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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 594; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223045,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57727,"identifier":"45.2-609","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/6\/3\/45.2-609","url":"\/45.2-609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-609\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/6\/3\/45.2-609","dublin_core":{"Title":" Interruption of public uses; proclamation of emergency; seizure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When in the judgment<\/span> of the Governor there exists a substantial interruption or an imminent threat of a substantial interruption of public uses, he shall proclaim that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth that endangers the health, safety, and welfare of its people and the enjoyment of the public and private property within its borders. It shall then be the duty of the Governor to seize and operate the property of any person used in the mining, production, or marketing of coal that the Governor deems essential for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n INTERRUPTION OF PUBLIC USES; PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY; SEIZURE (\u00a7 45.2-609)\n\nWhen in the judgment of the Governor there exists a substantial interruption or\nan imminent threat of a substantial interruption of public uses, he shall\nproclaim that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth that endangers the health,\nsafety, and welfare of its people and the enjoyment of the public and private\nproperty within its borders. It shall then be the duty of the Governor to seize\nand operate the property of any person used in the mining, production, or\nmarketing of coal that the Governor deems essential for the protection of the\nhealth, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-147; 1950, p. 30; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-147; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.314; 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}}