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However, any person engaged in mining sand or gravel on an area of five acres or less shall be required to pay a fee of $100, except an application submitted electronically, which shall be accompanied by a fee of $80. All such fees collected shall be retained by the Department and paid into the Mineral Mine License Fund created pursuant to subsection B.B\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Mineral Mine License Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All fees collected pursuant to subsection A shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures from the Fund shall be made solely for the purpose of acquiring or providing safety equipment, safety training, or safety education or to further the safety program in the mineral mining industry. All expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":311816,"text":"Each application for a mineral mine license or a renewal or transfer of a license shall be submitted to the Department, accompanied by a fee of $400 payable to the State Treasurer, except an application submitted electronically, which shall be accompanied by a fee of $330. However, any person engaged in mining sand or gravel on an area of five acres or less shall be required to pay a fee of $100, except an application submitted electronically, which shall be accompanied by a fee of $80. 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Expenditures from the Fund shall be made solely for the purpose of acquiring or providing safety equipment, safety training, or safety education or to further the safety program in the mineral mining industry. 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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 2003, chapters 542<\/a> and 550<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87083,"identifier":"45.2-1125","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/4\/45.2-1125","url":"\/45.2-1125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1125\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/4\/45.2-1125","dublin_core":{"Title":" Fee to accompany application for license; Mineral Mine License Fund; disposition of fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each application for a mineral mine license or a renewal or transfer of a license shall be submitted to the Department<\/span>, accompanied by a fee of $400 payable to the State Treasurer, except an application submitted electronically, which shall be accompanied by a fee of $330. However, any person engaged in mining sand or gravel on an area of five acres or less shall be required to pay a fee of $100, except an application submitted electronically, which shall be accompanied by a fee of $80. All such fees collected shall be retained by the Department<\/span> and paid into the Mineral Mine License Fund created pursuant to subsection B. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Mineral Mine License Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All fees collected pursuant to subsection A shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures from the Fund shall be made solely for the purpose of acquiring or providing safety equipment, safety training, or safety education or to further the safety program in the mineral mining industry. All expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n FEE TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION FOR LICENSE; MINERAL MINE LICENSE FUND;\nDISPOSITION OF FEES (\u00a7 45.2-1125)\n\nA. Each application for a mineral mine license or a renewal or transfer of a\nlicense shall be submitted to the Department, accompanied by a fee of $400\npayable to the State Treasurer, except an application submitted electronically,\nwhich shall be accompanied by a fee of $330. However, any person engaged in\nmining sand or gravel on an area of five acres or less shall be required to pay\na fee of $100, except an application submitted electronically, which shall be\naccompanied by a fee of $80. All such fees collected shall be retained by the\nDepartment and paid into the Mineral Mine License Fund created pursuant to\nsubsection B.\n\nB. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to\nbe known as the Mineral Mine License Fund, referred to in this section as\n“the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the\nComptroller. All fees collected pursuant to subsection A shall be paid into the\nstate treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund\nshall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the\nFund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not\nrevert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures from the\nFund shall be made solely for the purpose of acquiring or providing safety\nequipment, safety training, or safety education or to further the safety program\nin the mineral mining industry. All expenditures and disbursements from the Fund\nshall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon\nwritten request signed by the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:31; 2003, cc. 542, 550; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, 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}}