Code of Virginia
Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts

§ 21-116.1. Alteration of boundaries or reduction of area of sanitary districts in certain counties - Chapter 549 of the Acts of 1950, as amended by...

§ 21-117. Merger of sanitary districts - Any two or more sanitary districts heretofore or hereafter created...

§ 21-117.1. Abolishing sanitary districts - Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county...

§ 21-118. Powers and duties of governing body - After the adoption of such ordinance creating a sanitary district...

§ 21-118.1. Authority to acquire property from United States or any agency thereof - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the governing body...

§ 21-118.2. Certain counties authorized to use sanitary district funds for certain purposes - The board of supervisors of any county operating sanitary districts...

§ 21-118.3. Levy and expenditure of taxes in certain counties; validation of expenditures - In addition to the powers granted in § 21-118 of...

§ 21-118.4. Certain additional powers of governing body - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when an ordinance has...

§ 21-118.5. Unified water supply and sewerage systems for counties and sanitary districts; power of county governing body to fix rates; application of Public Finance Act - Whenever the board of supervisors of any county, as the...

§ 21-118.6. Same; application of revenues; tax levy where revenues insufficient - Whenever a county and one or more sanitary districts have...

§ 21-118.7. Same; payment to county of revenues held by district - Any agreement for the creation of a unified system may...

§ 21-118.8. Same; ratification of prior agreements - Any agreement heretofore entered by a county with one or...

§ 21-119. Sanitary districts are special taxing districts; nature of improvements; jurisdiction of governing bodies, etc., not affected - A. Each sanitary district created or purported to be created...

§ 21-119.1. Transfer of certain sanitary districts to towns - (1) The governing body of any county in which a...

§ 21-120. In certain cities and counties - Chapter 161 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, codified...

§ 21-121. Validation of proceedings - All proceedings had in the creation of sanitary districts in...

§ 21-121.1. Further validation of proceedings - All proceedings had in the creation of sanitary districts in...

§ 21-121.2. Additional validation of proceedings - All proceedings heretofore taken in the creation of sanitary districts...

§ 21-121.2:1. Same; bond issues - All proceedings heretofore taken in the creation of sanitary districts...

§ 21-121.3. Powers of districts created under other laws - Any sanitary district heretofore created under general law or special...

§ 21-121.4. Powers of boards of supervisors and other governing bodies of counties with respect to sanitary districts - Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, the board...

§ 21-121.5. Validation of certain actions - All proceedings had in the creation, enlargement or merger of...

§ 21-121.6. Sanitary districts in certain counties with a water and sewer authority - A. This section shall apply to any sanitary district created...

§ 21-122. Authority to issue bonds; limitation of amount - The governing body of any county in which a sanitary...

§ 21-122.1. Bonds for special purpose; no election required - The governing body of any county in which a sanitary...

§ 21-123. Order requiring election - The circuit court of such county, upon the petition of...

§ 21-124. Conduct of election; canvass of returns, etc. - The election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by...

§ 21-125. Procedure after election - If it shall appear from the report of the commissioners...

§ 21-126. Inquiry into election and returns - Whenever the sense of the qualified voters of the district...

§ 21-127. Amount of bonds - The governing body at its next meeting or as soon...

§ 21-127.1. Borrowing in anticipation of bond issue - (a) In anticipation of the issuance of bonds under the...

§ 21-128. Failure or refusal to issue bonds - In event the governing body, for any reason, fails or...

§ 21-129. Agents for sale of bonds - The governing body shall have power to appoint an agent...

§ 21-130. Form of bonds - Such bonds may be either registered or with coupons attached,...

§ 21-130.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued under this chapter become mutilated or...

§ 21-131. Delivery to treasurer - The governing body shall deliver the bonds to the treasurer...

§ 21-132. Liability of treasurer - The treasurer and his sureties shall be liable for the...

§ 21-133. Cost of giving surety on additional bond or bonds required - The treasurer shall receive the reasonable cost of giving surety...

§ 21-134. Deposit of proceeds - The governing body may direct the treasurer to deposit the...

§ 21-134.01. Allocation of county funds to sanitary districts - The governing body of any county may advance funds, not...

§ 21-134.1. Reimbursement of county for advances to sanitary district - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 21-132, the governing body shall...

§ 21-134.2. Validation of advances to sanitary district - The advancement of any funds heretofore advanced from the general...

§ 21-135. Insolvency of depository - The treasurer shall not be liable for any deposits which...

§ 21-136. Bond of depository - A bond with surety may be required by such governing...

§ 21-137. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1972, c. 236.

§ 21-137.1. Payment of interest on and maintenance of sinking fund for term bonds; tax levy; what constitutes "term bonds" and "serial bonds." - When term bonds have been issued the net revenue derived...

§ 21-137.2. Payment of interest on serial bonds; no sinking fund required; tax levy; use of excess revenues - When serial bonds have been issued, the net revenue derived...

