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Statutes > Virginia > Title-15-2 > Chapter-21 > 15-2-2111§ 15.2-2111. Regulation of sewage disposal or water service.
Any locality may exercise its powers to regulate sewage collection, treatmentor disposal service and water service notwithstanding any anticompetitiveeffect. Such regulation may include the establishment of an exclusive servicearea for any sewage or water system, including a system owned or operated bythe locality, the fixing of rates or charges for any sewage or water service,and the prohibition, restriction or regulation of competition betweenentities providing sewage or water service.
No power herein granted shall alter or amend the powers or the duties of anypresent or future authority created pursuant to the Virginia Water and WasteAuthorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) nor confer any right or responsibilityupon the governing body of any locality which would supersede or beinconsistent with any of the duties or responsibilities of the State WaterControl Board.
(1984, c. 525, § 15.1-292.2; 1997, c. 587.)
