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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370396</law_id><section_number>56-43</section_number><catch_line>Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties</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="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="5">Rates, Records, Reports, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council of any city or town or the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county within which any part of any <span class="dictionary">public service company</span> is located, it shall be the duty of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to make an examination of the physical condition and operation thereof. Before proceeding to make such examination in accordance with such application, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall give to the applicants and the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">person</span> operating any such line reasonable notice in writing of the time and place of entering upon the same. If upon such examination it shall appear to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that the complaint alleged by the applicant is well founded, it shall so adjudge and shall notify such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">person</span> of its adjudication; and, if such <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">person</span> fails for sixty days after such notification to remove the cause of complaint, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall impose the fines and penalties provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for its failure to obey the <span class="dictionary">orders</span> and requirements of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and enforce the collection thereof by its <span class="dictionary">judgments</span> and processes.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3721; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
