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The Commission shall also have the authority to establish, by rule or regulation, standards and procedures to administer the rates, rules, classifications and practices of railroad companies exclusively in accordance with federal law.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1383187,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Corporation Commission shall have the authority to administer and prescribe the rates, rules, classifications and practices of railroad companies exclusively in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the United States Code, as amended by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, Public Law 96-448. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 443 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1478207,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370754,"identifier":"56-99.2","token":"56\/6\/1\/56-99.2","url":"\/56-99.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-99.2\/","token":"56\/6\/1\/56-99.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission authority over rates, rules, classifications and practices of railroad companies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-99.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, the State <span class=\"dictionary\">Corporation<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall have the authority to administer and prescribe the <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span>, rules, classifications and practices of <span class=\"dictionary\">railroad<\/span> companies exclusively in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the United States Code, as amended by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, Public <span class=\"dictionary\">Law<\/span> 96-448. 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The Commission\nshall also have the authority to establish, by rule or regulation, standards and\nprocedures to administer the rates, rules, classifications and practices of\nrailroad companies exclusively in accordance with federal law.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 443.","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"}}