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(ii) a local emergency as declared by the local director of emergency management with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision pursuant to \u00a7 44-146.21; (iii) a state of emergency as declared by the President of the United States; (iv) when severe weather or other similar circumstances exist that may result in a person being placed in imminent danger of death or injury or may result in a building or its fixtures being at risk of significant damage due to lack of heat caused by the lack of sufficient liquefied petroleum gas to produce such heat; or (v) when a waiver from delivery limitations affecting the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas has been ordered.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260982,"text":"As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Liquefied petroleum gas” means any material that is composed predominately of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and isobutane) and butylenes.\n\t\t“Owner” means any person who holds a written bill of sale under which title or ownership to a container was transferred to such person, or any manufacturer of a container who has not sold or transferred ownership thereof by written bill of sale.\n\t\t“Person” means any person, firm, or corporation.\n\t\t“Qualifying emergency” means (i) a state of emergency as declared by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (\u00a7 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1970, chapter 442; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 2023, chapter 531<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83808,"section_number":"44-146.13","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-146.13\/"},{"id":67566,"section_number":"44-146.21","catch_line":"Declaration of local emergency","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-146.21\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164559,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72449,"identifier":"18.2-493","token":"18.2\/12\/1\/18.2-493","url":"\/18.2-493\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-493\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1\/18.2-493","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-493","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Liquefied petroleum gas<\/span>” means any material<\/span> that is composed predominately of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and isobutane) and butylenes.\n\t\t“Owner<\/span>” means any person<\/span> who holds a written bill of sale under which title or ownership to a container was transferred to such person<\/span>, or any manufacturer of a container who has not sold or transferred ownership thereof by written bill of sale.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means any person<\/span>, firm, or corporation.\n\t\t“Qualifying emergency<\/span>” means (i) a state of emergency as declared by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (\u00a7 44-146.13<\/a> et seq.) of Title 44; (ii) a local emergency as declared by the local director of emergency management with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision pursuant to \u00a7 44-146.21<\/a>; (iii) a state of emergency as declared by the President of the United States; (iv) when severe weather or other similar circumstances exist that may result in a person<\/span> being placed in imminent danger of death or injury or may result in a building or its fixtures being at risk of significant damage due to lack of heat caused by the lack of sufficient liquefied petroleum gas<\/span> to produce such heat; or (v) when a waiver<\/span> from delivery limitations affecting the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas<\/span> has been ordered.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 18.2-493)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Liquefied petroleum gas” means any material that is composed\npredominately of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same:\npropane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and isobutane) and butylenes.\n\t\t“Owner” means any person who holds a written bill of sale under\nwhich title or ownership to a container was transferred to such person, or any\nmanufacturer of a container who has not sold or transferred ownership thereof by\nwritten bill of sale.\n\t\t“Person” means any person, firm, or corporation.\n\t\t“Qualifying emergency” means (i) a state of emergency as declared\nby the Governor pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (\u00a7 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44; (ii)\na local emergency as declared by the local director of emergency management with\nthe consent of the governing body of the political subdivision pursuant to \u00a7\n44-146.21; (iii) a state of emergency as declared by the President of the United\nStates; (iv) when severe weather or other similar circumstances exist that may\nresult in a person being placed in imminent danger of death or injury or may\nresult in a building or its fixtures being at risk of significant damage due to\nlack of heat caused by the lack of sufficient liquefied petroleum gas to produce\nsuch heat; or (v) when a waiver from delivery limitations affecting the delivery\nof liquefied petroleum gas has been ordered.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-400.1; 1970, c. 442; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2023, c. 531.","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}}