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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 605 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1475693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370370,"identifier":"56-41.1","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-41.1","url":"\/56-41.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-41.1\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-41.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rates and charges for use of poles by telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-41.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The General Assembly has determined that the joint use of poles by electric light, heat and power companies, telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities is in the public interest and should be encouraged to the maximum extent possible. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The terms and rates<\/span> for the joint use of poles by electric light, heat and power companies, telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities shall be by agreement between the parties. In the event that the terms and rates<\/span> cannot be agreed upon by the interested parties, it shall be the duty of the Commission<\/span> to determine and establish such terms and the rates<\/span> to be paid for joint use. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRATES AND CHARGES FOR USE OF POLES BY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES, MUTUAL TELEPHONE\nASSOCIATIONS AND SMALL INVESTOR-OWNED TELEPHONE UTILITIES (\u00a7 56-41.1)\n\nA. The General Assembly has determined that the joint use of poles by electric\nlight, heat and power companies, telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone\nassociations and small investor-owned telephone utilities is in the public\ninterest and should be encouraged to the maximum extent possible.\n\nB. The terms and rates for the joint use of poles by electric light, heat and\npower companies, telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small\ninvestor-owned telephone utilities shall be by agreement between the parties. In\nthe event that the terms and rates cannot be agreed upon by the interested\nparties, it shall be the duty of the Commission to determine and establish such\nterms and the rates to be paid for joint use.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 605.","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"}}