PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES
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    PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES

    Amateur radio antennas; placement. Adding § 15.2-2293.1. (Patron-Edwards, SB 480)

    Cable television operator; public rights-of-way, franchise fees. Amending § 15.2-2108. (Patron-Robinson, HB 1148)

    Communications system network; localities may provide. Adding §§ 15.2-2160 through 15.2-2165. (Patron-Watkins, SB 663)

    Communications towers; subject to zoning and comprehensive plan requirements. Amending §§ 15.2-2232, 15.2-2280 and 56-458. (Patron-Quayle, SB 473)

    E-911 and 911 systems, wireline and wireless, and #77 service; Crime Commission to study effect of such calls on state and local public safety agencies. (Patron-Davies, HJR 215)

    E-911 telephone service; Crime Commission to conduct statewide study thereof. (Patron-Ingram, HJR 168)

    E-911 telephone service; exempts tax on lines dedicated to Internet access. Amending § 58.1-3813. (Patron-Hanger, SB 541)

    Electric cooperatives; business activities. Amending §§ 56-77, 56-82, 56-209, 56-210, 56-212, 56-217, 56-218, 56-225, 56-226 and 56-229; adding § 56-217.1. (Patron-Reasor, SB 687)

    Electric Industry Restructuring Act; created. Adding §§ 56-576 through 56-594. (Patron-Reasor, SB 688)

    Electric transmission lines, high voltage; to rescind and terminate annual monitoring and reporting requirements, Department of Health to report on results of studies conducted by National EMF Research and Public Information Dissemination Program created by Energy Policy Act of 1992. (Patron-Gartlan, SB 379)

    Electric Transmission Lines, High Voltage, Monitoring of Ongoing Research on Health Effects of; Annual Report of Department of Health (SJR 278, 1993). (SD 23)

    Electric utilities; taxation. Amending §§ 58.1-2626, 58.1-2627, 58.1-2628, 58.1-2633, 58.1-2660, 58.1-2690 and 58.1-3731; adding §§ 58.1-2900 and 58.1-2901. (Patron-Watkins, SB 619)

    Electric utility industry; memorializing Congress to consider effect on tax revenue and its localities by allowing retail competition by out-of-state generators of electricity. (Patron-Watkins, SJR 45)

    Electric utility industry; schedule for transition to retail competition. (Patron-Plum, HB 1172)

    Electric Utility Industry, Restructuring of; Report of Joint Subcommittee (SJR 259, 1997). (SD 40)

    Electric Utility Restructuring, Joint Subcommittee Examining; continued, appropriation. (Patron-Reasor, SJR 91)

    Eminent domain; joint subcommittee to study power granted to companies furnishing utility services, appropriation. (Patron-Keating, HJR 173)

    Franchises; regulation of open video systems. Adding § 15.2-2108.1. (Patron-Hull, HB 1079; Whipple, SB 578)

    Gas utilities; State Corporation Commission to ensure nonuse of ratepayer funds do not subsidize nonregulated activities. Adding § 12.1-12.1. (Patron-Parrish, HB 774)

    Highway projects; to include cost of removal of utility facilities. Amending § 33.1-56. (Patron-Watkins, SB 514)

    Income tax, corporate; applicable to wholesale electric power suppliers. Amending § 58.1-401; adding § 58.1-400.2. (Patron-Watkins, SB 620)

    Income tax, corporate; credit for purchase of machinery and equipment for processing recyclable materials. Adding §§ 58.1-439.7 and 58.1-439.8; repealing § 58.1-445.1. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 554; Holland, SB 312)

    Income tax, corporate; credit for purchase of waste motor oil burning equipment. Adding § 58.1-439.7. (Patron-Deeds, HB 513)

    Localities; organization of local government, authority to offer telecommunications equipment. Amending § 15.2-1500. (Patron-Callahan, HB 335)

    Natural gas companies; penalty for failure to comply with State Corporation Commission orders. Amending § 56-5.1. (Patron-Van Landingham, HB 377)

    Planning commissions, local; approval of telecommunications facilities. Amending § 15.2-2232. (Patron-Keating, HB 568)

    Prisoners; prohibits telephone solicitation calls thereby. Adding § 53.1-26.1. (Patron-O'Brien, HB 1176)

    Public utilities; certificate of convenience and necessity, consideration of environmental impact. Amending § 56-265.2. (Patron-Scott, HB 755)

    Public utilities; excludes telecommunications services from local acquisition. Amending § 15.2-2109. (Patron-Hall, HB 1005)

    Public utility companies; provisions for qualifying small power producers. Amending §§ 56-232 and 56-234. (Patron-Van Yahres, HB 485)

