Public Service Companies

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This is Title 56 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Public Service Companies.” It contains 710 laws divided across 93 structures.

Chapter 1	General Provisions
Chapter 2	Creation and Powers of Public Service Corporations
Chapter 2.1	Competitive Telephone Companies
Chapter 3	Issuance of Stocks, Bonds, Etc.
Chapter 4	Regulation of Relations With Affiliated Interests
Chapter 10.1	Utility Facilities Act
Chapter 5	Utility Transfers Act
Chapter 6	Transportation Companies Generally
Chapter 7	Air Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 8	Canal Companies [Repealed]
Chapter 9	Distribution and Power Supply Cooperatives [Repealed]
Chapter 17	State Operation of Public Utilities
Chapter 9.1	Utility Consumer Services Cooperatives and Utility Aggregation Cooperatives
Chapter 10	Heat, Light, Power, Water and Other Utility Companies Generally
Chapter 23	Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act
Chapter 24	Electric Utility Integrated Resource Planning
Chapter 10.2	Certain Water and Sewerage Systems Not Regulated as Public Utilities
Chapter 25	Natural Gas Conservation and Ratemaking Efficiency Act
Chapter 10.2:1	Small Water or Sewer Public Utility Act
Chapter 26	Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy Plan (SAVE) Act
Chapter 10.3	Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act
Chapter 29	Renewable Energy Co-Location of Distribution Facilities
Chapter 11	Express Companies [Repealed]
Chapter 30	Biogas Supply Infrastructure Projects
Chapter 12	Motor Vehicle Carriers Generally [Repealed]
Chapter 31	Eligible Infrastructure Replacement and Enhancement
Chapter 12.1	Household Goods Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 12.2	Petroleum Tank Truck Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 12.3	Sight-Seeing Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 12.4	Special or Charter Party Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 12.5	Restricted Parcel Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 12.6	Motor Vehicles of Railroad Companies [Repealed]
Chapter 12.7	Carriers by Motor Launch [Repealed]
Chapter 12.8	Limousines and Executive Sedans [Repealed]
Chapter 13	Railroad Corporations
Chapter 14	Steamship Companies [Repealed]
Chapter 14.1	Sight-Seeing Carriers by Boat [Repealed]
Chapter 15	Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Chapter 15.1	Wireless Communications Infrastructure
Chapter 16	Telephone Cooperatives Act
Chapter 16.1	Radio Common Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 16.2	Cellular Mobile Radio Communications Carriers [Repealed]
Chapter 16.3	Pay Telephone Registration Act
Chapter 18	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact [Repealed]
Chapter 19	Small Investor-Owned Telephone Utility Act
Chapter 20	Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988
Chapter 21	Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
Chapter 21.1	Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Safety
Chapter 22	Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 [Repealed]
Chapter 22.1	The Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002
Chapter 27	Qualified Projects of Natural Gas Utilities
Chapter 28	Natural Gas System Expansion Infrastructure