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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 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 1984 \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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0390\">390<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75312,"section_number":"45.2-700","catch_line":" Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-700\/"},{"id":61284,"section_number":"45.2-900","catch_line":" Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-900\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75312,"section_number":"45.2-700","catch_line":" Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-700\/"},{"id":69469,"section_number":"45.2-800","catch_line":" Face and other equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-800\/"},{"id":61284,"section_number":"45.2-900","catch_line":" Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":222655,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58152,"identifier":"45.2-500","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/1\/45.2-500","url":"\/45.2-500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-500\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/1\/45.2-500","dublin_core":{"Title":" Coal Mine Safety Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For purposes of this title, this chapter and Chapters 7 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Scope of chapter\" href=\"\/45.2-700\/\">45.2-700<\/a> et seq.), 8 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Face and other equipment\" href=\"\/45.2-800\/\">45.2-800<\/a> et seq.), and 9 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Scope of chapter\" href=\"\/45.2-900\/\">45.2-900<\/a> et seq.) shall be known as the Coal Mine Safety Act.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n COAL MINE SAFETY ACT (\u00a7 45.2-500)\n\nFor purposes of this title, this chapter and Chapters 7 (\u00a7 45.2-700 et seq.), 8\n(\u00a7 45.2-800 et seq.), and 9 (\u00a7 45.2-900 et seq.) shall be known as the Coal\nMine Safety Act.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-1.10; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.7; 1997, c. 390;\n2021, Sp. 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