In General

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “In General.” It is part of Chapter 1 “General Provisions”, which is part of Title 56 “Public Service Companies”. It contains 15 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 15 sections.

§ 56-1	Definitions
§ 56-1.1	Designation as public service corporation
§ 56-1.2	Persons, localities, and school boards not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc
§ 56-1.2:1	Retail sale of electricity in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service
§ 56-1.3	Regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service
§ 56-2	Public service corporations, etc., governed by provisions of this title
§ 56-3	Expenses prior to organization
§ 56-4	Repealed
§ 56-5	Triple damages for injury to property of public service corporation
§ 56-5.1	Repealed
§ 56-6	Remedies of persons aggrieved by public service corporation's violation of law
§ 56-7	Common law, etc., remedies not altered or abridged
§ 56-8	Repeal of charter
§ 56-8.1	Free services to members of General Assembly and others prohibited
§ 56-8.2	Appeals in rate cases