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Code of Virginia
Title 56. Public Service Companies
Chapter 15. Telegraph and Telephone Companies
7/26/2026

§ 56-484.18:2. Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Authority" means a regional emergency communications authority created pursuant to this article.

"Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the board of supervisors and, in the case of a city or town, the board, commission, council, or other body, in which the general legislative powers of the city or town are vested.

"Locality" means any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth.

"Participating locality" means any locality that has adopted an ordinance, agreement, or resolution to create or join an authority pursuant to this article.

"Public safety answering point" has the same meaning as provided in § 56-484.12.

2026, c. 730.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.