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2009 SESSION
098077780Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 56-463 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 56-463. Company may contract for right-of-way, etc.
Every such telegraph or telephone company [ and
every cable operator that has a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in a
locality ] may contract with any person or corporation, the
owner of lands, or of any interest, franchise, privilege, or easement therein
or in respect thereto, over which such line is proposed to be constructed, for
the right-of-way for erecting, repairing, and preserving its poles and other
structures necessary for operating its line, and [ in the case of
telegraph or telephone companies, ] for sufficient land for the
erection and occupation of offices at suitable distances along its line for the
public accommodation. No such company [ or operator ] may
be required by the Commission or other [ governmental regulatory ]
entity to accept any such interest, franchise, privilege, or easement that
restricts the services that may legally be offered by the company [ or
operator ] .