Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Public Property

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Public Property.” It is part of Chapter 21 “Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities”, which is part of Subtitle II “Powers of Local Government”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 15.2-2100 Restrictions on selling certain municipal public property and granting franchises
§ 15.2-2101 Ordinance proposing grant of franchise, etc., to be advertised
§ 15.2-2102 How bids received and to whom franchise awarded
§ 15.2-2103 Award when no satisfactory bid received
§ 15.2-2103.1 Solar services agreements; nondisclosure of proprietary information
§ 15.2-2104 Bond of person awarded franchise, etc
§ 15.2-2105 How amendments made to franchise, etc.; notice required
§ 15.2-2105.1 Granting franchises for operation of a vehicular ferry transportation system
§ 15.2-2106 Powers of court to enforce obedience by mandamus, etc
§ 15.2-2107 Persons occupying or using streets, etc., contrary to law
§ 15.2-2108 Repealed
§ 15.2-2108.1 Regulation of open video systems
§ 15.2-2108.1:1 Franchise fees and public rights-of-way fees on cable operators