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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 696 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1477257,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370531,"identifier":"56-510","token":"56\/17\/56-510","url":"\/56-510\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-510\/","token":"56\/17\/56-510","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty of Governor when there is threat of curtailment, interruption, etc., of operation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-510","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever in the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> of the Governor there is an imminent threat of substantial curtailment, interruption or suspension in the operation of any public utility hereinabove mentioned he shall promptly make an investigation to determine whether, in his <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span>, an actual curtailment, interruption or suspension of operation will constitute a serious menace or threat to the public health, safety or welfare, and if he concludes that it will, he shall forthwith <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> an executive proclamation so declaring and stating that at the time of such curtailment, interruption or suspension of operation he will take immediate <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of the utility, its plant and equipment, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the use of and operation by the Commonwealth. 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Where the Governor\nfinds it advisable for effectuation of the purposes hereof he may by\nproclamation advance or defer such taking of possession.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 696.","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"}}