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The General Assembly therefore deems this to be an entity conversion and for all purposes the BVU Authority is the same entity as Bristol Virginia Utilities, which is hereby converted to the BVU Authority. The BVU Authority shall exercise the rights and duties as hereinafter set out to provide the various utility services it currently lawfully provides all subject to the limitations as are herein set forth or referenced.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":261063,"text":"There is hereby created a political subdivision of the Commonwealth known as the BVU Authority.\n\t\tThe BVU Authority is created for the express purpose of receiving, by operation of this chapter, the powers, assets, and debts of that separately managed and financed division of the City of Bristol, Virginia, heretofore known as Bristol Virginia Utilities and to provide the services Bristol Virginia Utilities has provided or may lawfully provide. The General Assembly therefore deems this to be an entity conversion and for all purposes the BVU Authority is the same entity as Bristol Virginia Utilities, which is hereby converted to the BVU Authority. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 117<\/a> and 210<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":160615,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72489,"identifier":"15.2-7201","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7201","url":"\/15.2-7201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-7201\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation; public purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-7201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created a political subdivision of the Commonwealth<\/span> known as the BVU Authority<\/span>.\n\t\tThe BVU Authority<\/span> is created for the express purpose of receiving, by operation of this chapter, the powers, assets<\/span>, and debts of that separately managed and financed division of the City<\/span> of Bristol, Virginia, heretofore known as Bristol Virginia Utilities and to provide the services Bristol Virginia Utilities has provided or may lawfully provide. The General Assembly therefore deems this to be an entity conversion and for all purposes the BVU Authority<\/span> is the same entity as Bristol Virginia Utilities, which is hereby converted to the BVU Authority<\/span>. The BVU Authority<\/span> shall exercise the rights and duties as hereinafter set out to provide the various utility services<\/span> it currently lawfully provides all subject to the limitations as are herein set forth or referenced.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION; PUBLIC PURPOSE (\u00a7 15.2-7201)\n\nThere is hereby created a political subdivision of the Commonwealth known as the\nBVU Authority.\n\t\tThe BVU Authority is created for the express purpose of receiving, by\noperation of this chapter, the powers, assets, and debts of that separately\nmanaged and financed division of the City of Bristol, Virginia, heretofore known\nas Bristol Virginia Utilities and to provide the services Bristol Virginia\nUtilities has provided or may lawfully provide. The General Assembly therefore\ndeems this to be an entity conversion and for all purposes the BVU Authority is\nthe same entity as Bristol Virginia Utilities, which is hereby converted to the\nBVU Authority. The BVU Authority shall exercise the rights and duties as\nhereinafter set out to provide the various utility services it currently\nlawfully provides all subject to the limitations as are herein set forth or\nreferenced.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 117, 210.","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}}