{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/15.2-815.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/15.2-815.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/15.2-815.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/15.2-815.html"}],"law_id":75075,"edition_id":1,"section_id":75075,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-815","catch_line":"Regulation of garbage, trash and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain counties","history":"1985, c. 581, \u00a7 15.1-730.1; 1997, c. 587.","full_text":"The board may adopt an ordinance requiring the delivery of all or any portion of the garbage, trash and refuse generated or disposed of within such county to waste disposal facilities located therein or to waste disposal facilities located outside of such county if the county has contracted for capacity at or service from such facilities.\n\t\tSuch ordinances may provide that it is unlawful for any person to dispose of his garbage, trash and refuse in or at any other place. No such ordinance shall apply to the occupants of single-family residences or family farms disposing of their own garbage, trash or refuse if such occupants have paid the fees, rates and charges of other single-family residences and family farms in the same service area.\n\t\tSuch ordinance shall not apply to garbage, trash and refuse generated, purchased or utilized by an entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, mining, processing, refining or conversion except for an entity engaged in the production of energy or refuse-derived fuels for sale to a person other than any entity controlling, controlled by or under the same control as the manufacturer, miner, processor, refiner or converter. Nor shall such ordinance apply to (i) recyclable materials, which are those materials that have been source-separated by any person or materials that have been separated from garbage, trash and refuse by any person for utilization in both cases as a raw material to be manufactured into a new product other than fuel or energy, (ii) construction debris to be disposed of in a landfill, or (iii) waste oil. Such ordinances may provide penalties, fines and other punishment for violations.\n\t\tSuch county may contract with any person, whether profit or nonprofit, for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services and enter into contracts relating to waste disposal facilities which recover energy or materials from garbage, trash and refuse. Such contracts may make provision for, among other things, (i) the purchase by the county of all or a portion of the disposal capacity of a waste disposal facility located within or outside the county for present or future waste disposal requirements; (ii) the operation of such facility by the county; (iii) the delivery by or on behalf of the contracting county of specified quantities of garbage, trash and refuse, whether or not such county collects such garbage, trash and refuse, and the making of payments for such quantities of garbage, trash and refuse whether or not such garbage, trash and refuse are delivered, including payments for revenues lost if garbage, trash and refuse are not delivered; (iv) adjustments to payments made by the county in regard to inflation, changes in energy prices or residue disposal costs, taxes imposed upon the facility owner or operator, or other events beyond the control of the facility operator or owners; (v) the fixing and collection of fees, rates or charges for use of the disposal facility and for any product or service resulting from operation of the facility; and (vi) such other provision as is necessary for the safe and effective construction, maintenance or operation of such facility, whether or not such provision displaces competition in any market. Any such contract shall not be deemed to be a debt or gift of the county within the meaning of any law, charter provision or debt limitation. Nothing in the foregoing powers granted such county shall include the authority to pledge the full faith and credit of such local government in violation of Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":269656,"text":"The board may adopt an ordinance requiring the delivery of all or any portion of the garbage, trash and refuse generated or disposed of within such county to waste disposal facilities located therein or to waste disposal facilities located outside of such county if the county has contracted for capacity at or service from such facilities.\n\t\tSuch ordinances may provide that it is unlawful for any person to dispose of his garbage, trash and refuse in or at any other place. No such ordinance shall apply to the occupants of single-family residences or family farms disposing of their own garbage, trash or refuse if such occupants have paid the fees, rates and charges of other single-family residences and family farms in the same service area.\n\t\tSuch ordinance shall not apply to garbage, trash and refuse generated, purchased or utilized by an entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, mining, processing, refining or conversion except for an entity engaged in the production of energy or refuse-derived fuels for sale to a person other than any entity controlling, controlled by or under the same control as the manufacturer, miner, processor, refiner or converter. Nor shall such ordinance apply to (i) recyclable materials, which are those materials that have been source-separated by any person or materials that have been separated from garbage, trash and refuse by any person for utilization in both cases as a raw material to be manufactured into a new product other than fuel or energy, (ii) construction debris to be disposed of in a landfill, or (iii) waste oil. Such ordinances may provide penalties, fines and other punishment for violations.