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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0660\">660<\/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":[{"id":85862,"section_number":"58.1-2600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156513,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78259,"identifier":"15.2-922.2","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-922.2","url":"\/15.2-922.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-922.2\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-922.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special fee for emergency services in certain counties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-922.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> with a population of less than 3,000 may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, and after a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> and subject to such terms and conditions as set forth in the <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">levy<\/span> a fee to fund the provision of emergency medical services in the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>, not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> in providing such services. <a id=\"paragraph-280533\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-922.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> may enter into a contractual agreement with any water or heat, light, and power company or other corporation coming within the provisions of Chapter 26 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-2600\/\">58.1-2600<\/a> et seq.) of Title 58.1 for the collection of such fee. The agreement may include a commission for such service in the form of a deduction from the fee remitted. The commission shall be provided for in the <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, which shall set the rate not to exceed five percent of the amount of fees due and collected. <a id=\"paragraph-280534\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-922.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL FEE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (\u00a7 15.2-922.2)\n\nA. Any county with a population of less than 3,000 may by ordinance, and after a\npublic hearing and subject to such terms and conditions as set forth in the\nordinance, levy a fee to fund the provision of emergency medical services in the\ncounty, not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in providing such\nservices.\n\nB. The county may enter into a contractual agreement with any water or heat,\nlight, and power company or other corporation coming within the provisions of\nChapter 26 (&#xA7; 58.1-2600 et seq.) of Title 58.1 for the collection of such\nfee. The agreement may include a commission for such service in the form of a\ndeduction from the fee remitted. The commission shall be provided for in the\nordinance, which shall set the rate not to exceed five percent of the amount of\nfees due and collected.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 660.","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}}