{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-56-1.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 56-1.1","heading":"Designation as public service corporation","body":"The State Corporation Commission may designate a business enterprise operating as a telephone or telecommunications company to be a public service corporation when, upon appropriate inquiry and public hearing, the Commission determines that the enterprise is engaged in any of the public utility services described in § 56-1. However, this section shall not apply to any mutual telephone association existing prior to January 1, 1984.1984, c. 648.","path":["Title 56. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES","Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Article 1. IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/56-1.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:34Z","sha256":"d305f68684ba6694f0e7417115bbdedd0eb0f7e0920ef0d1671914b622a313c4","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-56-1","next":"us-va/va.-code-56-1.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}