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2000 SESSION
009226650Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-2118 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-2118. Lien for water and sewer charges and taxes imposed by localities.
The governing bodybodies of any county adjoining a city lying wholly within the
Commonwealth and which has a population of more than 75,000 according to the
1970 or any subsequent census and any county having a density of population of
more than 600 per square mile according to the 1960 or any subsequent
census,the Counties of Arlington, Botetourt, Chesterfield, Culpeper,
Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton,
Orange and any town located therein, Prince William, Roanoke, Rockingham,
Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, and York Counties and the Cities of Fairfax,
Newport News, Petersburg, and Richmond, and Roanoke may by ordinance provide
that taxes or charges hereafter made, imposed or incurred for water or sewers or use thereof within or outside
such county or city shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline
or sewer. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall
attach (i) unless the user of the water or sewer services is also the owner of
the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or
executed the agreement by which such water or sewer services were provided to
the property.