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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71618,"section_number":"2.2-3100","catch_line":"Policy; application; construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224151,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71491,"identifier":"45.2-1108","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/2\/45.2-1108","url":"\/45.2-1108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1108\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/2\/45.2-1108","dublin_core":{"Title":" Affiliations of Department personnel with labor union, mining company, etc.; interest in mine; inspections of mines where inspector previously employed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Neither the Director<\/span> nor any other officer or employee of the Department<\/span> shall, upon taking office or being employed, or at any other time during the term of his office or employment, have any affiliation with any operating company, operators’ association, or labor union or fail to comply with the provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act (§ 2.2-3100<\/a> et seq.). Neither the Director<\/span> nor any other officer while in office shall be directly or indirectly interested as owner, partner, proprietor, lessor, operator, superintendent, or engineer of any mine, nor shall the Director<\/span> or any other officer while in office own any stock in a corporation that owns a mine either directly or through a subsidiary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Neither the Director<\/span> nor any mine inspector shall perform an inspection at any mine at which he was last employed for a period of two years following termination of his employment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n AFFILIATIONS OF DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WITH LABOR UNION, MINING COMPANY, ETC.;\nINTEREST IN MINE; INSPECTIONS OF MINES WHERE INSPECTOR PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED (\u00a7\n45.2-1108)\n\nA. Neither the Director nor any other officer or employee of the Department\nshall, upon taking office or being employed, or at any other time during the\nterm of his office or employment, have any affiliation with any operating\ncompany, operators’ association, or labor union or fail to comply with the\nprovisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act (§\n2.2-3100 et seq.). Neither the Director nor any other officer while in office\nshall be directly or indirectly interested as owner, partner, proprietor,\nlessor, operator, superintendent, or engineer of any mine, nor shall the\nDirector or any other officer while in office own any stock in a corporation\nthat owns a mine either directly or through a subsidiary.\n\nB. Neither the Director nor any mine inspector shall perform an inspection at\nany mine at which he was last employed for a period of two years following\ntermination of his employment.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:9; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}