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I, c. 387.","full_text":"Whenever the Governor proclaims that an emergency exists under this article and appoints the Virginia Fuel Commission pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-611, the Commission shall make a bona fide attempt to negotiate the purchase or lease of the coal property of any person engaged in the mining, production, or marketing of coal as the Commission deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article. 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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":[{"id":63341,"section_number":"45.2-611","catch_line":" Virginia Fuel Commission; purpose; membership; compensation; staff; powers and duties; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-611\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223057,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71240,"identifier":"45.2-612","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/6\/3\/45.2-612","url":"\/45.2-612\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-612\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/6\/3\/45.2-612","dublin_core":{"Title":" Negotiating purchase or lease of coal properties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-612","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the Governor proclaims that an emergency exists under this article and appoints the Virginia Fuel Commission pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-611<\/a>, the Commission shall make a bona fide attempt to negotiate the purchase or lease of the coal property of any person engaged in the mining, production, or marketing of coal as the Commission deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article. However, where such negotiations cannot be promptly made due to the incapacity of the owner of the property, or for any other reason, the Commission is not required to attempt to negotiate for the acquisition of such property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n NEGOTIATING PURCHASE OR LEASE OF COAL PROPERTIES (\u00a7 45.2-612)\n\nWhenever the Governor proclaims that an emergency exists under this article and\nappoints the Virginia Fuel Commission pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-611, the Commission\nshall make a bona fide attempt to negotiate the purchase or lease of the coal\nproperty of any person engaged in the mining, production, or marketing of coal\nas the Commission deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article.\nHowever, where such negotiations cannot be promptly made due to the incapacity\nof the owner of the property, or for any other reason, the Commission is not\nrequired to attempt to negotiate for the acquisition of such property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-150; 1950, p. 31; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-150; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.319; 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}}