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2002 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 682
Offered January 18, 2002
A BILL to require a certain corporation owning a sewage treatment plant in the Commonwealth to be regulated in the same manner as a public utility.
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Patron-- Puckett
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Any corporation that (i) was issued a charter in the Commonwealth on July 1, 1936, (ii) is exempt from the requirements of subsection G of § 13.1-620 that it incorporate as a public service company, and (iii) owns or operates a sewage treatment plant within the Commonwealth where sewage collected by a Virginia public service authority or by a Virginia municipal corporation, or both, is treated shall be regulated as a public utility and be subject to the requirements of §§ 56-233 through 56-240 and §§ 56-246 through 56-250 of the Code of Virginia.