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If the cost of reclamation exceeds the amount of the forfeited payments, the Director shall also use the proceeds from the member’s bond or other security also forfeited in conjunction with the revocation of the permit in accordance with \u00a7 45.2-1213, except that if all of the member’s bonds and other securities have been released pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1236, then the Director shall draw upon the Fund for the entire cost of reclamation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276879,"text":"If a permit issued to a member is revoked pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1213, then the payments that the member has made to the Fund in connection with such permit shall be forfeited to the Fund. The Director shall use such forfeited payments, or as much of such payments as necessary, for the reclamation of the mining operation to which the permit applied. 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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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66635,"section_number":"45.2-1234","catch_line":" Minerals Reclamation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1234\/"},{"id":73073,"section_number":"45.2-1240","catch_line":" Decreases in size of Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1240\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76291,"section_number":"45.2-1213","catch_line":" Notice of noncompliance served on operator","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1213\/"},{"id":57648,"section_number":"45.2-1236","catch_line":" Release of bonds and other securities","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1236\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77186,"identifier":"45.2-1238","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1238","url":"\/45.2-1238\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1238\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1238","dublin_core":{"Title":" Revocation of permits; reclamation work","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1238","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a permit issued to a member is revoked pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1213<\/a>, then the payments that the member has made to the Fund in connection with such permit shall be forfeited to the Fund. The Director<\/span> shall use such forfeited payments, or as much of such payments as necessary, for the reclamation<\/span> of the mining operation<\/span> to which the permit applied. If the cost of reclamation<\/span> exceeds the amount of the forfeited payments, the Director<\/span> shall also use the proceeds from the member’s bond<\/span> or other security also forfeited in conjunction with the revocation<\/span> of the permit in accordance with \u00a7 45.2-1213<\/a>, except that if all of the member’s bonds<\/span> and other securities have been released pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1236<\/a>, then the Director<\/span> shall draw upon the Fund for the entire cost of reclamation<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REVOCATION OF PERMITS; RECLAMATION WORK (\u00a7 45.2-1238)\n\nIf a permit issued to a member is revoked pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1213, then the\npayments that the member has made to the Fund in connection with such permit\nshall be forfeited to the Fund. The Director shall use such forfeited payments,\nor as much of such payments as necessary, for the reclamation of the mining\noperation to which the permit applied. If the cost of reclamation exceeds the\namount of the forfeited payments, the Director shall also use the proceeds from\nthe member’s bond or other security also forfeited in conjunction with the\nrevocation of the permit in accordance with \u00a7 45.2-1213, except that if all of\nthe member’s bonds and other securities have been released pursuant to \u00a7\n45.2-1236, then the Director shall draw upon the Fund for the entire cost of\nreclamation.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 634, \u00a7 45.1-197.12; 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}}