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That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0455\">455<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464607,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367487,"identifier":"53.1-1.1","token":"53.1\/1\/1\/53.1-1.1","url":"\/53.1-1.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-1.1\/","token":"53.1\/1\/1\/53.1-1.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Telephone systems within correctional facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-1.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall offer debit or prepaid telephone systems, in addition to any existing collect calling systems, which allow telephone calls to be placed to the telephone number or numbers on an approved call list. Such telephone systems shall be established with the lowest available rates. The maximum number of telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list shall be no fewer than 20. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall not receive any commission from such telephone systems.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTELEPHONE SYSTEMS WITHIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (\u00a7 53.1-1.1)\n\nThe Department shall offer debit or prepaid telephone systems, in addition to\nany existing collect calling systems, which allow telephone calls to be placed\nto the telephone number or numbers on an approved call list. Such telephone\nsystems shall be established with the lowest available rates. The maximum number\nof telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list shall be no fewer than\n20. The Department shall not receive any commission from such telephone systems.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 612; 2024, c. 455.","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"}}