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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 92 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 1990 \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 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0854\">854<\/a>; in 2003, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0542\">542<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0550\">550<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86870,"identifier":"45.2-1635","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1635","url":"\/45.2-1635\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1635\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1635","dublin_core":{"Title":" Expiration of permits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1635","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire 24 months from its date of issuance unless the permitted activity has commenced within that time period. An operator may renew an existing permit for an additional 24 months by submitting a written request containing the <span class=\"dictionary\">coal operator<\/span>&#8217;s approval and remitting a $325 renewal fee no later than the expiration date.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n EXPIRATION OF PERMITS (\u00a7 45.2-1635)\n\nEach permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire 24 months from its date\nof issuance unless the permitted activity has commenced within that time period.\nAn operator may renew an existing permit for an additional 24 months by\nsubmitting a written request containing the coal operator&#8217;s approval and\nremitting a $325 renewal fee no later than the expiration date.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.33; 1996, c. 854; 2003, cc. 542, 550; 2021,\nSp. Sess. 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