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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-113. Creation; inclusion of town in new or enlarged district

The governing body of a county in the Commonwealth, upon the petition of 50 qualified voters of a proposed district or, if the proposed district contains less than 100 qualified voters, upon petition of 50 percent of the qualified voters of the proposed district, may, by ordinance, create a sanitary district or districts in and for the county, which ordinance shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the district.
With the approval of the board of supervisors of a county and the council of any town therein, such town or any part thereof may be included within a sanitary district created or enlarged under the provisions of this chapter.
1930, p. 1002; 1933, p. 32; 1936-7, p. 69; Michie Code 1942, § 1560m; 1970, c. 584; 2017, c. 14.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-114. Hearing and notice thereof

Upon the filing of the petition, the governing body of a county shall fix a day for a hearing on the question of the proposed sanitary district, which hearing shall embrace a finding of fact of whether creation of the proposed district or enlargement of the existing district is necessary, practical, fiscally responsible, and supported by at least 50 percent of persons who own real property in (i) the proposed district or (ii) in cases of enlargement, the area proposed to be included in an existing district. All interested persons who reside in or who own real property in (a) a proposed district or (b) an existing district in cases of enlargement shall have the right to appear and show cause why the property under consideration should or should not be included in the proposed district or enlargement of same at such hearing. Such hearing shall be subject to minimum standards regarding timeliness; notice of such hearing shall be given by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the county to be designated by the governing body, with the first publication appearing no more than 21 days before the hearing. No such district shall be created until the notice has been given and the hearing had.
1930, p. 1002; 1940, p. 173; Michie Code 1942, § 1560n; 1985, c. 104; 2017, c. 14; 2023, cc. 506, 507.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-115. Answer and defense

Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense thereto; and if upon such hearing the governing body of a county be of opinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposed district will not be benefited by the establishment of such district, then such property shall not be embraced therein.
1940, p. 173; Michie Code 1942, § 1560n; 2017, c. 14.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-116. Enlargement of sanitary districts

The governing body of a county, upon the petition of 25 percent of the qualified voters, if any, residing within the limits of the territory proposed to be added, may, by ordinance, extend the boundaries and enlarge any sanitary district created under the provisions of this article, which ordinance shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.
Upon the filing of the petition a hearing shall be had as provided in §§ 21-114 and 21-115, and the notice of such hearing may require all interested persons to appear and show cause why any special tax levied or to be levied in the sanitary district for special sanitary district purposes may not be likewise levied and collected in the territory proposed to be added to such district, and to appear and show cause why the net operating revenue derived in the added territory from the operation of any system or systems established under the provisions of § 21-118 may not be set apart to pay the interest on and retire at maturity the principal of any bonds theretofore issued in connection with such system or systems. Nothing in such ordinance enlarging a sanitary district as provided herein shall be construed to limit or adversely affect the rights and interests of any holder of bonds issued by the district, and such ordinance shall expressly preserve and protect such rights and interests. All interested persons who reside in or who own real property in (i) a proposed district or (ii) an existing district in cases of enlargement shall have the right to appear and show cause why the property under consideration should or should not be included in the proposed district or enlargement of same at such hearing.
1947, p. 136; Michie Suppl. 1948, § 1560s4; 1964, c. 517; 1985, c. 104; 2017, c. 14.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-116.1. Alteration of boundaries or reduction of area of sanitary districts in certain counties

Chapter 549 of the Acts of 1950, as amended by Acts 1952, c. 202, relating to alteration of boundaries or reduction of area of sanitary districts in any county adjoining a county having a population in excess of 2,000 per square mile, is incorporated in this Code by this reference.
1950, c. 549; 1952, c. 202.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-117. Merger of sanitary districts

