§ 56-260. Compensation for damages
If any company of the character mentioned in this chapter and such owner as is referred to in § 56-259 cannot agree on the terms of such contract as is referred to in § 56-259, the company may acquire such right-of-way in the manner provided by the laws of this Commonwealth for the exercise of […]
§ 56-260.1. Contract provisions exempting company from liability unlawful
No contract for an easement of right-of-way for a pipeline, power or telephone line, sewer, main or similar works shall contain any provision which purports to exempt the corporation erecting, laying or installing the same from liability for injuries sustained by any person or property by reason of the laying, constructing, maintaining, operating, repairing, altering, […]
§ 56-257.5. Manner of installing underground utility lines through agricultural operation
A. For purposes of this section: “Topsoil” means at least 12 inches of the surface soil layer or a six-inch layer of soil that includes the surface soil and the unconsolidated subsoil immediately below it. “Underground utility line” means an underground pipeline or conduit of an inside diameter greater than 12 inches or an underground […]
§ 56-258. Who to permit laying of pipelines in roads
The Commissioner of Highways or the board of supervisors or other governing body in any county that has withdrawn its county roads from the secondary system of state highways is authorized to enter into contract with water companies or other corporations or persons to lay water pipelines along the rights-of-way of public roadways and turnpikes. […]
§ 56-259.1. Instruments conveying easements to public service corporations
No instrument executed by a landowner after January 1, 2002, by which an easement of right of way in land is conveyed to a public service corporation shall be accepted for recordation in any Clerk’s office that maintains property records unless it bears the following provision: “NOTICE TO LANDOWNER: You are conveying rights to a […]
§ 56-259. Rights-of-way, etc., may be contracted for; location of easements of public service corporations
A. Any corporation of the character mentioned in this chapter or in Chapter 2 (§ 56-49 et seq.) may contract with any person or corporation, the owner of lands, or of any interest, franchise, privilege, or easement therein, over, under, or through which any pipeline transmitting petroleum products or natural gas, power or telephone line, […]
§ 56-257.2:1. Projects presenting material risk to public safety; licensed professional engineers; regulations
The Commission shall promulgate regulations requiring that a licensed professional engineer exercise responsible charge, as defined in § 54.1-400, over engineering projects that (i) involve gas pipeline facilities, as defined in the federal regulations promulgated under 49 U.S.C § 60101 et seq., as amended and adopted by the State Corporation Commission, and the federal pipeline […]
§ 56-257.3. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 35.
§ 56-257.4. Report by the State Corporation Commission on investigation of natural gas utilities incident
The Commission shall, upon written request, make available for public inspection within 30 days of the receipt of the request a report regarding the finalized enforcement action or investigation related to the death or personal injury necessitating inpatient hospitalization of any person, or estimated damage to property exceeding $50,000, that was the direct result of […]
§ 56-257.1. Means of locating nonmetallic underground conduits
Any plastic or other nonmetallic pressurized conduit installed underground on and after July 1, 1976, shall have affixed thereto a wire conductive of electricity or some other means of locating the conduit while it is underground. 1976, c. 556.