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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 389 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 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 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 569<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223669,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61511,"identifier":"45.2-858","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-858","url":"\/45.2-858\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-858\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-858","dublin_core":{"Title":" Posting of notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-858","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The operator or his agent shall display, in bold-faced type, on a sign placed at the mine office, bath house, and on a bulletin board at the mine site, the following notice:\n\t\t\tNOTICE:\n\t\t\tIT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A MINER OR OTHER PERSON IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE TO SMOKE OR CARRY OR POSSESS UNDERGROUND ANY SMOKER’S ARTICLES OR MATCHES, LIGHTERS, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS<\/span> GENERALLY USED FOR IGNITING SMOKER’S ARTICLES. A VIOLATION IS PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS 6 FELONY<\/span>. ANY PERSON ENTERING OR PRESENT IN THE UNDERGROUND AREA OF ANY COAL MINE IS SUBJECT TO A SEARCH OF HIS PERSON AND PROPERTY BY OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT<\/span> OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY FOR SUCH PROHIBITED SMOKER MATERIALS<\/span> AT ANY TIME WHILE UNDERGROUND. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Beginning October 1, 2021, every new sign displayed in accordance with this section shall refer to the Department<\/span> of Energy rather than to the Department<\/span> of Mines, Minerals and Energy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n POSTING OF NOTICE (\u00a7 45.2-858)\n\nA. The operator or his agent shall display, in bold-faced type, on a sign placed\nat the mine office, bath house, and on a bulletin board at the mine site, the\nfollowing notice:\n\t\t\tNOTICE:\n\t\t\tIT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A MINER OR OTHER PERSON IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE TO\nSMOKE OR CARRY OR POSSESS UNDERGROUND ANY SMOKER’S ARTICLES OR MATCHES,\nLIGHTERS, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS GENERALLY USED FOR IGNITING SMOKER’S\nARTICLES. A VIOLATION IS PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS 6 FELONY. ANY PERSON ENTERING OR\nPRESENT IN THE UNDERGROUND AREA OF ANY COAL MINE IS SUBJECT TO A SEARCH OF HIS\nPERSON AND PROPERTY BY OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY\nFOR SUCH PROHIBITED SMOKER MATERIALS AT ANY TIME WHILE UNDERGROUND.\n\nB. Beginning October 1, 2021, every new sign displayed in accordance with this\nsection shall refer to the Department of Energy rather than to the Department of\nMines, Minerals and Energy.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 389, \u00a7 45.1-98.2; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.179; 1995, c. 569;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 387, 532.","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}}