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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 402 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 1993 \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":[{"id":75560,"section_number":"58.1-3900","catch_line":"Filing of returns","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154783,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79158,"identifier":"15.2-2158","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/7\/15.2-2158","url":"\/15.2-2158\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2158\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/7\/15.2-2158","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fee for street lighting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2158","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Frederick County<\/span>, which provides street lighting service to certain of its residents, may by ordinance<\/span> charge a fee for the provision of the service, not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county<\/span> to procure, develop, and maintain such service, including a reasonable reserve. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> So long as the benefits of any street lighting can be shown to inure to the specific benefit of identifiable neighborhoods or discrete customers in approximately equivalent amounts, the fee may be calculated by dividing the total amount of the street lighting charge by the number of affected customers. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The fee authorized by this section with which the owner of any such property has been charged and which remains unpaid shall constitute a lien<\/span> against such property ranking on a parity with liens<\/span> for unpaid local taxes and administered and enforced in the same manner as provided in Chapter 39 (§ 58.1-3900<\/a> et seq.) of Title 58.1. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEE FOR STREET LIGHTING (\u00a7 15.2-2158)\n\nA. Frederick County, which provides street lighting service to certain of its\nresidents, may by ordinance charge a fee for the provision of the service, not\nto exceed the actual cost incurred by the county to procure, develop, and\nmaintain such service, including a reasonable reserve.\n\nB. So long as the benefits of any street lighting can be shown to inure to the\nspecific benefit of identifiable neighborhoods or discrete customers in\napproximately equivalent amounts, the fee may be calculated by dividing the\ntotal amount of the street lighting charge by the number of affected customers.\n\nC. The fee authorized by this section with which the owner of any such property\nhas been charged and which remains unpaid shall constitute a lien against such\nproperty ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid local taxes and administered\nand enforced in the same manner as provided in Chapter 39 (§ 58.1-3900 et\nseq.) of Title 58.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 402, \u00a7 15.1-360.1; 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}}