                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 MEMBERSHIP IN FUND; PAYMENTS REQUIRED (§ 45.2-1235)

Each operator who has had five years of satisfactory operation in the
Commonwealth under Chapter 12 (§ 45.2-1200 et seq.) shall become a member of
the Fund by making an initial payment to the Fund of $50 for each acre estimated
to be affected by mining operations during the next year. Thereafter, the member
shall, within 10 days following the anniversary date of each permit issued to
the member, make a payment to the Fund of $12.50 for each acre estimated to be
affected by mining operations during the next year. Such payments shall continue
to be made until the member has paid into the Fund a total of $500 for each acre
estimated to be affected under the permits issued to the member.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 634, § 45.1-197.9; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.