Any two or more sanitary districts heretofore or hereafter created in any county under the provisions of this article may be merged into a single district by the governing body of the county, by ordinance, upon the petition of not less than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of each of the districts desiring to be so merged, which ordinance shall prescribe the metes and bounds and the name or other designation of the single district created by such merger. From and after the adoption of such ordinance, the governing body of such county shall, as to the single districts so created, have all the powers and duties, and be subject to all the conditions and limitations prescribed by § 21-118, and all funds then on hand to the credit of each of the districts so merged shall be merged into a single fund for the use and benefit of the consolidated district, unless otherwise ordered by the governing body of the county upon the hearing next herein provided for.
Upon the filing of the petition, a hearing shall be had before the governing body of the county, after notice as provided by § 21-114, which notice shall require all interested parties to appear and show cause, if any they can, (i) why the funds then on hand to the credit of each of the merged districts should not be merged into a single fund for the purpose above mentioned; and (ii) why a special tax should not be levied on all the property within the limits of the consolidated district, subject to local taxation, sufficient to pay the interest and create a sinking fund for payment of the principal at maturity of any then outstanding bonds theretofore issued by any one or more of the districts so merged.
Upon the hearing, such ordinance shall be adopted as to the governing body of the county may seem equitable and proper, concerning the combination of the funds on hand to the credit of each of the districts so merged and the levying of a special tax on all the taxable property within the limits of the consolidated district, for the purposes hereinabove mentioned, provided that such ordinance shall preserve and protect the rights of the holders of any such outstanding bonds, whose rights and interests shall not be limited or affected by any of the provisions of this section.
1942, p. 247; Michie Code 1942, § 1560s1; 2017, c. 14.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-117.1. Abolishing sanitary districts

Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under the provisions of the preceding sections of this article may be abolished by ordinance adopted by the governing body of such county, upon the petition of no less than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the district desired to be abolished or, if the district contains less than 100 qualified voters, upon petition of 50 percent of the qualified voters residing within the boundaries of such district.
Upon filing of the petition, the governing body of the county shall fix a day for a hearing on the question of abolishing the sanitary district, which hearing shall embrace a consideration of whether the property in the sanitary district will or will not be benefited by the abolition thereof, and the governing body of the county shall be fully informed as to the obligations and functions of the sanitary district. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the county to be designated by the governing body of the county, with the first publication appearing no more than 21 days before the hearing. No such district shall be abolished until the notice has been given and the hearing had.
Any interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining to the subject of the hearing.
Upon the hearing, such ordinance shall be adopted as to the governing body of the county may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the district and as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district, provided, however, that no such ordinance shall be adopted abolishing the sanitary district unless any bonds of the sanitary district that have theretofore been issued have been redeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created have been completed, or unless all obligations and functions of the sanitary district have been taken over by the county as a whole, or unless the purposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical or impossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by said sanitary district.
1954, c. 135; 2017, c. 14; 2023, cc. 506, 507.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.1. Authority to acquire property from United States or any agency thereof

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the governing body of any sanitary district may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the acquisition and purchase from the United States, or any agency thereof, whether now existing or hereafter created, of any equipment, supplies, materials, or other property, real or personal, in such manner as such governing body may determine.
It is the purpose of this section to enable sanitary districts to secure from time to time promptly the benefits of acquisitions and purchases as authorized by this section, to aid them in securing advantageous purchases, to prevent unemployment and thereby to assist in promotion of public welfare and to these ends such districts shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out such purpose, in addition to the expressed power conferred by this section. This section is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed.
1945, p. 35; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 2734e.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.2. Certain counties authorized to use sanitary district funds for certain purposes

The board of supervisors of any county operating sanitary districts under the provisions of this chapter as amended or under the provisions of an act or acts continued in effect by § 21-120, may use sanitary district funds for police protection and for construction and operation of community houses within the district, provided that this section shall apply only to Chesterfield County and Henrico County. Action hereunder shall be subject to the rights of the holders of any bonds issued by such district.
1952, c. 26; 2007, c. 813.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.3. Levy and expenditure of taxes in certain counties; validation of expenditures

In addition to the powers granted in § 21-118 of the Code of Virginia, the governing body of any county having a population in excess of 30,000 but not in excess of 35,000 and containing two cities of the first class, in which a sanitary district has been created pursuant to the provisions of this article, may levy and collect an annual tax upon all the property in such sanitary district subject to local taxation to pay the whole or any part of the cost of construction of a sewerage and/or water supply system in such district and to pay the costs of preliminary engineering surveys and other expenses in connection with the construction of any such system.
Such governing body may expend funds from the general county levy to pay the costs for which taxes are hereinabove authorized to be levied in anticipation of the collection of such taxes. Should it be determined that a sewerage and/or water supply system in such district is not feasible, or for any other reason should the same not be constructed, the governing body of said county, after the creation of such district has been ordered, may levy and collect an annual tax upon all the property within the boundaries of such sanitary district subject to local taxation, to reimburse the county's general levy fund for any expenditures advanced therefrom in connection with engineering surveys and other expenses in and about the creation of any such district. Any such expenditure made prior to April 3, 1952, is hereby validated.
1952, c. 555.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.5. Unified water supply and sewerage systems for counties and sanitary districts; power of county governing body to fix rates; application of Public Finance Act

