CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 56-531)

As used in this chapter, which may be cited as the “Small Investor-Owned
Telephone Utility Act”:”Commission” means the “State
Corporation Commission.”"Small investor-owned telephone utility”
means any investor-owned public utility (other than a cooperative) which serves
fewer than 100,000 access lines in Virginia and which owns, manages, or controls
any plant or equipment or any part of a plant or equipment within the
Commonwealth for the conveyance of telephone messages, either directly or
indirectly, to or for the public.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 337; 1987, c. 295; 1998, c. 64.