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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 253 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 1987 \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":152177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85856,"identifier":"15.2-816","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-816","url":"\/15.2-816\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-816\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/1\/15.2-816","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance of certain sewer lines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-816","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon petition<\/span> of a majority of the affected property owners or members of an affected owners’ association, (i) the county<\/span> may take over the maintenance of undersized sewer lines installed as a result of the county<\/span>’s waiver<\/span> of its adopted requirements developed under this title or Title 62.1; and (ii) the county<\/span> shall be granted the right to convert the undersized sewer lines to county<\/span> standards at its expense, if the county<\/span> deems the conversion to be in its best interests for health or economic reasons; or (iii) if the property owners or their associations elect to convert the undersized sewer lines to county<\/span> standards, the county<\/span> may take over and maintain at county<\/span> expense the converted sewer lines.\n\t\tThe cost for the maintenance of such lines shall be borne by the county<\/span> general fund; or the county<\/span>, at its discretion, may incorporate the sewer lines into an existing sanitary district for uniformity of maintenance and cost\/budget allocations.\n\t\tIf the county<\/span> determines that the builder\/developer installed the undersized lines without the express permission of the appropriate county<\/span> agency, then the county<\/span> may collect the cost of conversion from the builder\/developer; however, the county<\/span> shall bear the ongoing cost of maintenance.\n\t\tThis section applies only to sewer lines installed on or before January 1, 1987.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN SEWER LINES (\u00a7 15.2-816)\n\nUpon petition of a majority of the affected property owners or members of an\naffected owners’ association, (i) the county may take over the maintenance\nof undersized sewer lines installed as a result of the county’s waiver of\nits adopted requirements developed under this title or Title 62.1; and (ii) the\ncounty shall be granted the right to convert the undersized sewer lines to\ncounty standards at its expense, if the county deems the conversion to be in its\nbest interests for health or economic reasons; or (iii) if the property owners\nor their associations elect to convert the undersized sewer lines to county\nstandards, the county may take over and maintain at county expense the converted\nsewer lines.\n\t\tThe cost for the maintenance of such lines shall be borne by the county\ngeneral fund; or the county, at its discretion, may incorporate the sewer lines\ninto an existing sanitary district for uniformity of maintenance and cost\/budget\nallocations.\n\t\tIf the county determines that the builder\/developer installed the undersized\nlines without the express permission of the appropriate county agency, then the\ncounty may collect the cost of conversion from the builder\/developer; however,\nthe county shall bear the ongoing cost of maintenance.\n\t\tThis section applies only to sewer lines installed on or before January 1,\n1987.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 253, \u00a7 15.1-730.2; 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}}