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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 874<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapters 944<\/a> and 999<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1478443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370125,"identifier":"56-231.40","token":"56\/9.1\/2\/56-231.40","url":"\/56-231.40\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-231.40\/","token":"56\/9.1\/2\/56-231.40","dublin_core":{"Title":"Names","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-231.40","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The words “electric cooperative<\/span>” or “utility aggregation cooperative<\/span>” shall not be used in the corporate name of any corporation<\/span> other than those subject to this chapter, or their wholly owned subsidiaries.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNAMES (\u00a7 56-231.40)\n\nThe words “electric cooperative” or “utility aggregation\ncooperative” shall not be used in the corporate name of any corporation\nother than those subject to this chapter, or their wholly owned subsidiaries.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 874; 2000, cc. 944, 999.","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"}}