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VA Code § 15.2-2109.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2109.3. Provision of natural gas distribution service within counties

Any municipal corporation or public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) shall have the authority:1. To purchase natural gas for resale within an area as described in subdivision 2 from any public utility that is certificated to provide natural gas distribution service within the Commonwealth, on such terms and conditions as the parties to such sale may agree;2. To provide natural gas distribution service within any underserved area or county that is adjacent to the boundaries of the municipal corporation or any political subdivision that is a member of the public service authority, as applicable, provided that the area is not within the certificated territory assigned to a public utility for the provision of natural gas service, upon notifying the State Corporation Commission of its commitment to provide such service in such areas. The municipality or public service authority shall not be required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the State Corporation Commission as a condition to providing natural gas distribution service within any such area; and3. Upon notifying the State Corporation Commission of its commitment to provide natural gas distribution service in such areas as described in subdivision 2, to exercise the same rights that a public service authority established pursuant to the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) has to acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, operate, and maintain any lines, pipelines, or other improvements necessary or appropriate for the provision of any stormwater control system or water or waste system or any combination of such systems under § 15.2-5114, except that such powers, including the powers to acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain lands or rights in land or water rights in connection therewith, except that such powers shall apply to the provision of natural gas distribution service, mutatis mutandis.2009, c. 749.
VA Code § 15.2-2110 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2110. Mandatory connection to water and sewage systems in certain counties

A. Amelia, Botetourt, Campbell, Cumberland, Franklin, Halifax, and Nelson Counties may require connection to their water and sewage systems by owners of property that may be served by such systems; however, those persons having a domestic supply or source of potable water and a system for the disposal of sewage adequate to prevent the contraction or spread of infectious, contagious, and dangerous diseases shall not be required to discontinue use of the same, but may be required to pay a connection fee, a front footage fee, and a monthly nonuser service charge that shall not be more than that proportion of a minimum monthly user charge as debt service compares to the total operating and debt service costs.B. Bland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Rockingham County, Smyth County, and Wythe County may require connection to their water and sewer systems by owners of property that can be served by the systems if the property, at the time of installation of such public system, or at a future time, does not have a then-existing, correctable, or replaceable domestic supply or source of potable water and a then-existing, correctable, or replaceable system for the disposal of sewage adequate to prevent the contraction or spread of infectious, contagious, and dangerous diseases. Such county may not charge a fee for connection to its water and sewer systems until such time as connection is required. However, Bland County, Smyth County, and Wythe County, in assuming the obligations of a public service authority, may assume such obligations under the same terms and conditions as applicable to the public service authority.The provisions of this subsection as they apply to Goochland County shall become effective on July 1, 2002.C. Buckingham County may require connection to its water and sewer systems by owners of property that can be served by the systems if the property, at the time of installation of such public system, or at a future time, does not have a then-existing or correctable domestic supply or source of potable water and a then-existing or correctable system for the disposal of sewage adequate to prevent the contraction or spread of infectious, contagious, and dangerous diseases. Such county may not charge a fee for connection to its water and sewer systems until such time as connection is required.1981, c. 44, § 15.1-292.1; 1990, c. 382; 1995, c. 282, § 15.1-292.1:1; 1996, c. 955; 1997, c. 587; 2000, cc. 777, 799; 2001, cc. 306, 326; 2002, c. 295; 2003, cc. 167, 215; 2004, cc. 24, 712, 816; 2005, c. 701; 2018, c. 309.
VA Code § 15.2-2111 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2111. Regulation of sewage disposal or water service

Any locality may exercise its powers to regulate sewage collection, treatment or disposal service and water service notwithstanding any anticompetitive effect. Such regulation may include the establishment of an exclusive service area for any sewage or water system, including a system owned or operated by the locality, the fixing of rates or charges for any sewage or water service, and the prohibition, restriction or regulation of competition between entities providing sewage or water service.No power herein granted shall alter or amend the powers or the duties of any present or future authority created pursuant to the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) nor confer any right or responsibility upon the governing body of any locality which would supersede or be inconsistent with any of the duties or responsibilities of the State Water Control Board.1984, c. 525, § 15.1-292.2; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2112 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2112. Agreements by political subdivisions for sewage or water service

