Virginia Code 56-463: Company may contract for right-of-way, etc.
Every 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, 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.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 56-463
- Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 56-1
- company: includes all corporations created by acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, or under the general incorporation laws of this Commonwealth, or doing business therein, and shall exclude all municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, and public institutions owned or controlled by the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 56-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
- Person: includes individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. See Virginia Code 56-1
Code 1919, § 4039; 2009, c. 331.