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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 695<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224129,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61009,"identifier":"45.2-1103","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/1\/45.2-1103","url":"\/45.2-1103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1103\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/1\/45.2-1103","dublin_core":{"Title":" Special safety rules","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The operator of a mine may adopt special safety rules for the safety and operation of his mine regarding the work pertaining thereto inside and outside of the mine. Such rules, however, shall not conflict with the provisions of the Act. Such rules, if established, shall be posted at some conspicuous place about the mine where they may be seen by all miners subject to such rules. In lieu of posting the rules, the operator may furnish a printed copy of such rules to each miner subject to such rules.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SPECIAL SAFETY RULES (\u00a7 45.2-1103)\n\nThe operator of a mine may adopt special safety rules for the safety and\noperation of his mine regarding the work pertaining thereto inside and outside\nof the mine. Such rules, however, shall not conflict with the provisions of the\nAct. Such rules, if established, shall be posted at some conspicuous place about\nthe mine where they may be seen by all miners subject to such rules. In lieu of\nposting the rules, the operator may furnish a printed copy of such rules to each\nminer subject to such rules.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:4; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","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}}