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A copy of such notification shall be forwarded to the Commission at the same time as provided to the customers. 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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 313<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71074,"section_number":"56-265.13:6","catch_line":"Public hearing on application; prohibition of multiple rate increases within any 12-month period","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.13_6\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249245,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65971,"identifier":"56-265.13:5","token":"56\/10.2%3A1\/56-265.13_5","url":"\/56-265.13_5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.13_5\/","token":"56\/10.2%3A1\/56-265.13_5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of rate changes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.13:5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A small water or sewer utility shall make a copy of its current rates<\/span>, charges, fees, rules and regulations available for public inspection during regular business office hours in its designated business office where bills can be paid. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Unless a small water or sewer utility notifies in writing all of its customers of any changes in its rates<\/span>, charges, fees, rules and regulations at least forty-five days in advance of any change in any one of them, the utility shall not make any such changes. A copy of such notification shall be forwarded to the Commission<\/span> at the same time as provided to the customers. The notice to the customers shall identify the nature of the change, the effective date of the change, and in the case of changes in rates<\/span>, fees, and charges, shall identify the new rates<\/span>, fees, and charges. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF RATE CHANGES (\u00a7 56-265.13:5)\n\nA. A small water or sewer utility shall make a copy of its current rates,\ncharges, fees, rules and regulations available for public inspection during\nregular business office hours in its designated business office where bills can\nbe paid.\n\nB. Unless a small water or sewer utility notifies in writing all of its\ncustomers of any changes in its rates, charges, fees, rules and regulations at\nleast forty-five days in advance of any change in any one of them, the utility\nshall not make any such changes. A copy of such notification shall be forwarded\nto the Commission at the same time as provided to the customers. The notice to\nthe customers shall identify the nature of the change, the effective date of the\nchange, and in the case of changes in rates, fees, and charges, shall identify\nthe new rates, fees, and charges.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 323; 1994, c. 313.","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}}