Any two or more localities, authorities, sanitary districts or other public entities may enter into agreements or contracts that create one or more exclusive service areas for the provision of sewage or water service, that fix the rates or charges for any sewage or water service provided separately or jointly by such entities, and that restrict or eliminate competition between or among such entities and any other public entity for the provision of sewage or water service.1985, c. 6, § 15.1-306.1; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2113 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2113. Connections of fire suppression systems

Any locality, by ordinance, may require local water utilities to allow connections of fire suppression systems to the water supply. Such ordinances may prohibit any requirement for installing water meters on a fire suppression system, may prohibit charging an availability fee to provide water service to such fire suppression systems, and may prohibit connection charges exceeding the actual cost of connecting the water supply to the fire suppression system.1991, c. 265, § 15.1-292.3; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2114.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2114.01. Local Stormwater Management Fund; grant moneys

Any locality may by ordinance create a local Stormwater Management Fund consisting of appropriated local moneys for the purpose of granting funds to an owner of private property or a common interest community for stormwater management and erosion prevention on previously developed lands. Grants from such fund shall be used only for (i) the construction, improvement, or repair of a stormwater management facility; (ii) erosion and sediment control; or (iii) flood mitigation and protection measures that are part of a comprehensive flood mitigation and protection plan adopted by the locality. Grants made pursuant to clause (iii) shall, where practicable, prioritize projects that include nature-based practices.2019, cc. 344, 559; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 380.
VA Code § 15.2-2114.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2114.1. Car-washing fundraiser

No locality shall prohibit car washing as a noncommercial fundraising activity if the washing uses only biodegradable, phosphate-free, water-based cleaners, nor shall any permit issued pursuant to the State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.) prohibit the discharge of such noncommercial fundraising activity washwaters from a municipal separate storm sewer system.2018, c. 793.
VA Code § 15.2-2115 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2115. Purchase of gas, electric and water plants operating in contiguous territory

Whenever a locality leases or purchases any gas, electric or water plant operating within territory contiguous to the locality, the locality so leasing or purchasing shall have all of the rights, privileges and franchises of the person from which the property was leased or purchased and the power to operate, maintain and extend service lines in all the territory which the plant so leased or purchased had the right to do. Any locality leasing or purchasing any property hereunder shall be obligated to furnish, from the property so leased or purchased, or from any other source, an adequate supply of gas, electricity or water to the consumers of any person whose plant was leased or purchased. In the exercise of the powers granted by this section, localities shall be subject to the provisions of § 25.1-102 to the same extent as are corporations.Code 1950, § 15-716; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-293; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940.
VA Code § 15.2-2117 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2117. Contracts with sewerage or water purification company, etc.

Any locality may contract with any sewerage or water purification company to introduce, build, maintain and operate a system of sewerage and water purification or of sewers, pipes and conduits suitable, necessary and proper for the purification of the water supply or for the sewerage of any such locality, including the authority to contract for, and contract to provide, meter reading, billing and collections, leak detection, meter replacement and any related customer service functions. The authority granted localities under this chapter to enter into contracts with private entities includes the authority to enter into public-private partnerships for the establishment and operation of water and sewage systems.Any locality may also require the owners or occupiers of the real estate within the limits of any such locality, which may front or abut on the line of any such sewers, pipes or conduits, to make connections with and to use such sewers, pipes and conduits in accordance with ordinances and regulations the governing body deems necessary to secure the proper sewerage thereof and to improve and secure good sanitary conditions. The locality may also enforce the observance of all such ordinances and regulations by the imposition and collection of fines and penalties.Any locality, contracting with any company for the objects and purposes aforesaid may provide in any such contract for the fees and charges to be paid by the owners or occupiers of the properties within the limits of any such locality, to any such company for connecting with, tapping or using any such sewer, pipes or conduits introduced in any such locality as aforesaid.Any locality may make and enforce all such ordinances as may be necessary and proper to compel the payment of such fees and charges and may also do all other acts and things that may be necessary to establish, enforce and maintain under any such contract a complete system of water and sewerage purification and sewerage for any such locality.Code 1950, §§ 15-717, 15-718, 15-719; 1962, c. 623, §§ 15.1-294, 15.1-297, 15.1-298; 1997, c. 587; 2001, c. 120; 2002, c. 446.
VA Code § 15.2-2118 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2118. Lien for water and sewer charges and taxes imposed by localities

