Utility Security Deposit Hikes Not Likely

Most Localities Opting Out Of Using New Law

Posted: July 12, 2012

Jeremy Will, a service technician with the Department of Public Utilities, turns on the water at an apartment on Bradley Drive in Harrisonburg on Tuesday. The city, citing a low rate of delinquent accounts, has opted out of new legislation meant to help localities recover costs associated with unpaid water and sewer bills. (Photos by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Jeremy Will, a service technician with the Department of Public Utilities, uses a digital reader to record the meter usage rate as he turns on the water at an apartment on Bradley Drive in Harrisonburg on Tuesday.

HARRISONBURG — Local governments have mostly opted out of using a new Virginia law that calls for charging tenants higher security deposit fees for water and sewer service as a protection...



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