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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1990, chapter 92; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 369<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67412,"section_number":"45.2-1630","catch_line":" Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Inspector","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1630\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63543,"identifier":"45.2-105","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-105","url":"\/45.2-105\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-105\/","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-105","dublin_core":{"Title":" Establishment of divisions; division heads","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-105","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The following divisions, through which the functions, powers, and duties of the Department<\/span> may be discharged, are established in the Department<\/span>: a Division of Mines, a Division of Mined Land Repurposing, a Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, a Division of Gas and Oil, a Division of Mineral Mining, a Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and a Division of Offshore Wind. The Director<\/span> may establish other divisions as he deems necessary. The Director<\/span> shall appoint persons to direct the various functions and programs of each division and may delegate to the head of any division any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by law<\/span> on the Director<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n ESTABLISHMENT OF DIVISIONS; DIVISION HEADS (\u00a7 45.2-105)\n\nThe following divisions, through which the functions, powers, and duties of the\nDepartment may be discharged, are established in the Department: a Division of\nMines, a Division of Mined Land Repurposing, a Division of Geology and Mineral\nResources, a Division of Gas and Oil, a Division of Mineral Mining, a Division\nof Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and a Division of Offshore Wind. The\nDirector may establish other divisions as he deems necessary. The Director shall\nappoint persons to direct the various functions and programs of each division\nand may delegate to the head of any division any of the powers and duties\nconferred or imposed by law on the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-1.5; 1990, c. 92; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.5;\n2008, c. 369; 2020, c. 794; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 387, 532.","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}}