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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 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0738\">738<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":370252,"section_number":"56-265.13:7","catch_line":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.13_7\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1475955,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370197,"identifier":"56-248","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-248","url":"\/56-248\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-248\/","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-248","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission to prescribe standard units of products or service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-248","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall ascertain and prescribe for each kind of public utility suitable standard commercial units of products or service. 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