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This law was first created in 1990. 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 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 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70788,"identifier":"45.2-578","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/9\/45.2-578","url":"\/45.2-578\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-578\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/9\/45.2-578","dublin_core":{"Title":" Powers and duties of the Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-578","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board has the power to advise and make recommendations to the Chief<\/span> on matters relating to the health and safety of persons working in the Virginia coal industry. The Board shall serve as the regulatory work committee for the Department<\/span> on all coal mine health and safety regulations not under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Board of Coal Mining Examiners.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE VIRGINIA COAL MINE SAFETY BOARD (\u00a7 45.2-578)\n\nThe Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board has the power to advise and make\nrecommendations to the Chief on matters relating to the health and safety of\npersons working in the Virginia coal industry. The Board shall serve as the\nregulatory work committee for the Department on all coal mine health and safety\nregulations not under the jurisdiction of the Board of Coal Mining Examiners.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 963, \u00a7 45.1-5.3; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.100; 2021, Sp.\nSess. 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}}