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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. It has been modified 2 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, chapter 369; in 1997, chapter 143<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58706,"section_number":"56-76","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-76\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249237,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70343,"identifier":"56-265.13:3","token":"56\/10.2%3A1\/56-265.13_3","url":"\/56-265.13_3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.13_3\/","token":"56\/10.2%3A1\/56-265.13_3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.13:3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This chapter shall apply to every certificated water or sewer public utility company<\/span> or water and sewer public utility company<\/span> (i) with gross annual operating revenues of less than one million dollars or (ii) that is owned by the property owners’ association of the subdivision served by the public utility.\n\t\tIn case of a company<\/span> with gross annual revenues of $500,000 or more, (i) the Commission<\/span> may suspend a proposed increase in rates<\/span> for a period not exceeding 150 days from the date of the filing of the proposed rate<\/span> increase and (ii) notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, such company<\/span> shall be subject to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 56-76<\/a> et seq.) of Title 56.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 56-265.13:3)\n\nThis chapter shall apply to every certificated water or sewer public utility\ncompany or water and sewer public utility company (i) with gross annual\noperating revenues of less than one million dollars or (ii) that is owned by the\nproperty owners’ association of the subdivision served by the public\nutility.\n\t\tIn case of a company with gross annual revenues of $500,000 or more, (i) the\nCommission may suspend a proposed increase in rates for a period not exceeding\n150 days from the date of the filing of the proposed rate increase and (ii)\nnotwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, such company shall be\nsubject to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 56-76 et seq.) of Title 56.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 323; 1993, c. 369; 1997, c. 143.","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}}