§ 21-138. Same; levy of tax - The governing body shall, if necessary for the payment of...

§ 21-139. Laws continued in effect - Sections 4 through 7 of Chapter 460 of the Acts...

§ 21-140. Validation of proceedings - All proceedings had and all elections held in any sanitary...

§ 21-140.1. Further validation of proceedings - All proceedings had and all elections held in any sanitary...

§ 21-140.2. Additional validation of proceedings - All proceedings heretofore taken and all elections heretofore held in...

§ 21-140.3. Validation of certain bonds - All bonds heretofore issued by any sanitary district for any...

Chapter 3 - Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 -- Tidal Waters

§ 21-141. Short title - This chapter may be known, designated and cited as the...

§ 21-142. Definitions - Whenever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a...

§ 21-143. Ordering and conduct of elections - Every order made pursuant to this chapter requiring the opening...

§ 21-144. Court proceedings - Whenever in this chapter the circuit court of any county,...

§ 21-145. Territory which may be embraced in district - Any integral body of territory within which are situated waters...

§ 21-146. Notice of hearing on petition for creation - Upon the presentation of a petition complying with the requirements...

§ 21-147. Contents of petition - Every such petition shall pray for the creation of the...

§ 21-148. Signatures on petition - Every such petition shall be signed by not less than...

§ 21-149. Hearing and determination; ordering election - Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense...

§ 21-150. Order when election favors establishment - If upon the certification of the result of such election...

§ 21-151. Exclusion from district of county, city or town voting against establishment - If upon the certification of the results of the election...

§ 21-152. Approval of State Health Commissioner - The State Health Commissioner is authorized, upon being satisfied that...

§ 21-153. Governing bodies may adopt resolutions - The governing body of each city and county and town...

§ 21-154. Incorporation of district; name and style - Each district heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to this chapter...

§ 21-155. Powers of commission - Each commission, constituting a corporation is hereby invested with the...

§ 21-156. Exemption of bonds from taxation - The bonds of such district or commission, and the property...

§ 21-157. Creation of board or commission to control corporation - In and for each district, a board or commission is...

§ 21-158. Officers of board or commission - The board or commission shall elect from its members a...

§ 21-159. Compensation and expenses of commission members - The members of the commission shall receive no salary, but...

§ 21-160. Meetings of commission - Regular meetings of the commission shall be held at least...

§ 21-161. Quorum - Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and...

§ 21-162. Suspension or removal of members of commission - Members of the commission may be suspended or removed by...

§ 21-163. Oath and bond of members of commission - Each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the...

§ 21-164. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 463.

§ 21-165. Manner of letting contracts - All contracts, except in cases of emergency, over $5,000 that...

§ 21-166. How power of eminent domain exercised - The powers of condemnation or eminent domain conferred on the...

§ 21-167. County, city or town not liable for act of commission - No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon...

§ 21-168. Enumeration of powers of commission - Every commission shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt...

§ 21-169. Relief from pollution to be purpose of commission - The purposes of every commission shall be the relief of...

§ 21-170. Acquisition and use of pipes, sewers, plants, stations, etc. - Every commission is authorized and directed to acquire, in the...

§ 21-171. Collection from public sewage systems - The commission is authorized and directed when in the judgment...

§ 21-172. Use of public sewer and disposal facilities - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...

§ 21-173. Use of public places - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...

§ 21-174. Special contracts for disposal of sewage and other wastes - (a) Every commission is authorized to enter into contracts with...

§ 21-175. Approval of disposal methods - The method proposed to be used by a commission for...

§ 21-176. Prohibition of sale or encumbrance of system - Neither the commission nor any of the counties, cities or...

§ 21-177. Agents and employees of commission - The commission is authorized, except as otherwise provided in §...

§ 21-178. Funds of commission - (a) All moneys of a commission, whether derived from the...

§ 21-179. Accounts and records - Every commission shall keep and preserve complete and accurate accounts...

§ 21-180. Authorization - Every commission is authorized to charge and collect fees, rents,...

§ 21-181. Uniformity and basis - Such fees, rents and charges being in the nature of...

§ 21-182. Schedule - The commission shall prescribe and from time to time when...

§ 21-183. Time and place of payment - The commission shall likewise fix and determine the time or...

§ 21-184. Effect of failure to pay - In the event that the fees, rents or charges charged...

§ 21-185. Register - The commission shall keep and preserve a complete register, or...

§ 21-186. Appeal from action fixing fees, etc. - From any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees,...

§ 21-187. Actions for collection - The commission shall have the right to recover the amount...

§ 21-188. Contracts for collection - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...

§ 21-189. Outstanding bonds not to exceed ten million dollars - Bonds of a commission shall at no time be outstanding...

§ 21-190. Election prior to issuance - No bonds shall be issued by a commission, except to...

