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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 634 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2017, chapter 4<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75150,"section_number":"45.2-1228","catch_line":" Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1228\/"},{"id":67066,"section_number":"45.2-1233","catch_line":" Definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1233\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77186,"section_number":"45.2-1238","catch_line":" Revocation of permits; reclamation work","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1238\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224551,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66635,"identifier":"45.2-1234","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1234","url":"\/45.2-1234\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1234\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1234","dublin_core":{"Title":" Minerals Reclamation Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1234","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Minerals<\/span> Reclamation<\/span> Fund. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All payments made by operators<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. 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. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the reclamation<\/span> of mining operations<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1238<\/a>. 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>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n MINERALS RECLAMATION FUND (\u00a7 45.2-1234)\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be\nknown as the Minerals Reclamation Fund. The Fund shall be established on the\nbooks of the Comptroller. All payments made by operators in accordance with the\nprovisions of this article shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to\nthe Fund. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the\nend of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in\nthe Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the reclamation of mining\noperations pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1238. Expenditures and disbursements from the\nFund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller\nupon written request signed by the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 634, \u00a7 45.1-197.8; 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}}