 56-482.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-482.1. Reports required of interexchange telephone companies

Each interexchange telephone company shall provide to the Commission in a timely manner any report or information concerning its usage of local exchange telephone services and facilities required under the effective access charge tariffs or schedules of a local exchange telephone company. The Commission shall prescribe rules and regulations to effectuate the purpose of this section. The requirement to provide any reports pursuant to such rules and regulations, other than reports required by the Commission to calculate the special revenue tax imposed under § 58.1-2660, shall expire on December 31 of each year unless extended by an order of the Commission issued after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.1984, c. 721; 2011, cc. 738, 740.
VA Code § 56-482.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-482.2. Penalties

Any interexchange company which willfully and knowingly fails to provide on time a report required by § 56-482.1 or willfully and knowingly understates the volume or type of use of service or facilities in such report shall be liable to the local exchange telephone company covered by such report. In the case of an unprovided report, the liability shall be two times the amount of the charges for the services and facilities as actually used. In the case of an understated report, the liability shall be for two times the difference between the charges for the services and facilities as actually used and the charges as computed on the basis of an understated report.1984, c. 721.
VA Code § 56-483 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-483. Refusal or neglect to make reports; obstructing Commission in discharge of duties; violations in general

Every officer, agent or employee of any telephone company, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report lawfully required by the Commission for the purposes of this chapter or who shall willfully or unlawfully delay or obstruct the Commission in the discharge of the duties imposed upon it by the Constitution or laws of this Commonwealth, or the rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission, connected with the objects and purposes of this chapter, shall be fined not exceeding $500 for each offense; and any telephone company which violates any of the provisions of this chapter or refuses to conform to or obey any lawful rule, order, regulation, or requirement of the Commission relating to the provisions of this chapter may, when not otherwise provided by law, be fined by the Commission in its discretion, in a sum not exceeding $10,000 for each offense and each day such company or corporation continues to violate any lawful rule, order or regulation prescribed by the Commission shall be a separate offense. Such penalty shall be imposed and enforced upon like proceedings and in like manner as are those prescribed for the violation of law or the rules and regulations of the Commission by transportation companies.Code 1919, § 4057; 2000, c. 986.
VA Code § 56-484 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-484. Foreign companies to obtain license

Every telephone or telegraph company, not incorporated by the laws of this Commonwealth, shall, as a condition precedent to the enjoyment of any right or privilege granted by this chapter, first obtain from the Commission a license to do business in this Commonwealth, and pay the fees and taxes imposed by law for such license.Code 1919, § 4036.
VA Code § 56-484.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-484.1. Definitions

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context:A. "Commission" shall mean the State Corporation Commission.B. "Exchange" shall mean a geographical area established for the administration of communication services and consisting of one or more central offices together with associated facilities used in providing telephone exchange service. Exchanges are identified in the tariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission.C. "Local service area" shall mean the entire area composed of an exchange or exchanges within which are located the telephones which a customer may call at the rates and charges specified for local exchange service in the tariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission.1976, c. 265.
VA Code § 56-484.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-484.3. Powers of Commission not restricted; rules and regulations

Nothing in this article shall restrict or alter the power of the Commission to change service areas on its own, on petition of any telephone company, or on petition of any subscriber. The Commission shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.1976, c. 265.
VA Code § 56-484.7:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-484.7:2. Approval

The Commission shall find that it is in the public interest to approve the offering of qualifying communications services as defined in § 56-484.7:1 unless it shall be demonstrated to the Commission and found that, within the geographic area specified in the petition: (i) the qualifying communications service specified in the petition as provided for in § 56-484.7:1 is readily and generally in the specified geographic area available from each of three or more nonaffiliated companies and is functionally equivalent for consumers in that specified geographic area to one or more services offered by each of the three or more competitors; (ii) the petition is not in compliance with the requirements of § 56-484.7:1; or (iii) the offering of the proposed qualifying communications services will not benefit consumers.1999, c. 916; 2002, cc. 479, 489; 2003, c. 711.
VA Code § 56-484.7:4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 56 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 15 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 56-484.7:4. Revocation of Commission approval

The Commission may revoke its approval of a petition under § 56-484.7:1 no earlier than five years after such approval if it finds (i) that the factors described in § 56-484.7:2 on which the approval was based no longer exist or are no longer being satisfied, or (ii) that the petitioner has not made satisfactory progress toward making generally available the qualifying communications services specified in the petition. If the Commission finds that such approval should be revoked, it shall determine a date by which the county, city, town, electric commission or board, or authority shall cease to offer such qualifying communications services. In determining such date the Commission shall allow a reasonable time for the entity to offer its equipment, infrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications services for sale at fair market value, which shall be deemed to be no less than the amount of the indebtedness, for such equipment, infrastructure and other assets related to such qualifying communications services. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of telecommunications equipment and services for intragovernmental purposes as specified in § 15.2-1500.2002, cc. 479, 489; 2003, c. 711.