§ 21-191. Other matters determined by resolution - All other matters relating to the issuing of such bonds,...

§ 21-192. Form and contents - Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission, and...

§ 21-193. How sold - Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale...

§ 21-194. Resolutions may be part of contract with bondholders - Any resolutions of the commission authorizing any bonds may contain...

§ 21-195. Negotiability - Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds...

§ 21-196. Liability of Commonwealth, county, city or town - The bonds, notes and other obligations, and any indebtedness, of...

§ 21-197. No personal liability - Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing...

§ 21-198. Purchase by commission - The commission is authorized, out of any funds available therefor,...

§ 21-199. Bonds constitute legal investments - Any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter...

§ 21-200. Special remedies of bondholders - (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to...

§ 21-200.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued by the commission become mutilated or...

§ 21-201. Interim certificates - Pending the preparation, execution and delivery of definitive bonds of...

§ 21-202. Inviolability of rights and remedies - The Commonwealth does pledge to and agree with the holders...

§ 21-203. Notice of intention to withdraw - Any county or city in whole or in part embraced...

§ 21-204. Right to withdraw and set up separate district - If after the giving of such notice and within one...

§ 21-205. Proof that steps for withdrawal have been taken - The governing body of any county or city proposing to...

§ 21-206. Power of county or city electing to set up separate district - Any county or city which elects to construct and operate...

§ 21-207. Withdrawal must be within one year - The transfer and vesting of rights, powers and duties shall...

§ 21-208. Additional rights conferred on city or county withdrawing - The foregoing provisions of § 21-206 shall be deemed to...

§ 21-209. No election on issuance of bonds within six months - No election upon the question of the issuance of bonds...

§ 21-210. Disposal system to be erected by separate district - Any county or city which elects to construct and operate...

§ 21-211. City withdrawing to provide for disposal of sewage of county or town - If any city shall withdraw from the district pursuant to...

§ 21-212. Effect of nonappointment of members of commission on withdrawal - In the event that the members of the commission shall...

§ 21-213. Member of commission becoming nonresident because of removal or withdrawal - If any member of a commission shall, through removal from...

§ 21-214. Plans, maps, etc., to be available to commission - Each county, city or town in whole or in part...

§ 21-215. Payments by county, city or town - Each county, city, town or other public body shall promptly...

§ 21-216. Contracts with counties, cities and towns outside of district - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...

§ 21-217. Powers conferred on counties, cities and towns in addition to other powers - The powers conferred by this chapter on counties, cities and...

§ 21-218. Discharge into tidal waters of matter causing pollution - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-219. Discharge of matter injurious to system - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-220. Remedies to prevent violation - Any county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-221. Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this article and to...

§ 21-222. Discharge of sewage from vessel while afloat, etc. - No violation of any provision of this article shall be...

§ 21-223. Punishment of violations - Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be...

Chapter 3 - Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 - Tidal Waters

§ 21-141. Short title - This chapter may be known, designated and cited as the...

§ 21-142. Definitions - Whenever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a...

§ 21-143. Ordering and conduct of elections - Every order made pursuant to this chapter requiring the opening...

§ 21-144. Court proceedings - Whenever in this chapter the circuit court of any county,...

§ 21-145. Territory which may be embraced in district - Any integral body of territory within which are situated waters...

§ 21-146. Notice of hearing on petition for creation - Upon the presentation of a petition complying with the requirements...

§ 21-147. Contents of petition - Every such petition shall pray for the creation of the...

§ 21-148. Signatures on petition - Every such petition shall be signed by not less than...

§ 21-149. Hearing and determination; ordering election - Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense...

§ 21-150. Order when election favors establishment - If upon the certification of the result of such election...

§ 21-151. Exclusion from district of county, city or town voting against establishment - If upon the certification of the results of the election...

§ 21-152. Approval of State Health Commissioner - The State Health Commissioner is authorized, upon being satisfied that...

§ 21-153. Governing bodies may adopt resolutions - The governing body of each city and county and town...

§ 21-154. Incorporation of district; name and style - Each district heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to this chapter...

§ 21-155. Powers of commission - Each commission, constituting a corporation is hereby invested with the...

§ 21-156. Exemption of bonds from taxation - The bonds of such district or commission, and the property...

§ 21-157. Creation of board or commission to control corporation - In and for each district, a board or commission is...

§ 21-158. Officers of board or commission - The board or commission shall elect from its members a...

§ 21-159. Compensation and expenses of commission members - The members of the commission shall receive no salary, but...

§ 21-160. Meetings of commission - Regular meetings of the commission shall be held at least...

§ 21-161. Quorum - Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and...

§ 21-162. Suspension or removal of members of commission - Members of the commission may be suspended or removed by...

§ 21-163. Oath and bond of members of commission - Each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the...

§ 21-164. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 463.

§ 21-165. Manner of letting contracts - All contracts, except in cases of emergency, over $5,000 that...

