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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85856</law_id><section_number>15.2-816</section_number><catch_line>Maintenance of certain sewer lines</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Urban County Executive Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon <span class="dictionary">petition</span> of a majority of the affected property owners or members of an affected owners&#x2019; association, (i) the <span class="dictionary">county</span> may take over the maintenance of undersized sewer lines installed as a result of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> of its adopted requirements developed under this title or Title 62.1; and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">county</span> shall be granted the right to convert the undersized sewer lines to <span class="dictionary">county</span> standards at its expense, if the <span class="dictionary">county</span> deems the conversion to be in its best interests for health or economic reasons; or (iii) if the property owners or their associations elect to convert the undersized sewer lines to <span class="dictionary">county</span> standards, the <span class="dictionary">county</span> may take over and maintain at <span class="dictionary">county</span> expense the converted sewer lines.
		The cost for the maintenance of such lines shall be borne by the <span class="dictionary">county</span> general fund; or the <span class="dictionary">county</span>, at its discretion, may incorporate the sewer lines into an existing sanitary district for uniformity of maintenance and cost/budget allocations.
		If the <span class="dictionary">county</span> determines that the builder/developer installed the undersized lines without the express permission of the appropriate <span class="dictionary">county</span> agency, then the <span class="dictionary">county</span> may collect the cost of conversion from the builder/developer; however, the <span class="dictionary">county</span> shall bear the ongoing cost of maintenance.
		This section applies only to sewer lines installed on or before January 1, 1987.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 253, &#xA7; 15.1-730.2; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