\n\t\tSuch county may contract with any person, whether profit or nonprofit, for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services and enter into contracts relating to waste disposal facilities which recover energy or materials from garbage, trash and refuse. Such contracts may make provision for, among other things, (i) the purchase by the county of all or a portion of the disposal capacity of a waste disposal facility located within or outside the county for present or future waste disposal requirements; (ii) the operation of such facility by the county; (iii) the delivery by or on behalf of the contracting county of specified quantities of garbage, trash and refuse, whether or not such county collects such garbage, trash and refuse, and the making of payments for such quantities of garbage, trash and refuse whether or not such garbage, trash and refuse are delivered, including payments for revenues lost if garbage, trash and refuse are not delivered; (iv) adjustments to payments made by the county in regard to inflation, changes in energy prices or residue disposal costs, taxes imposed upon the facility owner or operator, or other events beyond the control of the facility operator or owners; (v) the fixing and collection of fees, rates or charges for use of the disposal facility and for any product or service resulting from operation of the facility; and (vi) such other provision as is necessary for the safe and effective construction, maintenance or operation of such facility, whether or not such provision displaces competition in any market. Any such contract shall not be deemed to be a debt or gift of the county within the meaning of any law, charter provision or debt limitation. Nothing in the foregoing powers granted such county shall include the authority to pledge the full faith and credit of such local government in violation of Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14134,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14133,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:58","permalink":{"id":152111,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14134,"identifier":"1","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1","url":"\/15.2\/I\/8\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14133,"edition_id":1,"name":"Urban County Executive Form of Government","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13138,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:58","permalink":{"id":152109,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14133,"identifier":"8","token":"15.2\/I\/8","url":"\/15.2\/I\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13138,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":151281,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13138,"identifier":"I","token":"15.2\/I","url":"\/15.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":58070,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-800","catch_line":"Designation of form of government; applicability of chapter","url":"\/15.2-800\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-800","metadata":false},{"id":63885,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-801","catch_line":"Adoption of urban county executive form","url":"\/15.2-801\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-801","metadata":false},{"id":60402,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-802","catch_line":"Powers of county vested in board of supervisors; membership, election, terms, etc., of board; vacancies; powers of chairman","url":"\/15.2-802\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-802","metadata":false},{"id":71067,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-803","catch_line":"General powers of board of supervisors","url":"\/15.2-803\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-803","metadata":false},{"id":87155,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-804","catch_line":"Appointment, qualifications and compensation of urban county executive; to devote full time to work","url":"\/15.2-804\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-804","metadata":false},{"id":58443,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-805","catch_line":"Tenure of county executive; suspension or removal","url":"\/15.2-805\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-805","metadata":false},{"id":83738,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-806","catch_line":"Absence or disability of county executive","url":"\/15.2-806\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-806","metadata":false},{"id":65130,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-807","catch_line":"Appointment of county officers and employees; federal employment, etc., not to disqualify; discussions with board","url":"\/15.2-807\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-807","metadata":false},{"id":70972,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-808","catch_line":"Tenure of county officers and employees; suspension or removal","url":"\/15.2-808\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-808","metadata":false},{"id":85295,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-809","catch_line":"Compensation of officers and employees","url":"\/15.2-809\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-809","metadata":false},{"id":82768,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-810","catch_line":"Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees","url":"\/15.2-810\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-810","metadata":false},{"id":77195,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-811","catch_line":"Powers