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Such department shall be in charge of construction, operation, maintenance and administration of all public works coming under the general category of public utilities, owned, operated and controlled by any such county or district or any sanitary district of such county. Such department shall be responsible for the administration of the affairs of the sanitary districts, including but not limited to water systems, sewer systems, sewage disposal systems, garbage and any other sanitary district functions not assigned or administered by other departments or agencies. If the county has a division of fire protection and a fire chief under the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-842 then such fire protection shall not be under the department of public utilities.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1301867,"text":"The department of public utilities, if and when established, shall be under the supervision of a director of public utilities. 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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 1960, chapter 382; 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":349324,"section_number":"15.2-842","catch_line":"Department of public safety","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-842\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1379297,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349325,"identifier":"15.2-843","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-843","url":"\/15.2-843\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-843\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-843","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of public utilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-843","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. Such department shall be in charge of construction, operation, maintenance and administration of all public works coming under the general category of public utilities, owned, operated and controlled by any such <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> or district or any sanitary district of such <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>. Such department shall be responsible for the administration of the affairs of the sanitary districts, including but not limited to water systems, sewer systems, sewage disposal systems, garbage and any other sanitary district functions not assigned or administered by other departments or agencies. 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Such department shall be responsible for the administration of the\naffairs of the sanitary districts, including but not limited to water systems,\nsewer systems, sewage disposal systems, garbage and any other sanitary district\nfunctions not assigned or administered by other departments or agencies. If the\ncounty has a division of fire protection and a fire chief under the provisions\nof \u00a7 15.2-842 then such fire protection shall not be under the department of\npublic utilities.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-384.63; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-776; 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"}}