                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN CHARGES WHEN AUTHORITY DOES NOT PROVIDE WATER SERVICES
(§ 15.2-5138.1)

A. This section shall apply only to an authority operating in Planning District
1 or Planning District 2.

B. 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 60 days after they become due, the authority may 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 60-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.

C. 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: 2008, c. 452.