§ 21-166. How power of eminent domain exercised - The powers of condemnation or eminent domain conferred on the...

§ 21-167. County, city or town not liable for act of commission - No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon...

§ 21-168. Enumeration of powers of commission - Every commission shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt...

§ 21-169. Relief from pollution to be purpose of commission - The purposes of every commission shall be the relief of...

§ 21-170. Acquisition and use of pipes, sewers, plants, stations, etc. - Every commission is authorized and directed to acquire, in the...

§ 21-171. Collection from public sewage systems - The commission is authorized and directed when in the judgment...

§ 21-172. Use of public sewer and disposal facilities - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...

§ 21-173. Use of public places - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...

§ 21-174. Special contracts for disposal of sewage and other wastes - (a) Every commission is authorized to enter into contracts with...

§ 21-175. Approval of disposal methods - The method proposed to be used by a commission for...

§ 21-176. Prohibition of sale or encumbrance of system - Neither the commission nor any of the counties, cities or...

§ 21-177. Agents and employees of commission - The commission is authorized, except as otherwise provided in §...

§ 21-178. Funds of commission - (a) All moneys of a commission, whether derived from the...

§ 21-179. Accounts and records - Every commission shall keep and preserve complete and accurate accounts...

§ 21-180. Authorization - Every commission is authorized to charge and collect fees, rents,...

§ 21-181. Uniformity and basis - Such fees, rents and charges being in the nature of...

§ 21-182. Schedule - The commission shall prescribe and from time to time when...

§ 21-183. Time and place of payment - The commission shall likewise fix and determine the time or...

§ 21-184. Effect of failure to pay - In the event that the fees, rents or charges charged...

§ 21-185. Register - The commission shall keep and preserve a complete register, or...

§ 21-186. Appeal from action fixing fees, etc. - From any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees,...

§ 21-187. Actions for collection - The commission shall have the right to recover the amount...

§ 21-188. Contracts for collection - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...

§ 21-189. Outstanding bonds not to exceed ten million dollars - Bonds of a commission shall at no time be outstanding...

§ 21-190. Election prior to issuance - No bonds shall be issued by a commission, except to...

§ 21-191. Other matters determined by resolution - All other matters relating to the issuing of such bonds,...

§ 21-192. Form and contents - Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission, and...

§ 21-193. How sold - Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale...

§ 21-194. Resolutions may be part of contract with bondholders - Any resolutions of the commission authorizing any bonds may contain...

§ 21-195. Negotiability - Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds...

§ 21-196. Liability of Commonwealth, county, city or town - The bonds, notes and other obligations, and any indebtedness, of...

§ 21-197. No personal liability - Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing...

§ 21-198. Purchase by commission - The commission is authorized, out of any funds available therefor,...

§ 21-199. Bonds constitute legal investments - Any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter...

§ 21-200. Special remedies of bondholders - (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to...

§ 21-200.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued by the commission become mutilated or...

§ 21-201. Interim certificates - Pending the preparation, execution and delivery of definitive bonds of...

§ 21-202. Inviolability of rights and remedies - The Commonwealth does pledge to and agree with the holders...

§ 21-203. Notice of intention to withdraw - Any county or city in whole or in part embraced...

§ 21-204. Right to withdraw and set up separate district - If after the giving of such notice and within one...

§ 21-205. Proof that steps for withdrawal have been taken - The governing body of any county or city proposing to...

§ 21-206. Power of county or city electing to set up separate district - Any county or city which elects to construct and operate...

§ 21-207. Withdrawal must be within one year - The transfer and vesting of rights, powers and duties shall...

§ 21-208. Additional rights conferred on city or county withdrawing - The foregoing provisions of § 21-206 shall be deemed to...

§ 21-209. No election on issuance of bonds within six months - No election upon the question of the issuance of bonds...

§ 21-210. Disposal system to be erected by separate district - Any county or city which elects to construct and operate...

§ 21-211. City withdrawing to provide for disposal of sewage of county or town - If any city shall withdraw from the district pursuant to...

§ 21-212. Effect of nonappointment of members of commission on withdrawal - In the event that the members of the commission shall...

§ 21-213. Member of commission becoming nonresident because of removal or withdrawal - If any member of a commission shall, through removal from...

§ 21-214. Plans, maps, etc., to be available to commission - Each county, city or town in whole or in part...

§ 21-215. Payments by county, city or town - Each county, city, town or other public body shall promptly...

§ 21-216. Contracts with counties, cities and towns outside of district - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...

§ 21-217. Powers conferred on counties, cities and towns in addition to other powers - The powers conferred by this chapter on counties, cities and...

§ 21-218. Discharge into tidal waters of matter causing pollution - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-219. Discharge of matter injurious to system - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-220. Remedies to prevent violation - Any county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-221. Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this article and to...

