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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 114<\/a> and 157<\/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 2023, chapter 318<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1476453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370321,"identifier":"56-345.1","token":"56\/13\/1\/56-345.1","url":"\/56-345.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-345.1\/","token":"56\/13\/1\/56-345.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice; consolidation, merger, abandonments, or discontinuances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-345.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any railroad company<\/span> operating in the Commonwealth that submits an application to the federal government for consolidation<\/span>, merger, abandonment, or discontinuance shall, contemporaneously with such application, notify the Commission<\/span>, the Governor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority of such action.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE; CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ABANDONMENTS, OR DISCONTINUANCES (\u00a7 56-345.1)\n\nAny railroad company operating in the Commonwealth that submits an application\nto the federal government for consolidation, merger, abandonment, or\ndiscontinuance shall, contemporaneously with such application, notify the\nCommission, the Governor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of\nNatural and Historic Resources, the Director of the Department of Rail and\nPublic Transportation, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail\nAuthority of such action.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 114, 157; 2023, c. 318.","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"}}