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Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-5100 (2026)

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act." This chapter shall constitute full and complete authority, without regard to the provisions of any other law for the doing of the acts herein authorized, and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of the chapter.

Code 1950, § 15-764.1; 1950, p. 1312; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1239; 1997, c. 587.

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Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2022 · leading case: Short Pump Town Ctr. Cmty. Dev. Auth. v. Hahn, 554 S.E.2d 441 (Va. 2001).
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Short Pump Town Ctr. Cmty. Dev. Auth. v. Hahn, 554 S.E.2d 441 (Va. 2001). · cites it 4× “In July 2000, the owners of the 147 acres petitioned the Henrico County Board of Supervisors (the “Board”), pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (“WWAA”), Code §§ 15.2-5100 through -5158, to create the CDA.”
Upper Occoquan Sewage Auth. v. BLAKE CONST., 655 S.E.2d 10 (Va. 2008). · cites it 2× “The oversight of the Project by UOSA was contentious and resulted in the litigation that was the subject of the prior cases decided by this Court in 2003.”
Upper Occoquan Sewage Auth. v. Blake Constr. Co., 587 S.E.2d 721 (Va. 2003). · cites it 2× “UOSA, the owner of the facility, is a public authority created pursuant to the Virginia Waste and Water Authorities Act, Code §§ 15.2-5100 through -5158, to provide waste water reclamation for its member jurisdictions, the counties of Fairfax and Prince William and the cities of…”
Cygnus Newport-Phase 1B, LLC v. City of Portsmouth, 790 S.E.2d 623 (Va. 2016). · cites it 2× “2-5158(A)(5) has nothing to do with the contractual rights of lienholders, and that it is instead a delineation of the powers of CDAs and localities, that is, the language prohibits a CDA from modifying the assessment in a manner inconsistent with the debt instrument that…”
Blake Constr. Co. v. Upper Occoquan Sewage Auth., 587 S.E.2d 711 (Va. 2003). · cites it 2× “UOSA, the owner of the facility, is a public *569 authority created pursuant to the Virginia Waste and Water Authorities Act, Code §§ 15.2-5100 through -5158, to provide waste water reclamation for its member jurisdictions, the counties of Fairfax and Prince William and the…”
Holland v. Nelson Cnty. Serv. Auth., 68 Va. Cir. 99 (Nelson Cir. Ct. 2005). · cites it 3× “*100 The authority has the powers of a political subdivision of Virginia. Va. Code § 15.2-5114.”
King George Cnty. Serv. Auth. v. Presidential Serv. Co. Tier II, Inc., 593 S.E.2d 241 (Va. 2004). · cites it 2× “MATERIAL FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS The appellant, King George County Service Authority (“Service Authority”), was created in 1992 pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act, Code § 15.”
John C. Holland Enter. v. Se. Pub. Serv. Auth., 643 S.E.2d 187 (Va. 2007). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA), is a refuse collection and disposal authority created under the provisions of the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act, Code § 15.2-5100, et seq. In 1985, SPSA opened its regional municipal solid waste (MSW)…”
Foster v. W. Virginia Water Auth., 81 Va. Cir. 481 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2007). · cites it 2× “In the instant case, the WVWA was created by Roanoke County (albeit in conjunction with Roanoke City) and incorporated under Virginia Code § 15.2-5100 etseq. Since the WVWA was created in part by a county authority, it is reasonable to confer county sovereign immunity to the…”
Robertson v. W. Virginia Water Auth., 83 Va. Cir. 203 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2011). · cites it 4× “2 of the 1950 Code of Virginia (as amended), Virginia Code §§ 15.2-5100 et seq., the “Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act.”
Hess v. Buchanan Cnty. Pub. Serv. Auth. (W.D. Va. 2022). · cites it 2× “1 It appears that the Authority operates pursuant to the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act, Va. Code Ann. §§ 15.2-5100 , et seq., as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
Short Pump Town Ctr. Cmty. Dev. Auth. v. Taxpayers, 54 Va. Cir. 501 (Henrico Cir. Ct. 2001). · cites it 3× “The creation of such an authority is authorized by the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act, Va. Code §§ 15.2-5100 etseg. Specifically, § 15.”
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