§ 21-222. Discharge of sewage from vessel while afloat, etc. - No violation of any provision of this article shall be...

§ 21-223. Punishment of violations - Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be...

Chapter 4 - Sanitation Districts Law of 1946 -- Nontidal Waters

§ 21-224. Short title - This chapter may be known, designated and cited as the...

§ 21-225. Definitions - Wherever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a...

§ 21-226. Ordering and conduct of elections - Every order made pursuant to this chapter requiring the opening...

§ 21-227. Court proceedings - Wherever in this chapter the circuit court of any county,...

§ 21-228. Territory which may be embraced in district - Any integral body of territory within which are situated rivers,...

§ 21-229. Notice of hearing on petition for creation - Upon the presentation of a petition complying with the requirements...

§ 21-230. Contents of petition - Every such petition shall pray for the creation of the...

§ 21-231. Signatures on petition - Every such petition shall be signed by not less than...

§ 21-232. Hearing and determination; ordering election - Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense...

§ 21-233. Order when election favors establishment - If upon the certificate of the result of the said...

§ 21-234. Exclusion from district of county, city or town voting against establishment - If upon the certification of the results of the election...

§ 21-235. Approval of State Health Commissioner - The State Health Commissioner is authorized, upon being satisfied that...

§ 21-236. Governing bodies may adopt resolutions - The governing body of each city and county and town...

§ 21-237. Creation - In and for each district heretofore or hereafter created pursuant...

§ 21-238. Officers of commission - The commission, at its organization meeting and thereafter at its...

§ 21-239. Compensation and expenses of members - The members of the commission, including the chairman, shall receive...

§ 21-240. Meetings - Regular meetings of the commission shall be held at least...

§ 21-241. Quorum - Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and...

§ 21-242. Suspension or removal of members - Members of the commission may be suspended or removed by...

§ 21-243. Oath and bond of members - Each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the...

§ 21-244. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 463.

§ 21-245. Manner of letting contracts - All contracts, except in cases of emergency, over $5,000 that...

§ 21-246. How power of eminent domain exercised - The powers of condemnation or eminent domain conferred on the...

§ 21-247. County, city or town not liable for act of commission - No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon...

§ 21-248. Enumeration of powers of commission - Every commission shall have the following powers: 1. To adopt...

§ 21-249. Relief from pollution to be purpose of commission - The purposes of every commission shall be the relief of...

§ 21-250. Acquisition and use of pipes, sewers, plants, stations, etc. - Every commission is authorized and directed to acquire, in the...

§ 21-251. Collection from public sewage systems - The commission is authorized and directed when in the judgment...

§ 21-252. Use of public sewer and disposal facilities - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...

§ 21-253. Use of public places - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...

§ 21-254. Special contracts for disposal of sewage and other wastes - (a) Every commission is authorized to enter into contracts with...

§ 21-255. Approval of disposal methods - The method proposed to be used by a commission for...

§ 21-256. Prohibition of sale or encumbrance of system - Neither the commission nor any of the counties, cities or...

§ 21-257. Agents and employees of commission - The commission is authorized to appoint a general manager for...

§ 21-258. Funds of commission - (a) All moneys of a commission, whether derived from the...

§ 21-259. Accounts and records - Every commission shall keep and preserve complete and accurate accounts...

§ 21-260. Authority to collect fees, rents or other charges - Every commission is hereby authorized and empowered to charge and...

§ 21-261. Uniformity and basis - Such fees, rents and charges being in the nature of...

§ 21-262. Schedule - The commission shall prescribe and from time to time when...

§ 21-263. Time and place of payment - The commission shall likewise fix and determine the time or...

§ 21-264. Effect of failure to pay - In the event that the fees, rents or charges charged...

§ 21-265. Register - The commission shall keep and preserve a complete register, or...

§ 21-266. Appeal from action fixing fees, etc. - From any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees,...

§ 21-267. Actions for collection - The commission shall have the right to recover the amount...

§ 21-268. Contracts for collection - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...

§ 21-269. Outstanding bonds not to exceed ten million dollars - Bonds of a commission shall at no time be outstanding...

§ 21-270. Election prior to issuance - No bonds shall be issued by a commission, except to...

§ 21-271. Other matters determined by resolution - All other matters relating to the issuing of such bonds,...

§ 21-272. Form and contents - Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission, and...

§ 21-273. How sold - Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale...

§ 21-274. Resolutions may be part of contract with bondholders - Any resolutions of the commission authorizing any bonds may contain...

§ 21-275. Negotiability - Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds...

§ 21-276. Liability of Commonwealth, county, city or town on bonds - The bonds, notes and other obligations, and any indebtedness, of...

§ 21-277. No personal liability on bonds - Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing...

§ 21-278. Purchase of bonds by commission - The commission is authorized, out of any funds available therefor,...

§ 21-279. Bonds constitute legal investments - Any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter...

