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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 734 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 1968 \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 1970, chapter 245; in 1972, chapter 206; in 1974, chapter 312; in 1977, chapter 312; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0004\">4<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57648,"section_number":"45.2-1236","catch_line":" Release of bonds and other securities","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1236\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67921,"identifier":"45.2-1208","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/45.2-1208","url":"\/45.2-1208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1208\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/45.2-1208","dublin_core":{"Title":" Bond of operator","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> at the time of filing his application shall furnish <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> on a form that is prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> shall be payable to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and conditioned on the faithful performance by the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of all requirements of this chapter and the operations plan as approved and directed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. The amount of <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> shall be $3,000 per acre, based upon the number of acres of land that the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> estimates will be affected by <span class=\"dictionary\">mining operations<\/span> during the next year. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> shall be executed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> and by a corporate <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span> licensed to do business in the Commonwealth. 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However, in\nlieu of such bond the operator may deposit cash or collateral security\nacceptable to the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 734, \u00a7 45.1-183; 1970, c. 245; 1972, c. 206; 1974, c. 312;\n1977, c. 312; 2017, c. 4; 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}}