CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW CHANGES IN RATES EFFECTED; NOTICE REQUIRED; CHANGES TO BE INDICATED ON
SCHEDULES (§ 56-237)

No change shall be made in any schedule required to be filed pursuant to §
56-236, including schedules of joint rates, except after 30 days’ notice
to the Commission, in such manner as the Commission may require, and to the
public, in such manner as prescribed in § 56-237.1, and all such changed rates,
tolls, charges, rules, and regulations shall be plainly indicated upon existing
schedules or by filing new schedules in lieu thereof not less than 30 days prior
to the time the same are to take effect; provided, that the Commission may, in
particular cases, authorize or prescribe less time in which changes may be made;
and provided further that, in the case of water companies, the notice to the
public shall set forth the proposed rates and charges.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 4066; 1918, p. 674; 1924, p. 539; 1927, p. 123; 1954, c.
298; 1976, c. 763; 2011, cc. 738, 740.