§ 21-280. Special remedies of bondholders - (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to...

§ 21-280.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued by the commission become mutilated or...

§ 21-281. Inviolability of rights and remedies - The Commonwealth does pledge to and agree with the holders...

§ 21-282. Interim certificates - Pending the preparation, execution and delivery of definitive bonds of...

§ 21-283. Plans, maps, etc., to be available to commission - Each county, city or town in whole or in part...

§ 21-284. Payments by county, city or town - Each county, city, town or other public body shall promptly...

§ 21-285. Contracts with counties, cities and towns outside of district - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...

§ 21-286. Additional powers conferred on counties, cities and towns - The powers conferred by this chapter on counties, cities and...

§ 21-287. Discharge into waters of matter causing pollution - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-288. Discharge of matter injurious to system - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...

§ 21-289. Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the two preceding sections...

§ 21-290. Punishment of violations - Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be...

Chapter 5 - Hampton Roads Sanitation District

§ 21-291. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1960, c. 66.

§ 21-291.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1987, c. 57.

§ 21-291.2. Creation of District - Chapter 66 of the Acts of 1960 as amended by...

Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects

§ 21-292. Jurisdiction of circuit courts to establish projects - The circuit courts of the several counties and cities of...

§ 21-292.1. "District" means "project." - Whenever the word district or districts hereinafter appears in this...

§ 21-293. Drainage considered essential - It is hereby declared that the drainage of the surface...

§ 21-294. Establishment considered public improvement - It is declared that the preliminary work, establishment and completion...

§ 21-295. Form of petition; bond; summons of landowners not on petition - Whenever a petition, signed by fifty-one percent or more of...

§ 21-296. Circulation of duplicate originals of petition - For the convenience of the petitioners, duplicate originals of the...

§ 21-297. Service and return of summons; appointment of board of viewers - The summons may be served by publication as to any...

§ 21-298. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 642.

§ 21-299. Notice to viewers of appointment - The clerk of the court thereupon shall mail a written...

§ 21-300. Filling vacancies on board - If a vacancy occurs on the board of viewers for...

§ 21-301. Compensation of viewers - The compensation for the services of the board of viewers,...

§ 21-302. Petition based on widening, deepening, etc., of natural streams - If the majority of the landowners in any wet, swamp...

§ 21-303. Withdrawal of persons signing petition - If during the proceedings, before or after the filing of...

§ 21-304. All landowners need not be listed in petition; amendments - To render the practical application of this chapter possible in...

§ 21-305. Tile system of drainage - Whenever a supplementary petition signed by the owner or owners...

§ 21-306. Compensation of engineer, assistants and viewers - The board of viewers of the project involved shall at...

§ 21-307. Publication against unknown owners - If, at the time of the filing of the petition,...

§ 21-308. Appointment of representative of unknown owner - After the time of publication shall have expired, if no...

§ 21-309. Subsequent appearance of unknown owners - If at any time during the pendency of the drainage...

§ 21-310. Guardian ad litem for infants and incapacitated adults - These proceedings shall not be stayed because of infancy or...

§ 21-311. Recordation of petition and orders - A copy of the petition, duly certified by the clerk...

§ 21-312. Examination; preliminary report - The board of viewers shall proceed, as soon as practicable,...

§ 21-313. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 642.

§ 21-314. Notice of consideration of preliminary report - After the petition is entertained by the court, notice shall...

§ 21-315. Hearing objections to preliminary report - At the date appointed for the hearing, or upon any...

§ 21-316. Exclusion of land not affected by drainage - If it appears that there is any land within the...

§ 21-317. Changing boundaries to include land affected - If it shall be shown that there is any land...

§ 21-318. Determining efficiency of drainage; changes - The efficiency of the drainage or levee shall also be...

§ 21-319. Board of viewers to attend hearing - The board of viewers shall attend such hearing, and give...

§ 21-320. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 642.

§ 21-321. Preliminary establishment of district - The above facts having been determined to the satisfaction of...

§ 21-322. Land excluded from district but located within boundaries - If any lands shall be excluded from the district because...

§ 21-323. Condemnation of land - If it shall be necessary to acquire a right-of-way and...

§ 21-324. Right of appeal - Any person or corporation owning lands within the drainage or...

§ 21-325. Complete survey - After the district is preliminarily established the court shall refer...

§ 21-326. Assistance in making survey - The board of viewers shall have power to employ such...

§ 21-327. Courses, distances and levels - The line of each ditch, drain or levee shall be...

§ 21-328. Bench marks - Frequent bench marks shall be established along the line, on...

§ 21-329. Other levels - If it is deemed expedient by the board of viewers,...

§ 21-330. Drainage map - A drainage map of the district shall then be completed,...

§ 21-331. Profile of each levee, etc.; estimate of costs; rights-of-way - There shall also be prepared to accompany this map a...

