Bill Text: VA HB1888 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Water and sewer charges; liens imposed by localities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-21 - House: Tabled in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote [HB1888 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB1888-Introduced.html
11103001D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 15.2-2118 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 15.2-2118. Lien for water and sewer charges and taxes imposed by localities. The governing body of any county adjoining a city lying wholly
within the Commonwealth and which has a population of more than 75,000
according to the 1970 or any subsequent census and any county having a density
of population of more than 600 per square mile according to the 1960 or any
subsequent census, Botetourt, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Franklin,
Gloucester, Goochland, Hanover, Isle of Wight, New Kent, Orange and any town
located therein, Rockingham, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and York Counties, the
Cities of Fairfax, Manassas Park, Newport News, Petersburg, Richmond, and
Roanoke, and the Towns of Blacksburg, Front Royal, and Kenbridge may by
ordinance provide that taxes or charges hereafter made,
imposed, or incurred for water or sewers or use thereof within or outside such
locality shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer. Such lien shall be superior to the interest of any
owner, lessee or tenant of the real estate and rank on a parity with liens for
unpaid real estate taxes. Where
residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall attach unless the locality (i) |