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38.2-2130 and billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the support of a licensed emergency medical services agency, as defined in &#xA7; 32.1-111.1.B\n\nThe ordinances shall not require a minor who achieved certification under National Fire Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered by the Department of Fire Programs, on or before January 1, 2006, between the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the certification after his sixteenth birthday.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307828,"text":"The governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or fire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of such fire departments or fire companies, and chiefs and other officers of such fire departments or fire companies, as it may deem proper, including billing property owners on behalf of volunteer fire departments as provided in &#xA7; 38.2-2130 and billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the support of a licensed emergency medical services agency, as defined in &#xA7; 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It has been modified 7 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 187; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0142\">142<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0462\">462<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0410\">410<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0356\">356<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0616\">616<\/a>; in 2015, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0502\">502<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>; in 2024, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0823\">823<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80309,"section_number":"38.2-2130","catch_line":"Coverage for volunteer fire department costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2130\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190037,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85945,"identifier":"27-14","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-14","url":"\/27-14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-14\/","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ordinances as to fire departments and fire companies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The governing body of any county, city, or town in which a <span class=\"dictionary\">fire department<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span> is established may make such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> in relation to the powers and duties of such <span class=\"dictionary\">fire departments<\/span> or fire companies, and chiefs and other officers of such <span class=\"dictionary\">fire departments<\/span> or fire companies, as it may deem proper, including billing property owners on behalf of volunteer <span class=\"dictionary\">fire departments<\/span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Coverage for volunteer fire department costs\" href=\"\/38.2-2130\/\">38.2-2130<\/a> and billing on behalf of volunteer <span class=\"dictionary\">fire departments<\/span> for the support of a licensed emergency medical services agency, as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/32.1-111.1\/\">32.1-111.1<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-307828\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/27-14\/#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\">ordinances<\/span> shall not require a <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> who achieved certification under National Fire Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered by the Department of Fire Programs, on or before January 1, 2006, between the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the certification after his sixteenth birthday. <a id=\"paragraph-307829\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/27-14\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDINANCES AS TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE COMPANIES (\u00a7 27-14)\n\nA. The governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or\nfire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers\nand duties of such fire departments or fire companies, and chiefs and other\nofficers of such fire departments or fire companies, as it may deem proper,\nincluding billing property owners on behalf of volunteer fire departments as\nprovided in &#xA7; 38.2-2130 and billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments\nfor the support of a licensed emergency medical services agency, as defined in\n&#xA7; 32.1-111.1.\n\nB. The ordinances shall not require a minor who achieved certification under\nNational Fire Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as\nadministered by the Department of Fire Programs, on or before January 1, 2006,\nbetween the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the certification after his sixteenth\nbirthday.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3127; 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2006, c. 462; 2008, c.\n410; 2013, cc. 356, 616; 2015, cc. 502, 503; 2024, c. 823.","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}}