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2002 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 56-234 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 56-234. Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates.
It shall be the duty of every public utility to furnish reasonably adequate
service and facilities at reasonable and just rates to any person, firm or
corporation along its lines desiring same. It shall be their duty to charge
uniformly therefor all persons, corporations or municipal corporations using
such service under like conditions. However, no provision of law shall be
deemed to preclude voluntary rate or rate design tests or experiments, or other
experiments involving the use of special rates, where such experiments have
been approved by order of the Commission after notice and hearing and a finding
that such experiments are necessary in order to acquire information which is or
may be in furtherance of the public interest. The charge for such service shall
be at the lowest rate applicable for such service in accordance with schedules
filed with the Commission pursuant to § 56-236. But, subject to the provisions
of § 56-232.1, nothing contained herein contained or in § 56-481.1 shall be
construed as applicable apply to (i) schedules of rates for any
telecommunications service provided to the public by virtue of any contract
with, (ii) for any service provided under or relating to a contract for
telecommunications services with, or (iii) contracts for service rendered by
any telephone company to, the state government or any agency thereof, or by any
other public utility to any municipal corporation or to the state or federal government. The
provisions hereof shall not apply to or in any way affect any proceeding
pending in the State Corporation Commission on or before July 1, 1950, and
shall not confer on the Commission any jurisdiction not now vested in it with
respect to any such proceeding.
2. That the Secretary of Public Safety shall report by November 15, 2002, to the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees regarding its implementation of outstanding JLARC recommendations regarding inmate telephone calls. In this report, the Secretary shall also address future procurement plans to provide telephone service to inmates, including options for reducing costs to inmate families and the fiscal impact of such options.