                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL OR WATER SERVICE (§ 15.2-2111)

Any locality may exercise its powers to regulate sewage collection, treatment or
disposal service and water service notwithstanding any anticompetitive effect.
Such regulation may include the establishment of an exclusive service area for
any sewage or water system, including a system owned or operated by the
locality, the fixing of rates or charges for any sewage or water service, and
the prohibition, restriction or regulation of competition between entities
providing sewage or water service.
		No power herein granted shall alter or amend the powers or the duties of any
present or future authority created pursuant to the Virginia Water and Waste
Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) nor confer any right or responsibility
upon the governing body of any locality which would supersede or be inconsistent
with any of the duties or responsibilities of the State Water Control Board.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 525, § 15.1-292.2; 1997, c. 587.