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All civil penalties shall be paid into the state treasury and deposited by the State Treasurer into the Minerals Reclamation Fund pursuant to &#xA7; 45.2-1234.B\n\nThe Director may restrain violations of this article in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 45.2-1608.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276503,"text":"Any person who violates any provision of this article, or who fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with any regulation adopted by the Director or final order of a court lawfully issued, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. 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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 1984, chapter 590.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63148,"section_number":"45.2-1608","catch_line":" Violations; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1608\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77064,"identifier":"45.2-2119","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/3\/45.2-2119","url":"\/45.2-2119\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-2119\/","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/3\/45.2-2119","dublin_core":{"Title":" Civil penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-2119","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who violates any provision of this article, or who fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with any regulation adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">final order<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> lawfully issued, shall be subject to a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. All civil penalties shall be paid into the state treasury and deposited by the State Treasurer into the Minerals Reclamation Fund pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\" Minerals Reclamation Fund\" href=\"\/45.2-1234\/\">45.2-1234<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-276503\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-2119\/#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> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> may restrain violations of this article in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\" Violations; penalties\" href=\"\/45.2-1608\/\">45.2-1608<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-276504\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-2119\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CIVIL PENALTY (\u00a7 45.2-2119)\n\nA. Any person who violates any provision of this article, or who fails,\nneglects, or refuses to comply with any regulation adopted by the Director or\nfinal order of a court lawfully issued, shall be subject to a civil penalty not\nto exceed $10,000 for each violation. Each day of violation shall constitute a\nseparate offense. All civil penalties shall be paid into the state treasury and\ndeposited by the State Treasurer into the Minerals Reclamation Fund pursuant to\n&#xA7; 45.2-1234.\n\nB. The Director may restrain violations of this article in accordance with the\nprovisions of &#xA7; 45.2-1608.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 269, \u00a7 45.1-282; 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}}