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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79542,"identifier":"15.2-2147","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2147","url":"\/15.2-2147\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2147\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2147","dublin_core":{"Title":"City acquiring plant within one mile of another city","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2147","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any city<\/span> acquires by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise, the property, rights and franchises of any private or public service corporation operating a waterworks system, whose plant is located within one mile of the corporate limits of any other city<\/span> and whose mains and pipes are laid in the streets of such other city<\/span>, and could thereby prevent the other city<\/span> from procuring water from the plant of such corporation, the city<\/span> so acquiring such property shall establish and maintain the same fees for water under similar conditions and circumstances and furnish the same quality and pressure of water, all conditions considered, to all consumers of the same class in the other city<\/span> as is furnished to consumers in the city<\/span> acquiring the property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCITY ACQUIRING PLANT WITHIN ONE MILE OF ANOTHER CITY (\u00a7 15.2-2147)\n\nIf any city acquires by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise, the\nproperty, rights and franchises of any private or public service corporation\noperating a waterworks system, whose plant is located within one mile of the\ncorporate limits of any other city and whose mains and pipes are laid in the\nstreets of such other city, and could thereby prevent the other city from\nprocuring water from the plant of such corporation, the city so acquiring such\nproperty shall establish and maintain the same fees for water under similar\nconditions and circumstances and furnish the same quality and pressure of water,\nall conditions considered, to all consumers of the same class in the other city\nas is furnished to consumers in the city acquiring the property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-751; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-337; 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}}