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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370121</law_id><section_number>56-231.36</section_number><catch_line>Construction of article; conflicting laws</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="121" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="9.1">Utility Consumer Services Cooperatives and Utility Aggregation Cooperatives</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Utility Consumer Services Cooperatives Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This article is to be liberally construed and the enumeration of any <span class="dictionary">object</span>, purpose, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar <span class="dictionary">objects</span>, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things, and any provisions of other <span class="dictionary">laws</span> in conflict with the provisions of this article shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">cooperatives</span> operating hereunder. Any <span class="dictionary">object</span>, purpose, power, manner, method or thing which is not specifically prohibited is permitted.</p></section></text><history>1999, c. 874.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
