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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 117<\/a> and 210<\/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 2015, chapter 709<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1387717,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349202,"identifier":"15.2-7226","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7226","url":"\/15.2-7226\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-7226\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7226","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liberal construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-7226","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Neither this chapter nor anything contained herein is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that the Authority<\/span> might otherwise have under any laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth<\/span>, and this chapter is cumulative to any such powers, provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing provision shall be deemed to have expanded the powers of the Authority<\/span> to provide and operate telecommunication and related services, including without limitation, cable television, internet, and all other services that might be rendered by use of the Authority<\/span>’s fiber optic system, beyond existing restrictions and limitations thereon. This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIBERAL CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 15.2-7226)\n\nNeither this chapter nor anything contained herein is or shall be construed as a\nrestriction or limitation upon any powers that the Authority might otherwise\nhave under any laws of the Commonwealth, and this chapter is cumulative to any\nsuch powers, provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing provision shall be\ndeemed to have expanded the powers of the Authority to provide and operate\ntelecommunication and related services, including without limitation, cable\ntelevision, internet, and all other services that might be rendered by use of\nthe Authority’s fiber optic system, beyond existing restrictions and\nlimitations thereon. This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a\ncomplete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things\nauthorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers\nconferred by other laws.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 117, 210; 2015, c. 709.","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"}}