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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":[{"id":86193,"section_number":"45.2-529","catch_line":" Reexamination","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-529\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86482,"section_number":"45.2-848","catch_line":" Tampering with methane monitoring devices prohibited; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-848\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66298,"identifier":"45.2-849","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/4\/45.2-849","url":"\/45.2-849\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-849\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/4\/45.2-849","dublin_core":{"Title":" Allowing persons to work in mine where methane monitoring equipment disconnected; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-849","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No operator, agent, or mine <span class=\"dictionary\">foreman<\/span> shall knowingly permit any miner to work in any area of an underground coal mine where such operator, agent, or mine <span class=\"dictionary\">foreman<\/span> has knowledge that a methane monitor or other device capable of detecting the presence of explosive gas has been impaired, disturbed, disconnected, or bypassed in violation of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Tampering with methane monitoring devices prohibited; penalty\" href=\"\/45.2-848\/\">45.2-848<\/a>. 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