CHAPTER 620

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-232, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to definitions of “public utility” and “schedules”.

(H 771]
Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 56-232, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 56-232. The term “public utility” as used in §§ 56-233 to 56-240
and 56-246 to 56-249 shall mean and embrace every corporation (other
than a municipality), company, individual, or association of individuals
or cooperative, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any
court whatsoever, that now or hereafter may own, manage or control
any plant or equipment or any part of a plant or equipment within the
State for the conveyance of telephone messages or for the production,
transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, chilled air, chilled water,

ght, power, or water, or sewerage facilities, either directly or indirectly,
to or for the public.

But the term “public utility’ as herein defined shall not be construed
to include any corporation created under the provisions of Title 13 of
the Code of Virginia, and shall not be construed to include any corpora-
tion created under the provisions of Title 18.1 of the Code of Virginia
unless the articles of incorporation expressly state that the corporation
is to conduct business as a public service company.

The term “schedules” as used in §§ 56-234 through 56-245 shall in-
clude schedules of rates and charges for service to the public and also
contracts for rates and charges in sales at wholesale to other public utili-
ties or for divisions of rates between public utilities, but shall not include
contracts of telephone companies with municipal corporations or the
State government or contracts of other public utilities with municipal
corporations or the federal or State government, or any contract executed
prior to July one, nineteen hundred fifty.