and duties of county executive","url":"\/15.2-811\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-811","metadata":false},{"id":55276,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-812","catch_line":"County executive may act as director or head of department","url":"\/15.2-812\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-812","metadata":false},{"id":83953,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-813","catch_line":"Certain officers not affected by adoption of plan","url":"\/15.2-813\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-813","metadata":false},{"id":84977,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-814","catch_line":"Inquiries and investigations by board of supervisors","url":"\/15.2-814\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-814","metadata":false},{"id":75075,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-815","catch_line":"Regulation of garbage, trash and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain counties","url":"\/15.2-815\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-815","metadata":false},{"id":85856,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-816","catch_line":"Maintenance of certain sewer lines","url":"\/15.2-816\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-816","metadata":false},{"id":60851,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-816.1","catch_line":"Underground electric distribution, telecommunications, cable, and other utility facilities","url":"\/15.2-816.1\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-816.1","metadata":false},{"id":78109,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-817","catch_line":"No unincorporated area to be incorporated after adoption of urban county form of government","url":"\/15.2-817\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-817","metadata":false},{"id":82761,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-818","catch_line":"City may petition to become part of county","url":"\/15.2-818\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-818","metadata":false},{"id":70153,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-819","catch_line":"Demolition of historic structures; civil penalty","url":"\/15.2-819\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-819","metadata":false},{"id":60424,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-820","catch_line":"Donations to legal entities owning recreational facilities","url":"\/15.2-820\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-820","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":84977,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-814","catch_line":"Inquiries and investigations by board of supervisors","url":"\/15.2-814\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-814","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":85856,"structure_id":14134,"section_number":"15.2-816","catch_line":"Maintenance of certain sewer lines","url":"\/15.2-816\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-816","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-815\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581 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 1985 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":152173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75075,"identifier":"15.2-815","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-815","url":"\/15.2-815\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-815\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-815","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of garbage, trash and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain counties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-815","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The board may adopt an ordinance<\/span> requiring the delivery of all or any portion of the garbage, trash and refuse generated or disposed of within such county<\/span> to waste disposal facilities located therein or to waste disposal facilities located outside of such county<\/span> if the county<\/span> has contracted for capacity at or service from such facilities.\n\t\tSuch ordinances<\/span> may provide that it is unlawful for any person to dispose of his garbage, trash and refuse in or at any other place. No such ordinance<\/span> shall apply to the occupants of single-family residences or family farms disposing of their own garbage, trash or refuse if such occupants have paid the fees, rates and charges of other single-family residences and family farms in the same service area.\n\t\tSuch ordinance<\/span> shall not apply to garbage, trash and refuse generated, purchased or utilized by an entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, mining, processing, refining or conversion except for an entity engaged in the production of energy or refuse-derived fuels for sale to a person other than any entity controlling, controlled by or under the same control as the manufacturer, miner, processor, refiner or converter. Nor shall such ordinance<\/span> apply to (i) recyclable materials<\/span>, which are those materials<\/span> that have been source-separated by any person or materials<\/span> that have been separated from garbage, trash and refuse by any person for utilization in both cases as a raw material<\/span> to be manufactured into a new product other than fuel or energy, (ii) construction debris to be disposed of in a landfill, or (iii) waste oil. Such ordinances<\/span> may provide penalties, fines and other punishment for violations.