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At least 60 days prior to filing such petition with the State Corporation Commission, such county, city or interested parties shall notify the sanitation commission of such intended petition and of the fees, rents and charges complained of, in order that the sanitation commission may be afforded an opportunity to make such changes in such fees, rents and charges as it shall deem proper. After such petition shall have been filed with the State Corporation Commission and after such county or city or other petitioners shall have, if required by the State Corporation Commission, executed and filed with the State Corporation Commission a bond payable to the Commonwealth and sufficient in amount, but not in excess of $5,000, and security to insure the prompt payment of all costs which may be assessed against such county or city or other petitioners, and after such county or city or other petitioners shall have caused to be published in at least one newspaper, designated by the commission and of general circulation within the district, such notice of such appeal as shall be prescribed by the State Corporation Commission, the State Corporation Commission is authorized to make such examinations and studies, to hold such hearings as may be required, to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, memoranda, papers and other documents before the State Corporation Commission or any officer or agent thereof, to administer oaths and to take testimony thereunder, and to fix in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the sanitation commission, subject to the right of further appeal by the sanitation commission or the interested parties to the Supreme Court, such fees, rents and charges. In each such appeal proceeding the State Corporation Commission shall ascertain the costs incurred by it, including in such costs actual expenses incurred and a fair apportionment of overhead expenses, and shall assess the same against either the petitioner or petitioners, or the sanitation commission, or shall apportion the costs between the petitioner or petitioners and the sanitation commission, according to principles applicable in courts of equity.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1318328,"text":"From any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees, rents and charges, or either of them, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, an appeal may be taken upon the petition of any county or city constituting a part of the district, or upon petition of any 50 persons, resident or doing business in the district, to the State Corporation Commission. At least 60 days prior to filing such petition with the State Corporation Commission, such county, city or interested parties shall notify the sanitation commission of such intended petition and of the fees, rents and charges complained of, in order that the sanitation commission may be afforded an opportunity to make such changes in such fees, rents and charges as it shall deem proper. After such petition shall have been filed with the State Corporation Commission and after such county or city or other petitioners shall have, if required by the State Corporation Commission, executed and filed with the State Corporation Commission a bond payable to the Commonwealth and sufficient in amount, but not in excess of $5,000, and security to insure the prompt payment of all costs which may be assessed against such county or city or other petitioners, and after such county or city or other petitioners shall have caused to be published in at least one newspaper, designated by the commission and of general circulation within the district, such notice of such appeal as shall be prescribed by the State Corporation Commission, the State Corporation Commission is authorized to make such examinations and studies, to hold such hearings as may be required, to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, memoranda, papers and other documents before the State Corporation Commission or any officer or agent thereof, to administer oaths and to take testimony thereunder, and to fix in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the sanitation commission, subject to the right of further appeal by the sanitation commission or the interested parties to the Supreme Court, such fees, rents and charges. In each such appeal proceeding the State Corporation Commission shall ascertain the costs incurred by it, including in such costs actual expenses incurred and a fair apportionment of overhead expenses, and shall assess the same against either the petitioner or petitioners, or the sanitation commission, or shall apportion the costs between the petitioner or petitioners and the sanitation commission, according to principles applicable in courts of equity.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":50665,"edition_id":2,"name":"Fees, Rents and Charges","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":4,"parent_id":50661,"metadata":{"child_laws":9,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:31:01","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:55","permalink":{"id":1406877,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50665,"identifier":"4","token":"21\/3\/4","url":"\/21\/3\/4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50661,"edition_id":2,"name":"Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 -- Tidal Waters","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":3,"parent_id":50656,"metadata":{"child_laws":84,"child_structures":8},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:30:57","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:54","permalink":{"id":1406713,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50661,"identifier":"3","token":"21\/3","url":"\/21\/3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50656,"edition_id":2,"name":"Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts","identifier":"21","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":58,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":358,"child_structures":25},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:30:49","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:54","permalink":{"id":1406467,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50656,"identifier":"21","token":"21","url":"\/21\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":353914,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-180","catch_line":"Authorization","url":"\/21-180\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-180","metadata":false},{"id":353915,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-181","catch_line":"Uniformity and basis","url":"\/21-181\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-181","metadata":false},{"id":353916,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-182","catch_line":"Schedule","url":"\/21-182\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-182","metadata":false},{"id":353917,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-183","catch_line":"Time and place of payment","url":"\/21-183\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-183","metadata":false},{"id":353918,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-184","catch_line":"Effect of failure to