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Unless limited elsewhere in this chapter, the Authority shall also possess all those powers, subject to the limitations and restrictions thereon, as granted to the City, the Bristol Virginia Utilities Board, and BVU by Chapter 479 of the Acts of Assembly of 2002, Chapters 539, 546, and 677 of the Acts of Assembly 2003, Chapter 586 of the Acts of Assembly of 2004, Chapter 258 of the Acts of Assembly of 2005, Chapters 607 and 682 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, and Chapters 99 and 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":208572,"text":"Unless limited elsewhere in this chapter, the Authority shall have those powers possessed by the City of Bristol necessary and convenient for the provision of electric, water and sanitary sewer services, and those powers possessed by the Bristol Virginia Utilities Board and the division of the city known as Bristol Virginia Utilities as they existed on July 1, 2001, in the Charter of the City of Bristol, Virginia, and the general laws of the Commonwealth. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0117\">117<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0210\">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. 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 2016, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0724\">724<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0725\">725<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62252,"section_number":"15.2-7207","catch_line":"Powers generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-7207\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":160643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56948,"identifier":"15.2-7208","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7208","url":"\/15.2-7208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-7208\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-7208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless limited elsewhere in this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> shall have those powers possessed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">City<\/span> of Bristol necessary and convenient for the provision of electric, water and sanitary sewer services, and those powers possessed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Bristol Virginia Utilities Board<\/span> and the division of the <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> known as Bristol Virginia Utilities as they existed on July 1, 2001, in the Charter of the <span class=\"dictionary\">City<\/span> of Bristol, Virginia, and the general <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commonwealth<\/span>. 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Unless limited\nelsewhere in this chapter, the Authority shall also possess all those powers,\nsubject to the limitations and restrictions thereon, as granted to the City, the\nBristol Virginia Utilities Board, and BVU by Chapter 479 of the Acts of Assembly\nof 2002, Chapters 539, 546, and 677 of the Acts of Assembly 2003, Chapter 586 of\nthe Acts of Assembly of 2004, Chapter 258 of the Acts of Assembly of 2005,\nChapters 607 and 682 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, and Chapters 99 and 323 of\nthe Acts of Assembly of 2008.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 117, 210; 2016, cc. 724, 725.","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}}