\n\t\tSuch county<\/span> may contract<\/span> with any person, whether profit or nonprofit, for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services and enter into contracts<\/span> relating to waste disposal facilities which recover energy or materials<\/span> from garbage, trash and refuse. Such contracts<\/span> may make provision for, among other things, (i) the purchase by the county<\/span> of all or a portion of the disposal capacity of a waste disposal facility located within or outside the county<\/span> for present or future waste disposal requirements; (ii) the operation of such facility by the county<\/span>; (iii) the delivery by or on behalf of the contracting county<\/span> of specified quantities of garbage, trash and refuse, whether or not such county<\/span> collects such garbage, trash and refuse, and the making of payments for such quantities of garbage, trash and refuse whether or not such garbage, trash and refuse are delivered, including payments for revenues lost if garbage, trash and refuse are not delivered; (iv) adjustments to payments made by the county<\/span> in regard to inflation, changes in energy prices or residue disposal costs, taxes imposed upon the facility owner or operator, or other events beyond the control of the facility operator or owners; (v) the fixing and collection of fees, rates or charges for use of the disposal facility and for any product or service resulting from operation of the facility; and (vi) such other provision as is necessary for the safe and effective construction, maintenance or operation of such facility, whether or not such provision displaces competition in any market. Any such contract<\/span> shall not be deemed to be a debt or gift of the county<\/span> within the meaning of any law<\/span>, charter provision or debt limitation. Nothing in the foregoing powers granted such county<\/span> shall include the authority to pledge the full faith and credit of such local government<\/span> in violation of Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF GARBAGE, TRASH AND REFUSE PICKUP AND DISPOSAL SERVICES;\nCONTRACTING FOR SUCH SERVICES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (\u00a7 15.2-815)\n\nThe board may adopt an ordinance requiring the delivery of all or any portion of\nthe garbage, trash and refuse generated or disposed of within such county to\nwaste disposal facilities located therein or to waste disposal facilities\nlocated outside of such county if the county has contracted for capacity at or\nservice from such facilities.\n\t\tSuch ordinances may provide that it is unlawful for any person to dispose of\nhis garbage, trash and refuse in or at any other place. No such ordinance shall\napply to the occupants of single-family residences or family farms disposing of\ntheir own garbage, trash or refuse if such occupants have paid the fees, rates\nand charges of other single-family residences and family farms in the same\nservice area.\n\t\tSuch ordinance shall not apply to garbage, trash and refuse generated,\npurchased or utilized by an entity engaged in the business of manufacturing,\nmining, processing, refining or conversion except for an entity engaged in the\nproduction of energy or refuse-derived fuels for sale to a person other than any\nentity controlling, controlled by or under the same control as the manufacturer,\nminer, processor, refiner or converter. Nor shall such ordinance apply to (i)\nrecyclable materials, which are those materials that have been source-separated\nby any person or materials that have been separated from garbage, trash and\nrefuse by any person for utilization in both cases as a raw material to be\nmanufactured into a new product other than fuel or energy, (ii) construction\ndebris to be disposed of in a landfill, or (iii) waste oil. Such ordinances may\nprovide penalties, fines and other punishment for violations.\n\t\tSuch county may contract with any person, whether profit or nonprofit, for\ngarbage and refuse pickup and disposal services and enter into contracts\nrelating to waste disposal facilities which recover energy or materials from\ngarbage, trash and refuse. Such contracts may make provision for, among other\nthings, (i) the purchase by the county of all or a portion of the disposal\ncapacity of a waste disposal facility located within or outside the county for\npresent or future waste disposal requirements; (ii) the operation of such\nfacility by the county; (iii) the delivery by or on behalf of the contracting\ncounty of specified quantities of garbage, trash and refuse, whether or not such\ncounty collects such garbage, trash and refuse, and the making of payments for\nsuch quantities of garbage, trash and refuse whether or not such garbage, trash\nand refuse are delivered, including payments for revenues lost if garbage, trash\nand refuse are not delivered; (iv) adjustments to payments made by the county in\nregard to inflation, changes in energy prices or residue disposal costs, taxes\nimposed upon the facility owner or operator, or other events beyond the control\nof the facility operator or owners; (v) the fixing and collection of fees, rates\nor charges for use of the disposal facility and for any product or service\nresulting from operation of the facility; and (vi) such other provision as is\nnecessary for the safe and effective construction, maintenance or operation of\nsuch facility, whether or not such provision displaces competition in any\nmarket. Any such contract shall not be deemed to be a debt or gift of the county\nwithin the meaning of any law, charter provision or debt limitation. Nothing in\nthe foregoing powers granted such county shall include the authority to pledge\nthe full faith and credit of such local government in violation of Article X,\nSection 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 581, \u00a7 15.1-730.1; 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}}