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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0178\">178<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. 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 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0736\">736<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":348554,"section_number":"15.2-5101","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1381589,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347729,"identifier":"15.2-2119.1","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/2\/15.2-2119.1","url":"\/15.2-2119.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2119.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/2\/15.2-2119.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Credit for excessive water and sewer charges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2119.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> or authority, as such term is defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/15.2-5101\/\">15.2-5101<\/a>, may provide a partial credit for excessive water and sewer charges where high water usage is caused by damaged pipes, leaks, accidents, or other intentional or unintentional causes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDIT FOR EXCESSIVE WATER AND SEWER CHARGES (\u00a7 15.2-2119.1)\n\nA locality or authority, as such term is defined in \u00a7 15.2-5101, may provide a\npartial credit for excessive water and sewer charges where high water usage is\ncaused by damaged pipes, leaks, accidents, or other intentional or unintentional\ncauses.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 178; 2017, c. 736.","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"}}