Whenever the board of supervisors of any county, as the governing board of such county, shall enter into, or has heretofore entered into, an agreement with one or more sanitary districts located within such county whereby the county has agreed to connect, operate, maintain, alter, improve, add to and extend within and without the territory of such sanitary district or districts the water supply or sewerage systems, or the water supply and sewerage systems, of such county and such district or districts, or the water supply or sewerage systems, or the water supply and sewerage systems, of two or more such sanitary districts, in the manner of and as a unified single water supply or sewerage system, or a unified single water supply and sewerage system, each of which is hereinafter referred to in this chapter as a "unified system," then, notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of § 21-118.4 (e), such board of supervisors is empowered to fix and prescribe the rate of charge for the use of such unified system with a view to the needs of such unified system as a whole. Such unified system shall constitute a "project" and a "revenue producing undertaking" for the purposes of and as defined in the Public Finance Act, Chapter 26 (§ 15.2-2600 et seq.) of Title 15.2. Such county in respect of such project and revenue producing undertaking shall have all the powers granted to counties by the Public Finance Act. Water and sewer connection fees established by any county, city, town or sanitary district shall be fair and reasonable. Such fees shall be reviewed by the county, city, town or sanitary district periodically and shall be adjusted, if necessary, to assure that they continue to be fair and reasonable. Nothing herein shall affect existing contracts with bondholders which are in conflict with any of the foregoing provisions.
1972, c. 221; 1997, c. 12.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.6. Same; application of revenues; tax levy where revenues insufficient

Whenever a county and one or more sanitary districts have entered into an agreement for a unified water supply or sewerage system, or unified water supply and sewerage system, and such county has agreed therein to pay from the revenues of such unified system the principal of and interest on all bonds issued for water or sewer purposes, or both, as the case may be, by such sanitary district or districts, and to impose such schedule of rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use and services of such unified system so as to produce revenues sufficient for such payment, such county may also apply the revenues derived from such rates, rentals, fees and charges to the payment of the cost of operation and maintenance of the unified system, to the cost of renewals and replacements and to any other lawful purposes connected with or pertaining to such unified system, including the making of additions to and expansions of such unified system, to the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds issued by such county for the purpose of such unified system and to the creation and maintenance of such reserves as may be deemed necessary by such county to effect any financing for such unified system. The order of any priority of the application of such revenues to any of the foregoing purposes, including to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds of the sanitary districts, may be determined by the board of supervisors as the governing body of the county. If at any time the revenues derived from rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use and services of such unified system, are insufficient to provide for the operation and maintenance of the unified system, and for payment of principal of and interest on such bonded indebtedness of the sanitary district as the same shall become due, such sanitary district shall levy an annual tax upon all property in such sanitary district subject to local taxation to pay such principal and interest as the same shall become due. Nothing contained in the immediately preceding sentence shall, however, be construed to relieve the county of its obligations under any such agreement to impose rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use and services of such system sufficient to pay such costs of operation and maintenance and to provide for the payment of such principal and interest.
1972, c. 221.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.7. Same; payment to county of revenues held by district

Any agreement for the creation of a unified system may provide for the payment over to the county of net revenues held by the district or districts theretofore derived from the water supply or sewerage systems, or both, of the district or districts that are to become part of such unified system.
1972, c. 221.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-118.8. Same; ratification of prior agreements

Any agreement heretofore entered by a county with one or more sanitary districts with respect to a unified system containing provisions substantially in compliance with §§ 21-118.5, 21-118.6 or 21-118.7, and the proceedings heretofore taken with respect to such agreement, are hereby ratified, validated, confirmed and approved, notwithstanding that any provisions of said agreement may have been inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter prior to the enactment of §§ 21-118.5 to 21-118.8.
1972, c. 221.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-119. Sanitary districts are special taxing districts; nature of improvements; jurisdiction of governing bodies, etc., not affected

