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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72494</law_id><section_number>45.2-508</section_number><catch_line> Appointment of Chief</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Coal Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Coal Mine Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department and Mine Inspectors</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Chief</span> of the Division of Mines of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Energy is the head of the Division of Mines and is under the direction of and reports to the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45-1 through 45-3; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-3; 1984, c. 590; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.15; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 387, 532.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
