{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/15.2-7225.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/15.2-7225.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/15.2-7225.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/15.2-7225.html"}],"law_id":349201,"edition_id":2,"section_id":349201,"structure_id":50039,"section_number":"15.2-7225","catch_line":"Existing contracts, leases, franchises, etc., not impaired","history":"2010, cc. 117, 210.","full_text":"No provisions of this Act shall relieve, impair, or affect any right, duty, liability, or obligation arising out of any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence, including all contracts entered into by Bristol Virginia Utilities except to the extent that such contract, concession, lease, or franchise may permit. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the Authority may renegotiate, renew, extend the term of, or otherwise modify at any time any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, provided that the operator of or under any said contract, concession, lease, or franchise consents to such renegotiation, renewal, extension, or modification. The Authority shall be obligated for the performance of any contract of Bristol Virginia Utilities now in existence in accordance with its terms, and such contracts shall remain in full force and effect.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1301505,"text":"No provisions of this Act shall relieve, impair, or affect any right, duty, liability, or obligation arising out of any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence, including all contracts entered into by Bristol Virginia Utilities except to the extent that such contract, concession, lease, or franchise may permit. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the Authority may renegotiate, renew, extend the term of, or otherwise modify at any time any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, provided that the operator of or under any said contract, concession, lease, or franchise consents to such renegotiation, renewal, extension, or modification. The Authority shall be obligated for the performance of any contract of Bristol Virginia Utilities now in existence in accordance with its terms, and such contracts shall remain in full force and effect.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":50039,"edition_id":2,"name":"Bvu Authority Act","identifier":"72","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":39,"parent_id":49964,"metadata":{"child_laws":27,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:20:42","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:56","permalink":{"id":1387611,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50039,"identifier":"72","token":"15.2\/IV\/72","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/72\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49964,"edition_id":2,"name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":4,"parent_id":49831,"metadata":{"child_laws":721,"child_structures":68},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:19:12","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:48","permalink":{"id":1384899,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49964,"identifier":"IV","token":"15.2\/IV","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49831,"edition_id":2,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":46,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":2297,"child_structures":225},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:16:22","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:22","permalink":{"id":1378281,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49831,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":349174,"structure_id":50039,"section_number":"15.2-7200","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/15.2-7200\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7200","metadata":false},{"id":349175,"structure_id":50039,"section_number":"15.2-7201","catch_line":"Creation; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0117\">117<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0210\">210<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1387713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349201,"identifier":"15.2-7225","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7225","url":"\/15.2-7225\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-7225\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/72\/15.2-7225","dublin_core":{"Title":"Existing contracts, leases, franchises, etc., not impaired","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-7225","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No provisions of this Act shall relieve, impair, or affect any right, duty, liability, or obligation arising out of any <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence, including all <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> entered into by Bristol Virginia Utilities except to the extent that such <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, concession, lease, or franchise may permit. 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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this\nsection, the Authority may renegotiate, renew, extend the term of, or otherwise\nmodify at any time any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in\nexistence in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it may deem\nappropriate, provided that the operator of or under any said contract,\nconcession, lease, or franchise consents to such renegotiation, renewal,\nextension, or modification. The Authority shall be obligated for the performance\nof any contract of Bristol Virginia Utilities now in existence in accordance\nwith its terms, and such contracts shall remain in full force and effect.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 117, 210.","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"}}