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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66618</law_id><section_number>21-121.6</section_number><catch_line>Sanitary districts in certain counties with a water and sewer authority</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="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Sanitary Districts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> This section shall apply to any sanitary district created after January 1, 1993, in a county with an authority created pursuant to the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title of chapter" href="/15.2-5100/">15.2-5100</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-241702" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/21-121.6/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall not enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Order requiring election" href="/21-123/">21-123</a> requiring an election until a resolution of the governing body requesting the entry of such <span class="dictionary">order</span> has been filed with the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-241703" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/21-121.6/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Procedure after election" href="/21-125/">21-125</a> and <a class="law" title="Failure or refusal to issue bonds" href="/21-128/">21-128</a>, if an election conducted pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Conduct of election; canvass of returns, etc" href="/21-124/">21-124</a> indicates that a majority of the qualified voters of the sanitary district voting on the question are in favor of issuing <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> for a purpose for which the sanitary district was created, no <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> of the sanitary district shall be issued, and the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall not require the issuance of such <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, without the approval of the governing body of the county. <a id="paragraph-241704" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/21-121.6/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If a sanitary district levies a tax upon property within the sanitary district pursuant to subdivision 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of governing body" href="/21-118/">21-118</a>, such tax shall be based on the full assessed value of the taxable property within the sanitary district, notwithstanding any special use value assessment of property within the sanitary district for land preservation pursuant to Article 4 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/58.1-3229/">58.1-3229</a> et seq.) of Chapter 32 of Title 58.1. In addition to the notice required pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Hearing and notice thereof" href="/21-114/">21-114</a>, the petitioners shall provide a written notice of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> to each owner of property within the proposed district which is currently assessed at its use value pursuant to Article 4 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/58.1-3229/">58.1-3229</a> et seq.) of Chapter 32 of Title 58.1. Such notice shall be mailed, first class, at least twenty-one days prior to the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> to each such owner as listed in the current real estate assessment records, and an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">court</span> evidencing that such notice has been mailed. <a id="paragraph-241705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/21-121.6/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The county&#x2019;s claim of taxes and its <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on property pursuant to Article 11 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lien on real estate for taxes and levies assessed thereon; responsibility of purchaser or trustee at sale; lien on rents" href="/58.1-3340/">58.1-3340</a> et seq.) of Chapter 32 of Title 58.1 shall have priority over any claim or <span class="dictionary">lien</span> for any tax levied pursuant to subdivision 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of governing body" href="/21-118/">21-118</a>. <a id="paragraph-241706" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/21-121.6/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The governing body of a sanitary district may enter into agreements with an authority created pursuant to the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title of chapter" href="/15.2-5100/">15.2-5100</a> et seq.) for the construction, operation, use, control, ownership, and maintenance of any water supply, sewerage or other systems or facilities located within or outside of the boundaries of the sanitary district. Such agreements may provide that the authority will provide any service which the authority is permitted to provide and which the sanitary district may provide through the construction, establishment, maintenance, and operation of its own system or systems. The governing body of the county shall have the power to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> of the sanitary district for the construction, establishment, and maintenance of any systems providing such service, whether such systems are owned by the sanitary district or the authority. The sanitary district and the authority may also agree on the imposition, collection, and use of rates, fees, and charges relating to such systems, including reimbursements by or to persons utilizing such systems. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of governing body" href="/21-118/">21-118</a>, the sanitary district may sell, lease as lessor, transfer or dispose of any of its property, real, personal or mixed, to the authority without holding a public <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. <a id="paragraph-241707" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/21-121.6/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 272.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
