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Before any deed, contract or lease is made or executed, it shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General, and bids therefor shall be received after notice by publication once each week for four successive weeks in two newspapers of general circulation. The Director shall have the right to reject any or all bids and to readvertise for bids. The accepted bidder shall give bond with good and sufficient surety to the satisfaction of the Director, and in any amount that the Director may fix for the faithful performance of all the conditions and covenants of the lease, contract or deed. The proceeds arising from any contract, deed, or lease shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the State Park Conservation Resources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199570,"text":"The Director, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to make and execute leases, contracts or deeds in the name of the Commonwealth, for the removal or mining of minerals that may be found in Departmental lands whenever it appears to the Director that it would be in the best interest of the Commonwealth to dispose of these minerals. Before any deed, contract or lease is made or executed, it shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General, and bids therefor shall be received after notice by publication once each week for four successive weeks in two newspapers of general circulation. The Director shall have the right to reject any or all bids and to readvertise for bids. The accepted bidder shall give bond with good and sufficient surety to the satisfaction of the Director, and in any amount that the Director may fix for the faithful performance of all the conditions and covenants of the lease, contract or deed. 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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 835 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. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1980, chapter 451; in 1984, chapter 739; in 1987, chapter 453; in 1988, chapter 891; in 2003, chapters 79<\/a> and 89<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56447,"section_number":"10.1-202","catch_line":"Gifts, funds, and fees designated for state parks; establishment of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-202\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54356,"identifier":"10.1-111","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/3\/10.1-111","url":"\/10.1-111\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-111\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/3\/10.1-111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal of minerals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span>, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to make and execute leases, contracts<\/span> or deeds in the name of the Commonwealth, for the removal or mining of minerals<\/span> that may be found in Departmental lands whenever it appears to the Director<\/span> that it would be in the best interest of the Commonwealth to dispose of these minerals<\/span>. Before any deed, contract<\/span> or lease is made or executed, it shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General<\/span>, and bids therefor shall be received after notice by publication once each week for four successive weeks in two newspapers of general circulation. The Director<\/span> shall have the right to reject any or all bids and to readvertise for bids. The accepted bidder shall give bond<\/span> with good and sufficient surety<\/span> to the satisfaction of the Director<\/span>, and in any amount that the Director<\/span> may fix for the faithful performance of all the conditions and covenants of the lease, contract<\/span> or deed. The proceeds arising from any contract<\/span>, deed, or lease shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the State Park Conservation Resources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMOVAL OF MINERALS (\u00a7 10.1-111)\n\nThe Director, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to make and\nexecute leases, contracts or deeds in the name of the Commonwealth, for the\nremoval or mining of minerals that may be found in Departmental lands whenever\nit appears to the Director that it would be in the best interest of the\nCommonwealth to dispose of these minerals. Before any deed, contract or lease is\nmade or executed, it shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General, and\nbids therefor shall be received after notice by publication once each week for\nfour successive weeks in two newspapers of general circulation. The Director\nshall have the right to reject any or all bids and to readvertise for bids. The\naccepted bidder shall give bond with good and sufficient surety to the\nsatisfaction of the Director, and in any amount that the Director may fix for\nthe faithful performance of all the conditions and covenants of the lease,\ncontract or deed. The proceeds arising from any contract, deed, or lease shall\nbe deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the State Park\nConservation Resources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 835, \u00a7 10-17.114; 1980, c. 451; 1984, c. 739; 1987, c. 453;\n1988, c. 891; 2003, cc. 79, 89.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}