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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 197 and 458 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapters 643 and 651; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 438<\/a> and 496<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58077,"section_number":"58.1-3211","catch_line":"Repealed","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3211\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156595,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67630,"identifier":"15.2-936","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-936","url":"\/15.2-936\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-936\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-936","dublin_core":{"Title":"Garbage and refuse disposal; fee exemption","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-936","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Persons may be exempted, deferred, or charged a lesser amount by a locality<\/span> from paying any charges and fees authorized by any law<\/span> for the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse. Ordinances<\/span> providing for such exemptions, deferrals or charges of lesser amounts may be conditioned upon only the income criteria as provided by \u00a7 58.1-3211<\/a> as in effect on December 31, 2010.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL; FEE EXEMPTION (\u00a7 15.2-936)\n\nPersons may be exempted, deferred, or charged a lesser amount by a locality from\npaying any charges and fees authorized by any law for the collection and\ndisposal of garbage and refuse. Ordinances providing for such exemptions,\ndeferrals or charges of lesser amounts may be conditioned upon only the income\ncriteria as provided by \u00a7 58.1-3211 as in effect on December 31, 2010.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 197, 458, \u00a7 15.1-11.04; 1993, cc. 643, 651; 1997, c. 587;\n2011, cc. 438, 496.","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}}