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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77424,"identifier":"32.1-168","token":"32.1\/6\/2\/32.1-168","url":"\/32.1-168\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-168\/","token":"32.1\/6\/2\/32.1-168","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-168","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to a <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> which meets all of the following conditions:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection or treatment facilities; <a id=\"paragraph-277721\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-168\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> to which this article is applicable; <a id=\"paragraph-277722\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-168\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> does not sell water to any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-277723\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-168\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce. <a id=\"paragraph-277724\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-168\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 32.1-168)\n\nThe provisions of this article shall not be applicable to a waterworks which\nmeets all of the following conditions:\n\n1. The waterworks consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does\nnot have any collection or treatment facilities;\n\n2. The waterworks obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated\nby, a waterworks to which this article is applicable;\n\n3. The waterworks does not sell water to any person; and\n\n4. The waterworks is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate\ncommerce.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 711.","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}}