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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56390</law_id><section_number>45.2-713</section_number><catch_line> Automated temporary roof support systems</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="B">Underground Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Mine Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="4">Roof, Face, and Rib Control</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Chief</span> shall adopt regulations requiring automated temporary roof support systems for the installation of roof bolts.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45-68.1, 45-68.3; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-41; 1975, c. 520; 1978, c. 118; 1980, c. 338; 1982, c. 234; 1988, c. 577; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.114; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