The governing body of any county adjoining a city lying wholly within the Commonwealth and with a population of more than 75,000 according to the 1970 or any subsequent census and any county having a density of population of more than 600 per square mile according to the 1960 or any subsequent census, Botetourt, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Franklin, Gloucester, Goochland, Hanover, Isle of Wight, New Kent, Orange and any town located therein, Prince George, Rockingham, Smyth, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and York Counties; the Cities of Fairfax, Manassas Park, Newport News, Petersburg, Richmond, Roanoke, and Suffolk; and the Towns of Abingdon, Blacksburg, Clifton Forge, Front Royal, Kenbridge, Onancock, and Urbanna may by ordinance provide that taxes or charges hereafter made, imposed, or incurred for water or sewers or use thereof within or outside such locality shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall attach (i) unless the user of the water or sewer services is also the owner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or executed the agreement by which such water or sewer services were provided to the property.Code 1950, § 15-717.1; 1950, p. 896; 1962, cc. 511, 623, § 15.1-295; 1977, c. 66; 1978, c. 478; 1980, c. 323; 1990, c. 382; 1991, c. 172; 1993, c. 359; 1994, c. 627; 1997, c. 587; 1998, cc. 313, 568; 1999, cc. 311, 767, 841; 2000, c. 287; 2002, c. 193; 2003, c. 191; 2004, cc. 24, 712; 2005, c. 730; 2006, cc. 645, 749; 2007, cc. 152, 886; 2008, cc. 332, 428; 2010, c. 631; 2011, cc. 340, 509, 533; 2012, cc. 354, 441, 620; 2014, cc. 430, 694.
VA Code § 15.2-2118.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2118.1. Lien for gas utilities charges and taxes imposed by localities

The governing body of any locality with a municipally-owned gas utility may by ordinance provide that taxes or charges hereafter made, imposed or incurred for gas service within or outside such locality shall be a lien on the real estate served by such gas utility. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall attach (i) unless the user of the gas utility services is also the owner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or executed the agreement by which such gas utility services were provided to the property. Nothing herein shall authorize a locality to require that municipal gas service be contracted for in the name of the owner of residential rental real estate if the lease between the owner and any tenant for such residential rental real estate provides that the tenant shall contract for such gas service.2001, c. 761.
VA Code § 15.2-2119.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2119.1. Credit for excessive water and sewer charges

A locality or authority, as such term is defined in § 15.2-5101, may provide a partial credit for excessive water and sewer charges where high water usage is caused by damaged pipes, leaks, accidents, or other intentional or unintentional causes.1998, c. 178; 2017, c. 736.
VA Code § 15.2-2119.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2119.2. Discounted fees and charges for certain low-income, elderly, or disabled customers

The City of Richmond or any locality that is the owner of a water and sewer system and that has a population density of 200 persons per square mile or less, and the Towns of Altavista and Louisa, by ordinance may develop criteria for providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income, elderly, or disabled customers.2013, cc. 361, 487; 2014, cc. 387, 514, 796; 2020, c. 149.
VA Code § 15.2-2119.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2119.3. Sustainable infrastructure financial assistance

The City of Richmond may by ordinance develop criteria for financial assistance to customers for plumbing repairs and the replacement of water-inefficient appliances.2014, cc. 387, 522.
VA Code § 15.2-2120 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2120. Enforcement of liens for water or sewer charges