§ 21-332. Adoption of surveys already made - In any case where surveys have been made by or...

§ 21-333. Assessment of damages - It shall be the further duty of the board of...

§ 21-334. Classification of land; benefits; assessments - It shall be the further duty of the board of...

§ 21-335. Cost of survey - The board of viewers or the drainage engineer shall keep...

§ 21-336. Delay; extension of time - In case the work is delayed by high water, sickness...

§ 21-337. Final report; notice of hearing - When the final report is completed and filed a date...

§ 21-338. Duty of viewers to review report and make changes - At the date set for the hearing any landowner may...

§ 21-339. Approval by court - If, in the opinion of the court, the cost of...

§ 21-340. Power of court to reopen after approval - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as depriving the...

§ 21-341. Dismissal of proceedings when cost exceeds benefit - If the court finds that the cost of construction, together...

§ 21-342. Appeal - Either party shall have a right to appeal from the...

§ 21-343. Payments into court - The court may, from time to time, order the petitioners...

§ 21-344. Payment of total costs and expenses - The total amount of the costs and expenses, or any...

§ 21-345. Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included - If, at any time after the final confirmation of the...

§ 21-346. Drainage record - The clerk of the circuit court in which the petition...

§ 21-347. Board of viewers to operate, manage and administer project - After the drainage project shall have been declared finally established...

§ 21-348. Superintendent of construction - The board of viewers of each drainage project may, if...

§ 21-349. Notice of time and place of letting contract; bids - The board of viewers of each drainage project shall cause...

§ 21-350. Bond to accompany bid - No bid shall be entertained that is not accompanied by...

§ 21-351. Rejection of bid - The board shall have the right to reject all bids...

§ 21-352. Contract and bond of successful bidder - A successful bidder shall be required to enter into a...

§ 21-353. Superintendent and engineer to act as advisors - In canvassing bids and letting the contract, the superintendent of...

§ 21-354. Basis of contract; inspection - The contract shall be based on the plans and specifications...

§ 21-355. Opening bids - All bids shall be sealed and shall not be opened...

§ 21-356. Correction of report - The board of viewers of each drainage project shall have...

§ 21-357. Monthly estimates - The superintendent in charge of construction or the engineer shall...

§ 21-358. Failure of contractor - If any contractor to whom the work or a portion...

§ 21-359. Highway affected - Where any public ditch, drain or watercourse established under the...

§ 21-360. Railroad; damage - Whenever the board of viewers shall make a survey for...

§ 21-361. Assessment of benefits to railroads - The board of viewers shall also assess the benefits that...

§ 21-362. Notice to railroad - The clerk of the circuit court shall have notice served...

§ 21-363. Manner of crossing right-of-way; cost - After the contract is let and the actual construction is...

§ 21-364. Control and repairs; penalty for injury to construction - Whenever any improvement constructed under this chapter is completed, it...

§ 21-365. Outlet for lateral drains - The owner of any land that has been assessed for...

§ 21-366. Certification and record of total cost - After the contract for the work of construction of the...

§ 21-367. Preparation and contents of drainage tax lists - The board of viewers, with the assistance of the engineer,...

§ 21-368. Assessment rolls to provide for bond interest payments - The first of these assessment rolls shall provide assessments sufficient...

§ 21-369. Amount of tax levied - In each year commencing with the maturity of the bonds,...

§ 21-370. Application of surplus to reduce assessment for following year - When the sum actually collected on any such assessment shall...

§ 21-371. Assessment rolls to show time collectible; amount of assessment to depend on benefits - Each of such assessment rolls shall specify the times when...

§ 21-372. Signing rolls - These assessment rolls shall be signed by the chairman of...

§ 21-373. Disposition of rolls - One copy of each of the assessment rolls shall be...

§ 21-374. Assessment shall have effect of judgment and constitute lien - The assessments shall thereupon have the force and effect of...

§ 21-375. When assessment due and payable; when delinquent - The assessments shall be due and payable on the first...

§ 21-376. Interest from delinquency; penalty - From the date of delinquency of any assessment it shall...

§ 21-377. Notice of sale of delinquent land - If any assessment is delinquent for more than a year,...

§ 21-378. Place of sale when land lies in more than one county - If the land upon which assessments are delinquent lies in...

§ 21-379. Time of sale of delinquent lands - The sale of the lands for failure to pay such...

§ 21-380. Redemption of delinquent lands sold - The existing general tax law in force when sales are...

§ 21-381. Sufficiency of bids at delinquent sales - No bid at any sale shall be received unless sufficient...

§ 21-382. Rights of board of viewers at sale - The board of viewers shall be in like position and...

§ 21-383. Who may redeem - The owner of the lands so sold or any person...

§ 21-384. Board of viewers to pay treasurer - When the period of redemption has expired the board of...

§ 21-385. Effect when board of viewers acquires land at sale - The board of viewers, after acquiring a deed for such...

