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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84202</law_id><section_number>45.2-540</section_number><catch_line> Annual reports; condition to issuance of license following transfer of ownership</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-537</reference></referred_to_by><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="4">Licensing for Operation of Coal Mines</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The operator of each mine or his agent shall annually, by February 15, mail or deliver to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> a report for the preceding 12 months ending with December 31. Such report shall state (i) the names of the operator, any agent, and any officers of the mine; (ii) the amount of coal mined; and (iii) other information, not of a private nature, that from time to time is required by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> on forms furnished or approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-301787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-540/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Whenever the owner of a mine transfers the ownership of such mine to another person, the person transferring such ownership shall submit a report to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of such change and a statement of the tons of coal produced since the January 1 previous to the date of such sale or transfer of such mine. A license shall not be issued covering such transfer of ownership until the report is furnished. <a id="paragraph-301788" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-540/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The operator of each coal mine or his agent shall annually, by February 15, mail or deliver to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> (i) an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span>, certified by the commissioner of the revenue of the locality in which the coal mining operations are conducted, stating that all local coal severance taxes enacted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Counties, cities and towns may impose local license taxes and fees; limitation of authority" href="/58.1-3703/">58.1-3703</a>, <a class="law" title="Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on gases" href="/58.1-3712/">58.1-3712</a>, <a class="law" title="Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax" href="/58.1-3713/">58.1-3713</a>, and <a class="law" title="Counties and cities authorized to levy severance license tax on the sale of coal" href="/58.1-3741/">58.1-3741</a> due with respect to the coal mining operations have been paid and (ii) an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span>, certified by the Treasurer of the locality in which the coal mining operations are conducted, stating that all personal property, real estate, and mineral land taxes due with respect to coal mining operations have been paid. <a id="paragraph-301789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-540/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45-7, 45-12, 45-68.4, 45-69, 45-73, 45-75, 45-78, 45-79, 45-81, 45-83; 1950, p. 156; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-21; 1976, c. 598; 1978, cc. 222, 489; 1982, c. 255; 1984, cc. 178, 590; 1988, c. 577; 1993, cc. 171, 442; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.62; 1996, c. 774; 1997, c. 390; 2013, cc. 305, 618; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
