56-43 - Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 56-43. Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties.

Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council of any city ortown or the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county withinwhich any part of any public service company is located, it shall be the dutyof the Commission to make an examination of the physical condition andoperation thereof. Before proceeding to make such examination in accordancewith such application, the Commission shall give to the applicants and thecorporation or person operating any such line reasonable notice in writing ofthe time and place of entering upon the same. If upon such examination itshall appear to the Commission that the complaint alleged by the applicant iswell founded, it shall so adjudge and shall notify such corporation or personof its adjudication; and, if such corporation or person fails for sixty daysafter such notification to remove the cause of complaint, the Commissionshall impose the fines and penalties provided by law for its failure to obeythe orders and requirements of the Commission and enforce the collectionthereof by its judgments and processes.

(Code 1919, § 3721; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.)