Designation as public service corporation

Va. Code Ann. § 56-1.1
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The State Corporation Commission may designate a business enterprise operating as a telephone or telecommunications company to be a public service corporation when, upon appropriate inquiry and public hearing, the Commission determines that the enterprise is engaged in any of the public utility services described in § 56-1 . However, this section shall not apply to any mutual telephone association existing prior to January 1, 1984. 1984, c. 648.
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