A. Each sanitary district created or purported to be created by the governing body of a county, heretofore or hereafter made and adopted pursuant to any general law of the Commonwealth, is hereby determined to be and is hereby made, from and after the date of such creation or purported creation, a special taxing district for the purposes for which created; and any improvements heretofore or hereafter made by or for any such district are hereby determined to be general tax improvements and of general benefit to all of the property within the sanitary district, as distinct from peculiar or special benefits to some or all of the property within the sanitary district.
B. Neither the creation of the sanitary districts as special taxing districts nor any other provision in this chapter shall in any wise affect the authority, power and jurisdiction of the respective county governing bodies, sheriffs, treasurers, commissioners of the revenue, circuit courts, clerks, judges, magistrates or any other county, district or state officer over the area embraced in any such district, nor shall the same restrict or affect in any way any county, or the governing body of any county, from imposing on and collecting from abutting landowners, or other landowners receiving special or peculiar benefits, in any such district, taxes or assessments for local public improvements as permitted by the Constitution and by other statutes of the Commonwealth.
C. Notwithstanding subsections A and B, the board of supervisors of Buckingham County, Nottoway County, or Westmoreland County may impose on, and collect from, landowners abutting a street being improved by the sanitary district a user fee for such service. Such fee may be enforced as provided in § 21-118.4.
1936, p. 497; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560s3; 1997, c. 261; 2005, c. 839; 2007, c. 813; 2017, c. 14.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-119.1. Transfer of certain sanitary districts to towns

(1) The governing body of any county in which a sanitary district has been established and subsequent thereto a town has been created, the boundaries of such town being the same as those of the sanitary district, is authorized to transfer all jurisdiction and control over such district to such town.
(2) Such transfer shall be subject to approval by the bondholders.
(3) Upon the transfer of such district to the town all power and authority of the county over the affairs of such district shall terminate and all such power and authority shall be transferred to and vest in the governing body of the town and all obligations and indebtedness of such district shall be and become an obligation of the town. Such transfer shall not be made, unless, in addition to the other conditions herein set forth, the governing body of such town assents thereto.
1952, c. 626.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-120. In certain cities and counties

Chapter 161 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, codified as §§ 1560a-1560l2 of Michie Code 1942 and Michie Suppl. 1946, and last amended by chapter 465 of the Acts of 1948, providing for sanitary districts in counties having more than 500 inhabitants per square mile or adjoining a county having more than 1,000 inhabitants per square mile or adjoining a city having a population of 170,000 or more, is continued in effect. Chapter 189 of the Acts of 1932, codified as §§ 1560t-1560z of Michie Code 1942, providing for sanitary districts in counties having a population of between 35,000 and 37,000 according to the census of 1930, is continued in effect. Chapter 232 of the Acts of 1944, codified as § 1560l3 of Michie Suppl. 1946, relating to levy of sanitary district tax in lieu of issuance of bonds in counties having an area of more than forty-five and less than sixty square miles, is continued in effect. Chapter 305 of the Acts of 1944, as amended by Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946, and Chapter 70 of the Acts of 1948, relating to levy of assessments in sanitary districts in counties adjoining a county having more than 1,000 inhabitants per square mile, is continued in effect.
The following amendments and repeal of Acts of Assembly continued in effect by this section are incorporated in this Code by this reference:
Amendments to Chapter 161, as amended, of the Acts of 1926.
Chapter 198 of the Acts of 1950.
Chapter 442 of the Acts of 1950.
Chapter 300 of the Acts of 1952.
Chapter 324 of the Acts of 1954.
Chapter 691 of the Acts of 1956.
Chapter 454 of the Acts of 1958.
Chapter 521 of the Acts of 1958.
Chapter 561 of the Acts of 1960.
Chapter 554 of the Acts of 1962.
Chapter 344 of the Acts of 1964.
Chapter 678 of the Acts of 1968.
Chapter 253 of the Acts of 1970.
Chapter 597 of the Acts of 1970.
Chapter 219 of the Acts of 1972.
Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1972.
Chapter 303 of the Acts of 1977.
Chapter 294 of the Acts of 1981.
Chapter 732 of the Acts of 1984.
Chapter 51 of the Acts of 1989.
Chapter 394 of the Acts of 1989.
Chapter 1025 of the Acts of 1999.
Repeal of Chapter 189 of the Acts of 1932.
Chapter 139 of the Acts of 1956.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121. Validation of proceedings

