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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 452; in 1990, chapter 92.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83675,"identifier":"45.2-1615","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1615","url":"\/45.2-1615\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1615\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1615","dublin_core":{"Title":" Applicability and construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The provisions of this article apply to all lands in the Commonwealth, whether publicly or privately owned. However, no <span class=\"dictionary\">well<\/span> commenced prior to July 1, 1990, shall be required to be plugged or abandoned solely for purposes of complying with the conservation provisions of this article. <a id=\"paragraph-299918\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-1615\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No provision of this article shall be construed to grant to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> the authority or power to fix prices of <span class=\"dictionary\">gas<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">oil<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-299919\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-1615\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 45.2-1615)\n\nA. The provisions of this article apply to all lands in the Commonwealth,\nwhether publicly or privately owned. However, no well commenced prior to July 1,\n1990, shall be required to be plugged or abandoned solely for purposes of\ncomplying with the conservation provisions of this article.\n\nB. No provision of this article shall be construed to grant to the Board the\nauthority or power to fix prices of gas or oil.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 347, \u00a7 45.1-300; 1987, c. 452; 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.16;\n2021, 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}}