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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370535</law_id><section_number>56-514</section_number><catch_line>Status as employee of utility unaffected by acceptance or refusal of employment by Commonwealth</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="10" identifier="17">State Operation of Public Utilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The status of no <span class="dictionary">person</span> as an employee of the utility shall be affected by either his acceptance of employment by the Commonwealth or by his refusal of such employment.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 696.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