All proceedings had in the creation of sanitary districts in the Commonwealth prior to January 1, 1970, whether under general law or by special act, are validated and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created under existing law or by special act are declared to have been validly created and established notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation thereof.
1946, p. 64; 1958, c. 588; 1968, c. 62; 1970, c. 441.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121.1. Further validation of proceedings

All proceedings had in the creation of sanitary districts in the Commonwealth prior to June 30, 1954, whether under general law or by special act, are validated and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created, under existing general law or by special act, are declared to be validly created and established, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation thereof, including any curable unconstitutionality of a procedural character, such as failure of the act to correspond with title and such constitutional questions.
1950, p. 4; 1954, c. 68.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121.2. Additional validation of proceedings

All proceedings heretofore taken in the creation of sanitary districts of whatsoever kind in the Commonwealth of Virginia, whether under general law or special act, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created thereunder are hereby declared to have been validly created and established, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation thereof.
1960, c. 562; 1962, c. 26; 1964, c. 243.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121.2:1. Same; bond issues

All proceedings heretofore taken in the creation of sanitary districts of whatsoever kind in the Commonwealth of Virginia, whether under general law or special act, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created thereunder are hereby declared to have been validly created and established, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation thereof.
All proceedings heretofore taken and all elections heretofore held in sanitary districts of whatsoever kind in the Commonwealth of Virginia, whether under general law or special act, to provide for, and with respect to, the contracting of bonded indebtedness and the authorization, issuance, sale, execution and delivery of bonds by or on behalf of all such sanitary districts, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, notwithstanding any lack of power of the governing body of the county in which any such district is located to authorize and issue such bonds, or to authorize the execution, sale or delivery thereof, and notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in any such proceedings or elections, or in such execution, sale or delivery; and such bonds so issued or to be issued are and shall be binding, legal, valid and enforceable obligations of any such sanitary districts, notwithstanding any statutory limitation on the amount thereof.
It is the intention of the General Assembly that this section shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set out therein.
1966, c. 199.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121.3. Powers of districts created under other laws

Any sanitary district heretofore created under general law or special act shall have all of the powers specified in this article notwithstanding any limitations contained in any general law or special act pursuant to which such sanitary district was created and notwithstanding any limitations contained in the proceedings taken for the creation thereof.
1964, c. 165.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121.4. Powers of boards of supervisors and other governing bodies of counties with respect to sanitary districts

Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, the board of supervisors or other governing body of a county and the requisite number of qualified voters may, with respect to any and all sanitary districts of whatsoever kind, whether heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to this article or pursuant to any other general or special act, exercise all of the powers granted them by §§ 21-116, 21-117, 21-117.1, 21-118, 21-118.1 and 21-118.4.
1968, c. 275.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-121.5. Validation of certain actions

All proceedings had in the creation, enlargement or merger of sanitary districts in the Commonwealth prior to January 1, 1977, whether under general law or by special act, are validated and confirmed, and all such districts so created, enlarged or merged or attempted to be created, enlarged or merged under existing law or by special act are declared to have been validly created, established, enlarged or merged notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation, enlargement or merger thereof.
1977, c. 183.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-122. Authority to issue bonds; limitation of amount

The governing body of any county in which a sanitary district has been or may hereafter be created by general or special law shall have power, subject to the conditions and limitations of this article, to issue bonds of such sanitary district to an amount in the aggregate of not exceeding eighteen per centum of the assessed value of all real estate in the district subject to local taxation, for the purpose of raising the necessary funds to carry into effect any or all of the purposes specified in Article 1 (§ 21-112.22 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 21, provided, however, that such limitation of eighteen per centum shall not apply if the petition required by § 21-123 states the maximum amount of bonds to be issued, and if such bonds are to be issued for a specific undertaking from which the sanitary district may derive revenue, but from and after a period to be determined by the governing body of the county, not exceeding five years from the date of the election authorized in § 21-123, whenever and for so long as such undertaking fails to produce sufficient revenue to pay the cost of operation and administration (including interest on bonds issued therefor), and the cost of insurance against loss by injury to persons or property, and an annual amount to be covered into a sinking fund sufficient to pay, at or before maturity, all bonds issued on account of such undertaking, all such bonds outstanding shall be included in determining such limitation.
1946, p. 180; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z1; 1964, c. 165.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-122.1. Bonds for special purpose; no election required

