                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 INTERRUPTION OF PUBLIC USES; PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY; SEIZURE (§ 45.2-609)

When in the judgment of the Governor there exists a substantial interruption or
an imminent threat of a substantial interruption of public uses, he shall
proclaim that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth that endangers the health,
safety, and welfare of its people and the enjoyment of the public and private
property within its borders. It shall then be the duty of the Governor to seize
and operate the property of any person used in the mining, production, or
marketing of coal that the Governor deems essential for the protection of the
health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-147; 1950, p. 30; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-147; 1994, c.
28, § 45.1-161.314; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.