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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 323 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249233,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61814,"identifier":"56-265.13:2","token":"56\/10.2%3A1\/56-265.13_2","url":"\/56-265.13_2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.13_2\/","token":"56\/10.2%3A1\/56-265.13_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.13:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Commission<\/span>” shall mean the “State Corporation<\/span> Commission<\/span>.”\n\t\t“Service<\/span>” shall mean any product or commodity furnished by a small water or sewer utility, as well as its equipment, apparatus, appliances and facilities devoted to the functions in which that utility is engaged to the use and accommodation of the public.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 56-265.13:2)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Commission” shall mean the “State Corporation\nCommission.”\n\t\t“Service” shall mean any product or commodity furnished by a small\nwater or sewer utility, as well as its equipment, apparatus, appliances and\nfacilities devoted to the functions in which that utility is engaged to the use\nand accommodation of the public.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 323.","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}}