The governing body of any county in which a sanitary district has been or may be created by general or special law shall have the power to issue bonds to satisfy improvements to water or sewerage systems mandated by the State Water Control Board, pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (P.L. 92-500).
The principal and interest on bonds issued under this section shall be paid by the governing body exclusively from revenues and receipts from the water or sewerage system which is to be improved.
For the purposes of this section, the term "mandated" shall also mean any agreement between a governing body and the State Water Control Board to come into compliance with the requirements of the State Water Control Law.
Issuance of such bonds shall be subject to the conditions or limitations of this article; however, no bond referendum shall be required for bonds to be issued pursuant to this section. The sections of this article pertaining to election requirements and procedures shall not be applicable where bonds are to be issued for the purposes set forth herein. In addition, the provisions of §§ 21-137.2 and 21-138, authorizing an annual tax to be levied upon all the property in the district in order to pay the principal and interest due on the bonds, shall not be applicable to bonds issued under this section.
All bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the effect that neither the faith and credit of the Commonwealth nor the faith and credit of any county, city, town or other subdivision of the Commonwealth are pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this section shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the Commonwealth or any county, city, town or other subdivision of the Commonwealth to levy any taxes whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment except from the funds pledged under the provisions of this section.
1986, c. 340.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-123. Order requiring election

The circuit court of such county, upon the petition of a majority of the members of the governing body of the county, or upon the petition of fifty qualified voters residing in such sanitary district, shall make an order in accordance with § 24.2-684 requiring the officers of election to open a poll and take the sense of the qualified voters of the district on the question whether the governing body shall issue bonds for one or more of the purposes for which the sanitary district was created.
1946, p. 181; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z2; 1976, c. 11.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-124. Conduct of election; canvass of returns, etc.

The election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by law for the conduct of regular elections, and the ballots shall be printed and voted, and the returns made and canvassed and the results certified, in accordance with the provisions of § 24.2-684.
1946, p. 181; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z3.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-125. Procedure after election

If it shall appear from the report of the commissioners of election that a majority of the qualified voters of the sanitary district voting on the question are in favor of issuing the bonds, the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall enter of record an order requiring the governing body to proceed at its next meeting to carry out the wishes of the voters as expressed at the election.
1946, p. 181; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z4.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-126. Inquiry into election and returns

Whenever the sense of the qualified voters of the district shall be taken on the question whether the governing body shall issue bonds for one or more of the purposes for which the sanitary district was created, election and returns shall be subject to the inquiry, determination and judgment of the circuit court of the county upon the written complaint of twenty-five or more of the qualified voters of the district, of an undue election or false returns, two of whom shall take an oath that the facts set forth in such complaint are true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and the court shall, in judging of such election and returns, proceed upon the merits thereof and determine concerning the same according to the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, but such complaint shall not be valid unless it shall have been filed within thirty days after the election in the office of the clerk of the court. The governing body of the county shall be made a defendant by summons or notice to its chairman of the filing of the complaint, and after such service of notice on the chairman of such governing body, either party, upon reasonable notice to the other, shall be at liberty to take depositions to sustain or invalidate such election. Service of notice on any three of the complainants shall be sufficient. The court shall proceed at its next term after such service of summons or notice to determine the contest without a jury on the evidence, oral or written, unless good cause be shown for a continuance, and shall make a proper record of its judgment. If the judgment be that the election was a valid one in favor of the issuance of bonds in the district, the court shall make an order in conformity with § 21-125.
1946, p. 181; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z5.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-127. Amount of bonds

The governing body at its next meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall determine what amount of bonds shall be issued for the purposes defined in the order calling the election.
The maximum amount of bonds issued shall in no case exceed the limitations prescribed in § 21-122, and in the event such governing body does not at such meeting direct the present issuing of all bonds, it may thereafter, from time to time, direct the residue thereof to be issued to carry out the wishes of the voters, so far as necessary, as expressed in such election.
1946, p. 181; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-127.1. Borrowing in anticipation of bond issue

