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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 506 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 1981 \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 1984, chapter 590.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85772,"section_number":"56-265.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.1\/"},{"id":62210,"section_number":"56-576","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-576\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225163,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87145,"identifier":"45.2-2000","token":"45.2\/V\/20\/1\/45.2-2000","url":"\/45.2-2000\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-2000\/","token":"45.2\/V\/20\/1\/45.2-2000","dublin_core":{"Title":" Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-2000","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the State Water Control Board<\/span>.\n\t\t“Correlative right<\/span>” means the right of each geothermal owner in a geothermal system<\/span> to produce without waste his just and equitable<\/span> share of the geothermal resources<\/span> in the geothermal system<\/span>.\n\t\t“Geothermal energy<\/span>” means the usable energy that is produced or that can be produced from a geothermal resource<\/span>.\n\t\t“Geothermal resource<\/span>” means the natural heat of the earth and the energy, in whatever form, that is present in, associated with, or created by, or that may be extracted from, such natural heat, as determined by the regulations of the Department<\/span>.\n\t\t“Geothermal system<\/span>” means any aquifer, pool, reservoir, or other geologic formation containing geothermal resources<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DEFINITIONS (\u00a7 45.2-2000)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the State Water Control Board.\n\t\t“Correlative right” means the right of each geothermal owner in a\ngeothermal system to produce without waste his just and equitable share of the\ngeothermal resources in the geothermal system.\n\t\t“Geothermal energy” means the usable energy that is produced or\nthat can be produced from a geothermal resource.\n\t\t“Geothermal resource” means the natural heat of the earth and the\nenergy, in whatever form, that is present in, associated with, or created by, or\nthat may be extracted from, such natural heat, as determined by the regulations\nof the Department.\n\t\t“Geothermal system” means any aquifer, pool, reservoir, or other\ngeologic formation containing geothermal resources.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 506, \u00a7 45.1-179.2; 1984, c. 590; 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}}