15.2-843 - Department of public utilities.

§ 15.2-843. Department of public utilities.

The department of public utilities, if and when established, shall be underthe supervision of a director of public utilities. Such department shall bein charge of construction, operation, maintenance and administration of allpublic works coming under the general category of public utilities, owned,operated and controlled by any such county or district or any sanitarydistrict of such county. Such department shall be responsible for theadministration of the affairs of the sanitary districts, including but notlimited to water systems, sewer systems, sewage disposal systems, garbage andany other sanitary district functions not assigned or administered by otherdepartments or agencies. If the county has a division of fire protection anda fire chief under the provisions of § 15.2-842 then such fire protectionshall not be under the department of public utilities.

(Code 1950, § 15-384.63; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-776; 1997, c.587.)