(a) In anticipation of the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter and of the receipt of the proceeds of sale of such bonds, the governing body may on behalf of the sanitary district borrow money for the purpose for which such bonds have been authorized and within the maximum authorized amount of the bond issue. Each such loan shall mature and be paid within two years from the date of its original issue; provided, that on or after such maturity, any loan now outstanding or hereafter made may be extended from time to time, provided, further, that no such extension shall mature and be paid later than five years from the date of the original issue of said loan. The governing body may, in its discretion, retire any such loans by means of current revenues, special assessments, or other funds, in lieu of retiring them by means of bonds; provided that the maximum amount of bonds that has been authorized shall be reduced by the amount of such loans retired in such manner.
(b) Negotiable notes or other obligations shall be issued for all moneys borrowed under subsection (a). Such notes or other obligations may be renewed from time to time and money may be borrowed upon notes or other obligations from time to time for the payment of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, but all such notes or other obligations shall mature within the time limited by said subsection (a). The issuance of such notes or other obligations and other details thereof shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter with respect to bonds insofar as the same may be applicable.
(c) All such notes or other obligations heretofore issued on behalf of a sanitary district and proceedings had in connection therewith which conform to this section are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed and declared to be legal and as fully binding obligations as if issued under this section.
1966, c. 189; 1970, c. 124.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-128. Failure or refusal to issue bonds

In event the governing body, for any reason, fails or refuses to issue the bonds so authorized to be issued, the circuit court of the county may, upon the complaint of ten qualified voters of the district, and after ten days' notice to the chairman of the governing body, for cause shown, issue an order directing it to issue such bonds or any unissued residue thereof, or such portion thereof as the court may, from time to time, deem proper to be issued in order to carry out the wishes of the voters as expressed in the election.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-129. Agents for sale of bonds

The governing body shall have power to appoint an agent or agents to sell the bonds and to pay such agent or agents a commission for negotiating the sale not exceeding three per centum of the amount of bonds sold by them, provided the bonds shall be sold to be paid for in lawful money only, and shall not be sold at less than their par value. When such a sale has been negotiated, the governing body shall issue the bonds.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-130. Form of bonds

Such bonds may be either registered or with coupons attached, as the governing body may prescribe, and coupon bonds may be registerable as to principal, or as to principal and interest, at the option of the holder, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the governing body. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman and countersigned by the clerk of the governing body under its seal; shall be in denominations of $100 or some multiple thereof; shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable semi-annually, both principal and interest to be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the governing body, and shall be payable not exceeding thirty-four years from the date thereof, but may, in the discretion of the governing body, be made redeemable at such time or times within such period or periods and upon such notice as the governing body may prescribe and stipulate upon the face of the bond when issued.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-130.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed

Should any bond issued under this chapter become mutilated or be lost or destroyed, the governing body of the county may cause a new bond of like date, number and tenor to be executed and delivered in exchange and substitution for, and upon cancellation of, such mutilated bond and its interest coupons, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost or destroyed bond and its unmatured interest coupons. Such new bond shall not be executed or delivered until the holder of the mutilated, lost or destroyed bond (1) has paid the reasonable expense and charges in connection therewith and (2) in the case of a lost or destroyed bond has filed with the governing body and the county treasurer evidence satisfactory to such governing body and treasurer that such bond was lost or destroyed and that the holder was the owner thereof and (3) has furnished indemnity satisfactory to the county treasurer.
1962, c. 208.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-131. Delivery to treasurer

The governing body shall deliver the bonds to the treasurer of the county, who shall deliver them to the purchasers thereof, or to their order, upon the payment of the purchase price thereof.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-132. Liability of treasurer

The treasurer and his sureties shall be liable for the amount received for such bonds as though it were a county levy, and such funds shall be expended for the purposes for which the bonds were voted and none other.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-133. Cost of giving surety on additional bond or bonds required

The treasurer shall receive the reasonable cost of giving surety on such additional bond or bonds as may be required of him, if any, on account of his receipts heretofore or hereafter of such funds.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6; 1952, c. 283.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-134. Deposit of proceeds

The governing body may direct the treasurer to deposit the proceeds of the bond issue in such bank or banks as it may approve, to the credit of such treasurer, to be paid out on his checks therefor, and at the rate of interest to be specified, and all interest accrued therefrom shall be accounted for by the treasurer, and shall be expended for the purposes for which the bonds were issued, and insofar as not necessary therefor, shall be paid into the sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity.
1946, p. 182; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560z6.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts › Chapter 2 - Sanitary Districts › § 21-134.01. Allocation of county funds to sanitary districts

The governing body of any county may advance funds, not otherwise specifically allocated or obligated, from the general fund to a sanitary district to assist the sanitary district to initiate the project for which it was created.
1964, c. 242, § 15.1-26.1; 1997, c. 587.