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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74335</law_id><section_number>56-265.10</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10.2">Certain Water and Sewerage Systems Not Regulated as Public Utilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Water system</span>&#x201D; as used herein means any privately owned connected system of mains, pipes, conduits, pumping stations, reservoirs and related facilities furnishing water to 50 or more subscribers for compensation when the <span class="dictionary">person</span> who furnishes the service is not subject to regulation by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> as a public utility under Chapter 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Public utility and schedules defined" href="/56-232/">56-232</a> et seq.) of Title 56. <a id="paragraph-267232" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.10/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sewerage system</span>&#x201D; means any privately owned system of pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, sewage treatment plants, and all other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conducting or treating sewage as that term is defined in Chapter 3.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/62.1-44.2/">62.1-44.2</a> et seq.) of Title 62.1, which furnishes service for compensation to 50 or more subscribers, which is not subject to regulation by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> as a public utility, and for which a certificate has not been issued or applied for in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1. <a id="paragraph-267233" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.10/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x201D; means the State <span class="dictionary">Corporation</span> <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-267234" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.10/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means <span class="dictionary">person</span> as that term is defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Person" href="/1-230/">1-230</a>. <a id="paragraph-267235" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.10/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1954, c. 669; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
