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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 269 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 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 1983, chapter 3.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57834,"section_number":"45.2-1200","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62338,"identifier":"45.2-2116","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/3\/45.2-2116","url":"\/45.2-2116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-2116\/","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/3\/45.2-2116","dublin_core":{"Title":" Uranium mining permit applications; uranium mining deemed to have significant effect on surface","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-2116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, no application for a uranium mining permit shall be accepted by any agency of the Commonwealth until a program for permitting uranium mining is established by <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span>. For the purpose of construing the definition of &#8220;mining&#8221; in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/45.2-1200\/\">45.2-1200<\/a>, uranium mining is deemed to have a significant effect on the surface.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n URANIUM MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS; URANIUM MINING DEEMED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT\nEFFECT ON SURFACE (\u00a7 45.2-2116)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, no application for a uranium mining\npermit shall be accepted by any agency of the Commonwealth until a program for\npermitting uranium mining is established by statute. For the purpose of\nconstruing the definition of &#8220;mining&#8221; in \u00a7 45.2-1200, uranium\nmining is deemed to have a significant effect on the surface.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 269, \u00a7 45.1-283; 1983, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. 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