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1996 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 578
Senate Amendments in [ ] -- February 1, 1996
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-479.1, relating to telephone long distance service; change of carriers.
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Patron-- Woods
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Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 56-479.1 as follows:

§ 56-479.1. Long distance service; change of carriers; prior authorization.

No telephone company shall cause the long distance carrier designation of any telephone customer to be changed following such customer's initial selection thereof when establishing or reestablishing telephone service, without having first received [ prior, express authorization therefor directly from the telephone customer. a statement from the long distance carrier that such carrier has received a letter of agency or letter of authorization from the customer. ]