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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 300 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154653,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70974,"identifier":"15.2-2128","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/4\/15.2-2128","url":"\/15.2-2128\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2128\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/4\/15.2-2128","dublin_core":{"Title":"Denial of application for sewage system by governing body of county or town which has adopted master plan for sewerage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2128","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of general law<\/span> relating to the approval of sewage systems, the governing body<\/span> of any county<\/span> or town<\/span> which has adopted a master plan for a sewage system is authorized to deny an application for a sewage system if such denial appears to it to be in the best interest of the inhabitants of the county<\/span> or town<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR SEWAGE SYSTEM BY GOVERNING BODY OF COUNTY OR TOWN\nWHICH HAS ADOPTED MASTER PLAN FOR SEWERAGE (\u00a7 15.2-2128)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of general law relating to the approval of\nsewage systems, the governing body of any county or town which has adopted a\nmaster plan for a sewage system is authorized to deny an application for a\nsewage system if such denial appears to it to be in the best interest of the\ninhabitants of the county or town.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 300, \u00a7 15.1-327.1; 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}}