Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Public Property

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Public Property.” It is part of Chapter 21 “Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities”, which is part of Subtitle II “Powers of Local Government”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”. It contains 13 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 15.2-2100	Restrictions on selling certain municipal public property and granting franchises
§ 15.2-2101	Ordinance proposing grant of franchise, etc., to be advertised
§ 15.2-2102	How bids received and to whom franchise awarded
§ 15.2-2103	Award when no satisfactory bid received
§ 15.2-2103.1	Solar services agreements; nondisclosure of proprietary information
§ 15.2-2104	Bond of person awarded franchise, etc
§ 15.2-2105	How amendments made to franchise, etc.; notice required
§ 15.2-2105.1	Granting franchises for operation of a vehicular ferry transportation system
§ 15.2-2106	Powers of court to enforce obedience by mandamus, etc
§ 15.2-2107	Persons occupying or using streets, etc., contrary to law
§ 15.2-2108	Repealed
§ 15.2-2108.1	Regulation of open video systems
§ 15.2-2108.1:1	Franchise fees and public rights-of-way fees on cable operators