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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353991</law_id><section_number>21-256</section_number><catch_line>Prohibition of sale or encumbrance of system</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="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Sanitation Districts Law of 1946 -- Nontidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Neither the commission nor any of the counties, cities or <span class="dictionary">towns</span> in whole or in part embraced within the <span class="dictionary">district</span> shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the <span class="dictionary">sewage disposal system</span> of a commission, except such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the commission, whether the same shall originally have been acquired by such commission or by one of the counties, cities or <span class="dictionary">towns</span>. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the holders of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> of the commission. The <span class="dictionary">sewage disposal system</span> of a commission shall be exempt from any and all liability which may be incurred by, or imposed upon, the commission, or any <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, which, in whole or in part, constitutes any part of any <span class="dictionary">district</span>.</p></section></text><history>1946, p. 360; Michie Suppl. 1946, &#xA7; 1560iii15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
