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Thereafter, the member shall, within 10 days following the anniversary date of each permit issued to the member, make a payment to the Fund of $12.50 for each acre estimated to be affected by mining operations during the next year. Such payments shall continue to be made until the member has paid into the Fund a total of $500 for each acre estimated to be affected under the permits issued to the member.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":221584,"text":"Each operator who has had five years of satisfactory operation in the Commonwealth under Chapter 12 (\u00a7 45.2-1200 et seq.) shall become a member of the Fund by making an initial payment to the Fund of $50 for each acre estimated to be affected by mining operations during the next year. Thereafter, the member shall, within 10 days following the anniversary date of each permit issued to the member, make a payment to the Fund of $12.50 for each acre estimated to be affected by mining operations during the next year. Such payments shall continue to be made until the member has paid into the Fund a total of $500 for each acre estimated to be affected under the permits issued to the member.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13017,"edition_id":1,"name":"Minerals Reclamation Fund","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13016,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":224545,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13017,"identifier":"4","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13016,"edition_id":1,"name":"Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12950,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":224405,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13016,"identifier":"12","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12950,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mineral Mines Generally","identifier":"A","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12949,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":224111,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12950,"identifier":"A","token":"45.2\/III\/A","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12949,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mineral Mines","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12713,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":224109,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12949,"identifier":"III","token":"45.2\/III","url":"\/45.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12713,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mines, Minerals, and Energy","identifier":"45.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":222539,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12713,"identifier":"45.2","token":"45.2","url":"\/45.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":67066,"structure_id":13017,"section_number":"45.2-1233","catch_line":" Definition","url":"\/45.2-1233\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1233","metadata":false},{"id":66635,"structure_id":13017,"section_number":"45.2-1234","catch_line":" Minerals Reclamation Fund","url":"\/45.2-1234\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1234","metadata":false},{"id":60625,"structure_id":13017,"section_number":"45.2-1235","catch_line":" Membership in Fund; 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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57834,"section_number":"45.2-1200","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224555,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60625,"identifier":"45.2-1235","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1235","url":"\/45.2-1235\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1235\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1235","dublin_core":{"Title":" Membership in Fund; payments required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1235","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> who has had five years of satisfactory operation in the Commonwealth under Chapter 12 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/45.2-1200\/\">45.2-1200<\/a> et seq.) shall become a member of the Fund by making an initial payment to the Fund of $50 for each acre estimated to be affected by <span class=\"dictionary\">mining operations<\/span> during the next year. Thereafter, the member shall, within 10 days following the anniversary date of each permit issued to the member, make a payment to the Fund of $12.50 for each acre estimated to be affected by <span class=\"dictionary\">mining operations<\/span> during the next year. Such payments shall continue to be made until the member has paid into the Fund a total of $500 for each acre estimated to be affected under the permits issued to the member.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n MEMBERSHIP IN FUND; PAYMENTS REQUIRED (\u00a7 45.2-1235)\n\nEach operator who has had five years of satisfactory operation in the\nCommonwealth under Chapter 12 (\u00a7 45.2-1200 et seq.) shall become a member of\nthe Fund by making an initial payment to the Fund of $50 for each acre estimated\nto be affected by mining operations during the next year. Thereafter, the member\nshall, within 10 days following the anniversary date of each permit issued to\nthe member, make a payment to the Fund of $12.50 for each acre estimated to be\naffected by mining operations during the next year. Such payments shall continue\nto be made until the member has paid into the Fund a total of $500 for each acre\nestimated to be affected under the permits issued to the member.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 634, \u00a7 45.1-197.9; 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}}