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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 382; in 1956, chapter 655; in 1958, chapter 284; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1974, chapter 246; in 1990, chapter 501; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60755,"section_number":"15.2-2127","catch_line":"Disapproval of system by governing body; failure to disapprove within seventy days","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2127\/"},{"id":70230,"section_number":"15.2-2129","catch_line":"Contents of notice to governing body; further information","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2129\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54640,"section_number":"62.1-44.2","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154645,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54413,"identifier":"15.2-2126","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/4\/15.2-2126","url":"\/15.2-2126\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2126\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/4\/15.2-2126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to governing body required prior to construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, including municipal corporations, that proposes to establish a sewage system consisting of pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains or sewerage treatment plants, or any of them, or an extension of any existing system which is designed to serve three or more connections and used for conducting or treating sewage, as that term is defined in Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7 62.1-44.2<\/a> et seq.) of Title 62.1, to serve or to be capable of serving three or more connections shall, at least sixty days prior to commencing construction thereof, notify in writing the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span> in which such sewage system is to be located and shall appear at a regular meeting thereof and notify such governing body<\/span> in person. However, a town<\/span> proposing to construct or expand a sewage system shall not be required to provide notice in writing or in person to a county<\/span> if the county<\/span> itself does not operate a sewage system or provide sewerage services.\n\t\tIn any county<\/span> having a population of more than 70,000 according to the 1950 or any subsequent census or a county<\/span> adjoining a city<\/span> having a population of 230,000 or more according to the 1950 or any subsequent census, no extension of an existing system for the purpose of serving three or more connections shall be made by any person, firm or corporation, other than a municipal corporation, until a plan of such proposed extension, with proof of capacity to serve, has been filed with, and a permit for the extension has been obtained from, the sanitation engineer or other county<\/span> official, if any, designated therefor by the board of supervisors<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO GOVERNING BODY REQUIRED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 15.2-2126)\n\nAny person, including municipal corporations, that proposes to establish a\nsewage system consisting of pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains\nor sewerage treatment plants, or any of them, or an extension of any existing\nsystem which is designed to serve three or more connections and used for\nconducting or treating sewage, as that term is defined in Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7\n62.1-44.2 et seq.) of Title 62.1, to serve or to be capable of serving three or\nmore connections shall, at least sixty days prior to commencing construction\nthereof, notify in writing the governing body of the county in which such sewage\nsystem is to be located and shall appear at a regular meeting thereof and notify\nsuch governing body in person. However, a town proposing to construct or expand\na sewage system shall not be required to provide notice in writing or in person\nto a county if the county itself does not operate a sewage system or provide\nsewerage services.\n\t\tIn any county having a population of more than 70,000 according to the 1950 or\nany subsequent census or a county adjoining a city having a population of\n230,000 or more according to the 1950 or any subsequent census, no extension of\nan existing system for the purpose of serving three or more connections shall be\nmade by any person, firm or corporation, other than a municipal corporation,\nuntil a plan of such proposed extension, with proof of capacity to serve, has\nbeen filed with, and a permit for the extension has been obtained from, the\nsanitation engineer or other county official, if any, designated therefor by the\nboard of supervisors.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-739.7; 1954, c. 382; 1956, c. 655; 1958, c. 284; 1962,\nc. 623, \u00a7 15.1-326; 1974, c. 246; 1990, c. 501; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}