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The department shall be in charge of the construction, operation, maintenance and administration of public utilities, owned, operated and controlled by the county or any sanitary district of the county, including but not limited to water systems, sewer systems, sewage disposal systems, solid waste management, street lights and any other related functions not assigned to or administered by other departments. If the county has a division of fire and a fire chief under the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-633, then the division of fire shall not be under the department of public utilities.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1301002,"text":"The department of public utilities, if and when established, shall be under the supervision of a director of public utilities appointed by the county manager. 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 200; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":349045,"section_number":"15.2-633","catch_line":"Office of the county attorney","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-633\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1378829,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349047,"identifier":"15.2-634","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-634","url":"\/15.2-634\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-634\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-634","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of public utilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-634","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The department of public utilities, if and when established, shall be under the supervision of a director of public utilities appointed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> manager. The department shall be in charge of the construction, operation, maintenance and administration of public utilities, owned, operated and controlled by the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> or any sanitary district of the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>, including but not limited to water systems, sewer systems, sewage disposal systems, solid waste management, street lights and any other related functions not assigned to or administered by other departments. 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If the county has a division of fire and a fire chief under\nthe provisions of \u00a7 15.2-633, then the division of fire shall not be under the\ndepartment of public utilities.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-328.2; 1956, c. 200; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-650; 1997,\nc. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}