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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 486 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 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1988, chapter 891; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0688\">688<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0785\">785<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0819\">819<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0047\">47<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0129\">129<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0756\">756<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0793\">793<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66688,"section_number":"45.2-1000","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1000\/"},{"id":57834,"section_number":"45.2-1200","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1200\/"},{"id":71660,"section_number":"45.2-1600","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73284,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:66","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.4\/62.1-44.15_66","url":"\/62.1-44.15_66\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_66\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.4\/62.1-44.15_66","dublin_core":{"Title":"No limitation on authority of Department of Energy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:66","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this article shall not limit the powers or duties of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Energy as they relate to mine <span class=\"dictionary\">reclamation<\/span> under Chapters 10 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Definitions\" href=\"\/45.2-1000\/\">45.2-1000<\/a> et seq.) and 12 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/45.2-1200\/\">45.2-1200<\/a> et seq.) of Title 45.2 or oil or gas exploration under the Virginia Gas and Oil Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Definitions\" href=\"\/45.2-1600\/\">45.2-1600<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:66)\n\nThe provisions of this article shall not limit the powers or duties of the\nDepartment of Energy as they relate to mine reclamation under Chapters 10 (\u00a7\n45.2-1000 et seq.) and 12 (\u00a7 45.2-1200 et seq.) of Title 45.2 or oil or gas\nexploration under the Virginia Gas and Oil Act (\u00a7 45.2-1600 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 486, \u00a7 21-89.13; 1988, c. 891, \u00a7 10.1-571; 1996, c. 688;\n2012, cc. 785, 819; 2013, cc. 47, 129, 756, 793; 2021, Sp. 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