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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349047</law_id><section_number>15.2-634</section_number><catch_line>Department of public utilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="6">County Manager Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Departments; County Manager Form</unit></structure><text>
						<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. If the <span class="dictionary">county</span> has a division of fire and a fire chief under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Office of the county attorney" href="/15.2-633/">15.2-633</a>, then the division of fire shall not be under the department of public utilities.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-328.2; 1956, c. 200; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-650; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