§ 21-386. Sale and collection according to general law - The sale of lands for failure to pay such assessments,...

§ 21-387. Deed to purchaser - If no objection is made in any sale of land...

§ 21-388. Duty of treasurer to make payments of interest and principal of bonds - It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the...

§ 21-389. Change of assessment rolls on change of ownership of lands - If at any time before or after the preparation of...

§ 21-390. Law governing sales - Sales of lands for delinquent assessments may be made either...

§ 21-391. Notice of redemption - In any case where such sales have heretofore been made,...

§ 21-392. Repayment to purchasers on redemption; deed on failure to redeem - If any record owner shall redeem the lands, as aforesaid,...

§ 21-393. Notice of issuance of bonds - The board of viewers of the county in which the...

§ 21-394. Payment of full amount by landowner - Any landowner in the project not wanting to pay interest...

§ 21-395. Defense; waiver - Every person owning land in the district who shall neglect...

§ 21-396. Issuing bonds; amount - At the expiration of fifteen days after publication of notice...

§ 21-397. Interest and maturity of bonds - The bonds shall bear not more than six per centum...

§ 21-398. Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds - The board of viewers, after widely advertising the sale of...

§ 21-399. Same; records - The proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds shall...

§ 21-400. Right of holders on default - If any installment of principal or interest represented by the...

§ 21-400.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued under this chapter become mutilated or...

§ 21-401. Exemption of bonds from taxation - The bonds and coupons issued under and by authority of...

§ 21-402. Changing assessments to conform to judgment - Where the board of viewers has confirmed an assessment for...

§ 21-403. Ratio of relevy - The relevy shall be made for the additional sum required...

§ 21-404. Payment of assessments from proceeds of sale of land - If any person, or any number of persons, claiming to...

§ 21-405. Procedure when value of land not equal to future assessments - When the fund in the custody of any county treasurer...

§ 21-406. Surplus in hands of treasurer - If the funds in the hands of any county treasurer...

§ 21-407. Impairment or destruction of work during construction - If there shall be any impairment or destruction of the...

§ 21-408. Default by contractor - If the contractor shall make default and if there shall...

§ 21-409. When additional bonds may be issued - If for any of the causes hereinbefore recited, or for...

§ 21-410. Procedure for issuance of additional bonds - The proceedings for the issue of such additional bonds shall...

§ 21-411. Amount, interest and maturity of additional bonds - The additional bonds issued shall not exceed twenty-five per centum...

§ 21-412. When refunding bonds may be issued - When any drainage project operating under the provisions of this...

§ 21-413. Maturity, interest and registration of refunding bonds - The refunding bonds so authorized shall mature at one time...

§ 21-414. Sale or exchange of refunding bonds - The board of viewers may provide for the exchange of...

§ 21-415. How refunding bonds sold - If to be sold, such refunding bonds may be sold...

§ 21-416. Collection of assessments on retired bonds - All uncollected assessments levied for payment of principal of and...

§ 21-417. Additional assessments to pay principal and interest on refunding bonds - If the proceeds of the assessments levied for the payment...

§ 21-418. Cancellation of assessments for retired bonds - If the board of viewers deems it advisable it may,...

§ 21-419. Preparation of assessment rolls when additional assessments made - In the event new or additional assessments are levied pursuant...

§ 21-420. How additional assessments made - If additional or new assessments are so levied, such assessments...

§ 21-421. Law applicable to original bonds applies to refunding bonds - Except as herein otherwise provided, refunding bonds issued hereunder shall...

§ 21-422. Contracts with United States as to refunding - Any drainage project desiring to refund all or part of...

§ 21-423. Compensation and expenses - Any engineer employed under the provisions of this chapter shall...

§ 21-424. Defects in the proceedings; construction of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to...

§ 21-425. Removal of engineers, viewers, etc. - Any engineer, viewer, superintendent of construction or other person appointed...

§ 21-426. Appropriation of county funds - The governing body of any county in which is located...

Chapter 7 - Public Facilities District Laws

§ 21-427. Public facilities district law for certain counties - Chapter 93 of the Acts of 1946, as amended by...

§ 21-427.1. City public facilities district law - Chapter 414 of the Acts of 1956, relating to public...

Chapter 8 - Proceedings to Acquire Drainage Rights

§ 21-428. Right to drain land through lands of others - Any person desiring to drain his lands through the lands...

§ 21-429. Damages to be ascertained by commissioners; notice to be given - If the court, on hearing the matter, thinks it proper,...

§ 21-430. Mode of draining to be described - The commissioners shall also inquire and report whether the mode...

§ 21-431. Payment of damages and costs - If the leave prayed for be granted by the court,...

§ 21-432. Construction of culverts, etc., under mill canals - This chapter shall be so construed as to authorize the...

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Code of Virginia Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts

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Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts