{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/33.2-280.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/33.2-280.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/33.2-280.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/33.2-280.2.html"}],"law_id":360185,"edition_id":2,"section_id":360185,"structure_id":51524,"section_number":"33.2-280.2","catch_line":"Utility work database","history":"2024, c. 271.","full_text":"A\n\nAs used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Service connection&#8221; means any utility facility installed overhead or underground between a distribution main, pipelines, conduits, lines, wires, or other sources of supply and the premises of the individual customer.\n\n\t\t\t&#8220;Utility work&#8221; means the construction, installation, removal, or substantial maintenance of a privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing telecommunications, cable television, electricity, gas, oil, petroleum products, water, steam, storm water not connected with highway drainage, or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police signal system. &#8220;Utility work&#8221; does not include emergency maintenance or repairs or any work directly related to any individual service connection or service drop.\n\nB\n\nThe Department shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all utility work that has been approved by the Department and will occur within a highway right-of-way in a residential neighborhood, as specified by the utility. Such database shall include the location where such work will occur, the start date of such work, the projected end date of such work, the company administering such work, and any other relevant information; however, under no circumstances shall such database and map provide information on any (i) utility work within a right-of-way not maintained by the Department; (ii) critical utility infrastructure, as designated by the utility, that, upon disclosure, has the potential to jeopardize security or critical services, including Critical Energy Infrastructure Information and Controlled Unclassified Information; or (iii) information the permittee has designated as confidential. Such information shall be available in the database at least seven days prior to the start date of any such utility work and shall be deleted from such database 90 days after the completion of such work.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1340024,"text":"As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Service connection&#8221; means any utility facility installed overhead or underground between a distribution main, pipelines, conduits, lines, wires, or other sources of supply and the premises of the individual customer.\t\t\t&#8220;Utility work&#8221; means the construction, installation, removal, or substantial maintenance of a privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing telecommunications, cable television, electricity, gas, oil, petroleum products, water, steam, storm water not connected with highway drainage, or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police signal system. &#8220;Utility work&#8221; does not include emergency maintenance or repairs or any work directly related to any individual service connection or service drop.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1340025,"text":"The Department shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all utility work that has been approved by the Department and will occur within a highway right-of-way in a residential neighborhood, as specified by the utility. Such database shall include the location where such work will occur, the start date of such work, the projected end date of such work, the company administering such work, and any other relevant information; however, under no circumstances shall such database and map provide information on any (i) utility work within a right-of-way not maintained by the Department; (ii) critical utility infrastructure, as designated by the utility, that, upon disclosure, has the potential to jeopardize security or critical services, including Critical Energy Infrastructure Information and Controlled Unclassified Information; or (iii) information the permittee has designated as confidential. Such information shall be available in the database at least seven days prior to the start date of any such utility work and shall be deleted from such database 90 days after the completion of such work.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":51524,"edition_id":2,"name":"Department of Transportation","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":4,"parent_id":51514,"metadata":{"child_laws":32,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:43:28","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:29","permalink":{"id":1432129,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51524,"identifier":"4","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51514,"edition_id":2,"name":"Transportation Entities","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":2,"parent_id":51473,"metadata":{"child_laws":120,"child_structures":6},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:43:10","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:29","permalink":{"id":1431877,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51514,"identifier":"2","token":"33.2\/I\/2","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51473,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Provisions and Transportation Entities","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":51472,"metadata":{"child_laws":141,"child_structures":8},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:42:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:29","permalink":{"id":1431789,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51473,"identifier":"I","token":"33.2\/I","url":"\/33.2\/I\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51472,"edition_id":2,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":77,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":749,"child_structures":88},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:42:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:28","permalink":{"id":1431787,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51472,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":360125,"structure_id":51524,"section_number":"33.2-256","catch_line":"Department of Transportation established","url":"\/33.2-256\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-256","metadata":false},{"id":360127,"structure_id":51524,"section_number":"33.2-257","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/33.2-257\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-257","metadata":false},{"id":360126,"structure_id":51524,"section_number":"33.2-257.1","catch_line":"Notice to be provided to property owners of pending transportation projects","url":"\/33.2-257.1\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-257.1","metadata":false},{"id":360128,"structure_id":51524,"section_number":"33.2-258","catch_line":"Environmental permits for highway projects; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0271\">271<\/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":1432255,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360185,"identifier":"33.2-280.2","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-280.2","url":"\/33.2-280.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-280.2\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-280.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Utility work database","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-280.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Service connection<\/span>&#8221; means any utility facility installed overhead or underground between a distribution main, pipelines, conduits, lines, wires, or other sources of supply and the premises of the individual customer.<br \/><br \/>\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Utility work<\/span>&#8221; means the construction, installation, removal, or substantial <span class=\"dictionary\">maintenance<\/span> of a privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing telecommunications, cable television, electricity, gas, oil, petroleum products, water, steam, storm water not connected with <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> drainage, or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police signal system. &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Utility work<\/span>&#8221; does not include emergency <span class=\"dictionary\">maintenance<\/span> or repairs or any work directly related to any individual <span class=\"dictionary\">service connection<\/span> or service drop. <a id=\"paragraph-1340024\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-280.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all <span class=\"dictionary\">utility work<\/span> that has been approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and will occur within a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> right-of-way in a residential neighborhood, as specified by the utility. Such database shall include the location where such work will occur, the start date of such work, the projected end date of such work, the company administering such work, and any other relevant information; however, under no circumstances shall such database and map provide information on any (i) <span class=\"dictionary\">utility work<\/span> within a right-of-way not maintained by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>; (ii) critical utility infrastructure, as designated by the utility, that, upon disclosure, has the potential to jeopardize security or critical services, including Critical Energy Infrastructure Information and Controlled Unclassified Information; or (iii) information the permittee has designated as confidential. Such information shall be available in the database at least seven days prior to the start date of any such <span class=\"dictionary\">utility work<\/span> and shall be deleted from such database 90 days after the completion of such work. <a id=\"paragraph-1340025\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-280.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUTILITY WORK DATABASE (\u00a7 33.2-280.2)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Service connection&#8221; means any utility facility installed\noverhead or underground between a distribution main, pipelines, conduits, lines,\nwires, or other sources of supply and the premises of the individual\ncustomer.\t\t\t&#8220;Utility work&#8221; means the construction, installation,\nremoval, or substantial maintenance of a privately, publicly, or cooperatively\nowned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing\ntelecommunications, cable television, electricity, gas, oil, petroleum products,\nwater, steam, storm water not connected with highway drainage, or any other\nsimilar commodity, including any fire or police signal system. &#8220;Utility\nwork&#8221; does not include emergency maintenance or repairs or any work\ndirectly related to any individual service connection or service drop.\n\nB. The Department shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible database\nand map of all utility work that has been approved by the Department and will\noccur within a highway right-of-way in a residential neighborhood, as specified\nby the utility. Such database shall include the location where such work will\noccur, the start date of such work, the projected end date of such work, the\ncompany administering such work, and any other relevant information; however,\nunder no circumstances shall such database and map provide information on any\n(i) utility work within a right-of-way not maintained by the Department; (ii)\ncritical utility infrastructure, as designated by the utility, that, upon\ndisclosure, has the potential to jeopardize security or critical services,\nincluding Critical Energy Infrastructure Information and Controlled Unclassified\nInformation; or (iii) information the permittee has designated as confidential.\nSuch information shall be available in the database at least seven days prior to\nthe start date of any such utility work and shall be deleted from such database\n90 days after the completion of such work.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 271.","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"}}