    Public utility service; refund or credit for excessive charges. Amending § 56-240. (Patron-Reynolds, SB 295)

    Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; eliminates participation of Department of Transportation. Amending § 56-557. (Patron-Cranwell, HB 90)

    Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; limitations on certain comprehensive agreements and contracts. Adding § 56-573.3. (Patron-Marshall, HB 456)

    Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; prohibits contracts and agreements for highway maintenance. Adding § 56-561.1. (Patron-Jackson, HB 1046)

    Railroad grade crossings; limitation on closure. Adding § 56-408.1. (Patron-Abbitt, HB 876)

    Railroad property; access by property owners. Adding § 56-408.1. (Patron-Bennett, HB 746)

    Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include public service companies in telecommunications business. Amending § 58.1-609.3. (Patron-Cranwell, HB 323)

    School boards; issuance of a telephone service or credit card that would bear name thereof. Adding § 22.1-89.3. (Patron-Schrock, SB 625)

    School bus drivers; prohibits certain cellular telephone use. Adding § 46.2-917.3. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 737)

    Telecommunication and telephone companies; definitions, taxation of revenues. Amending §§ 58.1-400.1, 58.1-2600 and 58.1-2662.1. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 553)

    Telecommunication facilities; costs of relocating in public rights-of-way. Amending §§ 56-458 and 56-462; adding §§ 56-468.1 and 56-468.2. (Patron-Robinson, HB 957; Whipple, SB 577)

    Telecommunication towers; acquisition of real property by localities for operation of a wireless radio communications system. Amending § 15.2-1800. (Patron-Cantor, HB 1237)

    Telecommunication towers; memorializing Congress to oppose any proposed Federal Communications Commission regulations that usurp local government's decision making regarding regulation thereof. (Patron-Wilkins, HJR 258)

    Telecommunications device; illegal to possess equipment to alter a cellular or wireless telephone. Amending §§ 18.2-190.1 through 18.2-190.4. (Patron-Reasor, SB 199)

    Telecommunications Markets, Local and Long Distance; Report of State Corporation Commission (HJR 635, 1997). (HD 15)

    Telephone and telegraph companies; deductions when calculating gross receipts taxation. Amending § 58.1-2662.1. (Patron-Parrish, HB 773)

    Telephone and telegraph companies; license tax exemptions on leased trucks, automobiles and real estate. Amending §§ 58.1-2627 and 58.1-2628. (Patron-Parrish, HB 378)

    Telephone companies; provisions for human operator-assisted services. Adding § 56-480.3. (Patron-Hull, HB 1410)

    Telephone cooperatives; removes from State Corporation Commission authority to regulate service charges thereof. Amending § 56-502; repealing §§ 56-501 and 56-501.01. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 464)

    Telephone Privacy Act; created. Amending § 59.1-200; adding §§ 59.1-470 through 59.1-476. (Patron-Parrish, HB 616; Grayson, HB 800)

    Telephone utilities, small investor-owned; redefined. Amending § 56-531. (Patron-Hanger, SB 330)

    Utility lines; underground relocation assessment upon owners of abutting property in Alexandria and Williamsburg Cities, and Prince William County. Amending § 15.2-2404. (Patron-Norment, SB 257)

    Utility lines; underground relocation assessment upon owners of abutting property in Williamsburg City. Amending § 15.2-2404. (Patron-Grayson, HB 1019)

    Utility taxes; exemption for churches in Manassas City. Amending §§ 58.1-3812 and 58.1-3814. (Patron-Marshall, HB 198)

    Virginia Power; commending. (Patron-Purkey, HJR 426)

    Wagonways; maintenance by railroads. Amending § 56-16. (Patron-Trumbo, SB 396)

    Water and sewer systems, private; escrow required. Adding § 56-265.12:1. (Patron-Reynolds, SB 403)

    Water or sewer utilities; credit for excessive charges for services. Adding § 15.2-2119.1. (Patron-Darner, HB 448)

    Water or sewer utilities; public hearings on rate changes. Amending §§ 56-265.13:5 and 56-265.13:6. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 739)

    Water or sewer utilities; public hearings on rate changes. Amending § 56-265.13:6. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 956; Reynolds, SB 294)

    Wireless Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Service Act; created. Amending § 2.1-1.5; adding §§ 56-484.8 through 56-484.11. (Patron-Keating, HB 1331)


    1998 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions and Documents - For additional information, please contact Legislative Information, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Telephone (804) 698-1500. Last Modified on October 07, 1998 at 11:22AM Eastern Daylight Time

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