CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATION OF FACILITY CONSTRUCTION OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR
CERTAIN CABLE OPERATORS (§ 15.2-2108.24)

A locality shall not impose through a franchise to provide cable service,
whether by negotiation or by ordinance, any facility construction or
rights-of-way management requirements on a cable operator that is (i) a
certificated provider of telecommunications services that has a franchise to use
the public rights-of-way in a locality or (ii) a certificated provider of
telecommunications services that lacked prior consent to provide cable service
in a locality but provided telecommunications services over facilities leased
from an entity having a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in such
locality, except that a municipality must meet the requirements of Article 1.1
(§ 15.2-2108.2 et seq.) of this chapter or otherwise be authorized to provide
cable service.

HISTORY: 2006, cc. 73, 76.