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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364478,"identifier":"45.2-806","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/2\/45.2-806","url":"\/45.2-806\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-806\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/2\/45.2-806","dublin_core":{"Title":" Stations and substations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-806","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Suitable warning signs shall be posted conspicuously at every transformer station. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every transformer station, substation, battery<\/span>-charging station, pump station, and compressor station shall be kept free of nonessential combustible material<\/span> and refuse. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Reverse<\/span>-current protection shall be provided at each storage-battery<\/span>-charging station to prevent the storage batteries from energizing a power circuit<\/span> in the event of power failure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n STATIONS AND SUBSTATIONS (\u00a7 45.2-806)\n\nA. Suitable warning signs shall be posted conspicuously at every transformer\nstation.\n\nB. Every transformer station, substation, battery-charging station, pump\nstation, and compressor station shall be kept free of nonessential combustible\nmaterial and refuse.\n\nC. Reverse-current protection shall be provided at each storage-battery-charging\nstation to prevent the storage batteries from energizing a power circuit in the\nevent of power failure.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-60.4, 45-82.2; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7\n45.1-76, 45.1-77; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.184; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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"}}