                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ENFORCEMENT OF CHARGES (§ 15.2-5138)

Any resolution or trust agreement providing for the issuance of revenue bonds
under the provisions of this chapter may include any of the following
provisions, and may require the authority to adopt such resolutions or to take
such other lawful action as is necessary to effectuate such provisions. The
authority may adopt such resolutions and take such other actions as follows:

1. Require the owner, tenant or occupant of each lot or parcel of land who is
obligated to pay rates, fees or charges for the use of or for the services
furnished by any system acquired or constructed by the authority under the
provisions of this chapter to make a reasonable deposit with the authority in
advance to insure the payment of such rates, fees or charges and to be subject
to application to the payment thereof if delinquent.

2. If any rates, fees or charges for the use of and for the services furnished
by any system acquired or constructed by the authority under the provisions of
this chapter are not paid within thirty days after due, the authority may at the
expiration of such thirty-day period disconnect the premises from the water or
sewer system, or otherwise suspend services and proceed to recover the amount of
any such delinquent rates, fees or charges, with interest, in a civil action.

3. If any rates, fees or charges for the use and services of any sewer system
acquired or constructed by the authority under the provisions of this chapter
are not paid within thirty days after they become due, require that the owner,
tenant or occupant of such premises cease disposing of sewage or industrial
wastes originating from or on such premises by discharge directly or indirectly
into the sewer system until such rates, fees or charges, with interest, are
paid. If such owner, tenant or occupant does not cease such disposal at the
expiration of the thirty-day period, the authority may require any political
subdivision, district, private corporation, board, body or person supplying
water to or selling water for use on such premises to cease supplying water to
or selling water for use on such premises within five days after the receipt of
notice of such delinquency from the authority. If such political subdivision,
district, private corporation, board, body or person does not, at the expiration
of such five-day period, cease supplying water to or selling water for use on
such premises, then the authority may shut off the supply of water to such
premises.
			The water supply to or for any person, or for use on real estate of any
person, shall not be shut off or stopped under this section if the State Health
Commissioner, upon application of the local board of health or health officer of
the locality in which such water is supplied or such real estate is located, has
found and certifies to the authorities charged with the responsibility of
ceasing to supply or sell such water, or to shut off the supply of such water,
that ceasing to supply or shutting off such water supply will endanger the
health of such person and the health of others in the locality.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-764.24; 1950, p. 1326; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1262;
1997, c. 587.