Virginia Code 56-484.1: Definitions
The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 56-484.1
- Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 56-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
A. “Commission” shall mean the State Corporation Commission.
B. “Exchange” shall mean a geographical area established for the administration of communication services and consisting of one or more central offices together with associated facilities used in providing telephone exchange service. Exchanges are identified in the tariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission.
C. “Local service area” shall mean the entire area composed of an exchange or exchanges within which are located the telephones which a customer may call at the rates and charges specified for local exchange service in the tariffs of the telephone companies as filed with the Commission.
1976, c. 265.