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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 594 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 1966 \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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78067,"identifier":"45.2-765","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/9\/45.2-765","url":"\/45.2-765\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-765\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/9\/45.2-765","dublin_core":{"Title":" Lighting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-765","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Lights shall be provided as needed in or on a surface mine structure, enclosure, or other facility. <a id=\"paragraph-279927\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-765\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Each road, path, or walk outside of a structure, enclosure, or other facility shall be kept free from obstructions and shall be well-illuminated if it is used at night. <a id=\"paragraph-279928\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-765\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n LIGHTING (\u00a7 45.2-765)\n\nA. Lights shall be provided as needed in or on a surface mine structure,\nenclosure, or other facility.\n\nB. Each road, path, or walk outside of a structure, enclosure, or other facility\nshall be kept free from obstructions and shall be well-illuminated if it is used\nat night.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-38; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.237; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, 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}}