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Such property shall include its lands, plants, works, buildings, machinery, pipes, mains, wells, basins, reservoirs and all appurtenances thereto and its contracts, easements, rights and franchises, including its franchise to be a corporation, whether such property, or any part thereof, is essential to the purposes of the corporation or not. However, any locality condemning property hereunder shall furnish water, at appropriate rates, to the customers of any water company whose property is condemned. The provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102 shall not apply in the case of condemnation of an existing water or sewage disposal system in its entirety.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310793,"text":"For the purpose of providing an adequate water supply or of acquiring, maintaining or enlarging a waterworks system, including chronically noncompliant waterworks, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-167, any locality, in addition to other powers conferred by law, may acquire, as provided in \u00a7 15.2-1800, within or outside or partly within and partly outside the limits of the locality, the property, in whole or in part, whensoever acquired, of any private or public service corporation operating a waterworks system or chartered for the purpose of acquiring or operating such a system. Such property shall include its lands, plants, works, buildings, machinery, pipes, mains, wells, basins, reservoirs and all appurtenances thereto and its contracts, easements, rights and franchises, including its franchise to be a corporation, whether such property, or any part thereof, is essential to the purposes of the corporation or not. However, any locality condemning property hereunder shall furnish water, at appropriate rates, to the customers of any water company whose property is condemned. 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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 1958, chapter 401; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1966, chapter 170; in 1987, chapter 200; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 648<\/a> and 774<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64664,"section_number":"15.2-1904","catch_line":"Possession of property prior to condemnation; authority to utilize expedited acquisition procedure conferred","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1904\/"},{"id":83457,"section_number":"15.2-1908","catch_line":"Council or other governing body to file copy of resolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1908\/"},{"id":81312,"section_number":"15.2-5114","catch_line":"Powers of authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5114\/"},{"id":56240,"section_number":"25.1-102","catch_line":"Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-102\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82693,"section_number":"15.2-1800","catch_line":"Purchase, sale, use, etc., of real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1800\/"},{"id":56240,"section_number":"25.1-102","catch_line":"Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-102\/"},{"id":62333,"section_number":"32.1-167","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-167\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86795,"identifier":"15.2-2146","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2146","url":"\/15.2-2146\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2146\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2146","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of localities to acquire certain waterworks system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2146","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of providing an adequate water supply or of acquiring, maintaining or enlarging a waterworks system, including chronically noncompliant waterworks, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-167<\/a>, any locality<\/span>, in addition to other powers conferred by law<\/span>, may acquire, as provided in \u00a7 15.2-1800<\/a>, within or outside or partly within and partly outside the limits of the locality<\/span>, the property, in whole or in part, whensoever acquired, of any private or public service corporation operating a waterworks system or chartered for the purpose of acquiring or operating such a system. Such property shall include its lands, plants, works, buildings, machinery, pipes, mains, wells, basins, reservoirs and all appurtenances thereto and its contracts<\/span>, easements, rights and franchises, including its franchise to be a corporation, whether such property, or any part thereof, is essential to the purposes of the corporation or not. However, any locality<\/span> condemning property hereunder shall furnish water, at appropriate rates, to the customers of any water company whose property is condemned. The provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102<\/a> shall not apply in the case of condemnation of an existing water or sewage disposal system in its entirety.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF LOCALITIES TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN WATERWORKS SYSTEM (\u00a7 15.2-2146)\n\nFor the purpose of providing an adequate water supply or of acquiring,\nmaintaining or enlarging a waterworks system, including chronically noncompliant\nwaterworks, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-167, any locality, in addition to other powers\nconferred by law, may acquire, as provided in \u00a7 15.2-1800, within or outside or\npartly within and partly outside the limits of the locality, the property, in\nwhole or in part, whensoever acquired, of any private or public service\ncorporation operating a waterworks system or chartered for the purpose of\nacquiring or operating such a system. Such property shall include its lands,\nplants, works, buildings, machinery, pipes, mains, wells, basins, reservoirs and\nall appurtenances thereto and its contracts, easements, rights and franchises,\nincluding its franchise to be a corporation, whether such property, or any part\nthereof, is essential to the purposes of the corporation or not. However, any\nlocality condemning property hereunder shall furnish water, at appropriate\nrates, to the customers of any water company whose property is condemned. The\nprovisions of \u00a7 25.1-102 shall not apply in the case of condemnation of an\nexisting water or sewage disposal system in its entirety.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-749; 1958, c. 401; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-335; 1966, c.\n170; 1987, c. 200; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940; 2007, cc. 648, 774.","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}}