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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 963 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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0438\">438<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73976,"section_number":"45.2-701","catch_line":" Regulations governing conditions and practices at underground coal mines","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-701\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84349,"identifier":"45.2-576","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/9\/45.2-576","url":"\/45.2-576\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-576\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/9\/45.2-576","dublin_core":{"Title":" Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-576","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board (the Board) is established as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. 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