A. Any lien for water and sewer charges when properly docketed in the clerk's office may be enforced in the same manner as taxes due a locality or by cutting off water or sewer service provided the public health or safety will not be endangered thereby.B. Such lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of such real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of such lien, until and except from the time that the amount of such fees and charges are entered in a judgment lien book in the circuit court for the locality wherein the real estate or a part thereof is located. It shall be the duty of the circuit court clerk to cause entries to be made and indexed therein from time to time upon certification by the locality.C. Such lien on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality of the total amount of such lien and the interest which may accrue to the date of such payment. It shall be the duty of the locality to deliver a certificate thereof to the person paying the same, and upon presentation thereof, the clerk having the record of such lien shall mark the entry of such lien satisfied.Code 1950, § 15-717.2; 1950, p. 896; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-296; 1977, c. 66; 1979, c. 239; 1994, c. 432; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2121 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2121. Regulations as to water, sewer and other facilities in subdivisions and development plans

Any locality which has adopted regulations under Chapter 22 (§ 15.2-2200 et seq.) governing the use and development of land may also adopt regulations, subject to the provisions of Chapter 3.1 (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.) of Title 62.1, fixing requirements as to the extent to which and the manner in which water, sewer and other utility mains, piping, conduits, connections, pumping stations and other facilities in connection therewith shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of an original plat of a subdivision or a development plan adopted pursuant to § 15.2-2286, or alteration of any such plat or a development plan adopted pursuant to § 15.2-2286. Such regulations may (i) require the water source to be an approved source of supply capable of furnishing the needs of the eventual inhabitants of such subdivision proposed to be served thereby, (ii) include requirements as to the size and nature of the water and sewer and other utility mains, pipes, conduits, connections, pumping stations or other facilities installed or to be installed in connection with the proposed water or sewer systems and (iii) include requirements to extend and connect to abutting or adjacent public water or sewer systems.Code 1950, § 15-719.1; 1954, c. 592; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-299; 1970, c. 572; 1997, c. 587; 2005, c. 567.
VA Code § 15.2-2123 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2123. Sewage treatment plants to include certain capability

Whenever the governing body of a locality or a combination of governing bodies of two or more localities is using the authority of this chapter to construct a new sewage treatment plant, or a hydraulic expansion or major upgrade of an existing sewage treatment plant, the facility shall be designed and constructed so that it has the capability to treat the septage from all onsite sewage disposal systems, which are not adequately served by another approved disposal site, located in the area of the locality or combination thereof to be served by such plant. However, the locality or combination thereof may limit the amount of septage that the sewage treatment plant is designed to accept in order to eliminate or reduce a disproportionate engineering, design, or fiscal burden that may be placed on the sewage treatment plant or its users, to utilize cost-effective regional approaches, or to address engineering design considerations including protection of biological treatment processes.The locality or combination thereof shall notify the Department of Environmental Quality of the septage treatment capability of the sewage treatment plant prior to the Department's issuance of a state certificate to construct for such new, expanded, or upgraded facility. The locality or combination thereof shall provide a copy of such notification to the Board of Health to assist the Board of Health in its long-range planning pursuant to § 32.1-163.2.This notification requirement shall not apply to any new project for which a preliminary engineering report has been submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality on or before December 31, 2008.1986, c. 329, § 15.1-317.1; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 389.
VA Code § 15.2-2124 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2124. Contracts between localities as to sewers, pumping stations, etc., to prevent pollution

Any two or more localities may enter into contracts for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of sewers, pumping stations, ventilation stations, treatment plants or works and any other plants and structures and all appurtenances necessary thereto as the localities deem proper to prevent the pollution of streams, lakes, ponds, bays, estuaries, inlets and other waters within and adjacent to such localities.Any contract shall also set forth, as nearly as may be ascertainable, the amount of money necessary for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of any works or structures and the part thereof to be provided by each locality.Code 1950, § 15-738; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-318; 1997, c. 587.