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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 247 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 1993 \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":223563,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56771,"identifier":"45.2-832","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/4\/45.2-832","url":"\/45.2-832\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-832\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/4\/45.2-832","dublin_core":{"Title":" Notice of monitor tampering prohibition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-832","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The operator or agent shall display, in bold-faced type, on a sign placed at the mine office, at the bath house, and on a bulletin board at the mine site, the following notice:\n\t\tNOTICE: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTURB, DISCONNECT, BYPASS, IMPAIR, OR OTHERWISE TAMPER WITH METHANE MONITORS OR OTHER DEVICES CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF EXPLOSIVE GASES IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. 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