Code of Virginia § 15.2-2108.24. Regulation of facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements for certain cable operators.
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A locality shall not impose through a franchise to provide cable service, whether by negotiation or by ordinance, any facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements on a cable operator that is
(i)a certificated provider of telecommunications services that has a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in a locality or
(ii)a certificated provider of telecommunications services that lacked prior consent to provide cable service in a locality but provided telecommunications services over facilities leased from an entity having a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in such locality, except that a municipality must meet the requirements of Article 1.1 (§ 15.2-2108.2 et seq.) of this chapter or otherwise be authorized to provide cable service.
2006, cc. 73 , 76 .