pay","url":"\/21-184\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-184","metadata":false},{"id":353919,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-185","catch_line":"Register","url":"\/21-185\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-185","metadata":false},{"id":353920,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-186","catch_line":"Appeal from action fixing fees, etc","url":"\/21-186\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-186","metadata":false},{"id":353921,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-187","catch_line":"Actions for collection","url":"\/21-187\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-187","metadata":false},{"id":353922,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-188","catch_line":"Contracts for collection","url":"\/21-188\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-188","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":353919,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-185","catch_line":"Register","url":"\/21-185\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-185","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":353921,"structure_id":50665,"section_number":"21-187","catch_line":"Actions for collection","url":"\/21-187\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-187","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/21-186\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 343<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1406903,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353920,"identifier":"21-186","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-186","url":"\/21-186\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/21-186\/","token":"21\/3\/4\/21-186","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeal from action fixing fees, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 21-186","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

From any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees, rents and charges, or either of them, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, an appeal<\/span> may be taken upon the petition<\/span> of any county<\/span> or city constituting a part of the district<\/span>, or upon petition<\/span> of any 50 persons<\/span>, resident or doing business in the district<\/span>, to the State Corporation Commission. At least 60 days prior to filing such petition<\/span> with the State Corporation Commission, such county<\/span>, city or interested parties shall notify the sanitation commission of such intended petition<\/span> and of the fees, rents and charges complained of, in order<\/span> that the sanitation commission may be afforded an opportunity to make such changes in such fees, rents and charges as it shall deem proper. After such petition<\/span> shall have been filed with the State Corporation Commission and after such county<\/span> or city or other petitioners shall have, if required by the State Corporation Commission, executed and filed with the State Corporation Commission a bond<\/span> payable to the Commonwealth and sufficient in amount, but not in excess of $5,000, and security to insure the prompt payment of all costs which may be assessed against such county<\/span> or city or other petitioners, and after such county<\/span> or city or other petitioners shall have caused to be published in at least one newspaper, designated by the commission and of general circulation within the district<\/span>, such notice of such appeal<\/span> as shall be prescribed by the State Corporation Commission, the State Corporation Commission is authorized to make such examinations and studies, to hold such hearings<\/span> as may be required, to issue<\/span> subpoenas<\/span> requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, memoranda, papers and other documents before the State Corporation Commission or any officer or agent thereof, to administer oaths<\/span> and to take testimony<\/span> thereunder, and to fix in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the sanitation commission, subject to the right of further appeal<\/span> by the sanitation commission or the interested parties to the Supreme Court<\/span>, such fees, rents and charges. In each such appeal<\/span> proceeding the State Corporation Commission shall ascertain the costs incurred by it, including in such costs actual expenses incurred and a fair apportionment of overhead expenses, and shall assess the same against either the petitioner or petitioners, or the sanitation commission, or shall apportion the costs between the petitioner or petitioners and the sanitation commission, according to principles applicable in courts<\/span> of equity<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEAL FROM ACTION FIXING FEES, ETC (\u00a7 21-186)\n\nFrom any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees, rents and\ncharges, or either of them, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, an\nappeal may be taken upon the petition of any county or city constituting a part\nof the district, or upon petition of any 50 persons, resident or doing business\nin the district, to the State Corporation Commission. At least 60 days prior to\nfiling such petition with the State Corporation Commission, such county, city or\ninterested parties shall notify the sanitation commission of such intended\npetition and of the fees, rents and charges complained of, in order that the\nsanitation commission may be afforded an opportunity to make such changes in\nsuch fees, rents and charges as it shall deem proper. After such petition shall\nhave been filed with the State Corporation Commission and after such county or\ncity or other petitioners shall have, if required by the State Corporation\nCommission, executed and filed with the State Corporation Commission a bond\npayable to the Commonwealth and sufficient in amount, but not in excess of\n$5,000, and security to insure the prompt payment of all costs which may be\nassessed against such county or city or other petitioners, and after such county\nor city or other petitioners shall have caused to be published in at least one\nnewspaper, designated by the commission and of general circulation within the\ndistrict, such notice of such appeal as shall be prescribed by the State\nCorporation Commission, the State Corporation Commission is authorized to make\nsuch examinations and studies, to hold such hearings as may be required, to\nissue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of\nrecords, memoranda, papers and other documents before the State Corporation\nCommission or any officer or agent thereof, to administer oaths and to take\ntestimony thereunder, and to fix in accordance with the provisions of this\nchapter applicable to the sanitation commission, subject to the right of further\nappeal by the sanitation commission or the interested parties to the Supreme\nCourt, such fees, rents and charges. In each such appeal proceeding the State\nCorporation Commission shall ascertain the costs incurred by it, including in\nsuch costs actual expenses incurred and a fair apportionment of overhead\nexpenses, and shall assess the same against either the petitioner or\npetitioners, or the sanitation commission, or shall apportion the costs between\nthe petitioner or petitioners and the sanitation commission, according to\nprinciples applicable in courts of equity.\n\nHISTORY: 1940, p. 623; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 1560nn; 2010, c. 343.","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"}}