{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2108.24","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-2108.24","heading":"Regulation of facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements for certain cable operators","body":"A locality shall not impose through a franchise to provide cable service, whether by negotiation or by ordinance, any facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements on a cable operator that is (i) a certificated provider of telecommunications services that has a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in a locality or (ii) a certificated provider of telecommunications services that lacked prior consent to provide cable service in a locality but provided telecommunications services over facilities leased from an entity having a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in such locality, except that a municipality must meet the requirements of Article 1.1 (§ 15.2-2108.2 et seq.) of this chapter or otherwise be authorized to provide cable service.2006, cc. 73, 76.","path":["Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS","Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Chapter 21. FRANCHISES; SALE AND LEASE OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PUBLIC PROPERTY; PUBLIC UTILITIES","Article 1.2. LICENSING AND REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-2108.24/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"504a2080f22f05088f8b3cd0fb217e9f80476cedd844315d5a53788bbb031735","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2108.23","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2108.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}