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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 643<\/a> and 652<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1381383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347679,"identifier":"15.2-2108.1","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2108.1","url":"\/15.2-2108.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2108.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2108.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of open video systems","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2108.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A locality<\/span> may regulate any open video system authorized pursuant to 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 573 to the maximum extent permitted by federal law<\/span>, including without limitation the (i) imposition of a gross revenues fee, if such locality<\/span> has not adopted a currently effective ordinance<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 58.1-3818.3 and (ii) requirement of the provision and support of public, educational and governmental access channels on any such system.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF OPEN VIDEO SYSTEMS (\u00a7 15.2-2108.1)\n\nA locality may regulate any open video system authorized pursuant to 47 U.S.C.\n\u00a7 573 to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, including without\nlimitation the (i) imposition of a gross revenues fee, if such locality has not\nadopted a currently effective ordinance pursuant to \u00a7 58.1-3818.3 and (ii)\nrequirement of the provision and support of public, educational and governmental\naccess channels on any such system.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 643, 652.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}