CODE OF VIRGINIA

COLLECTION OF DEBTS (§ 45.1-186.2)

The amount by which the cost of reclamation exceeds the amount of the
operator’s forfeited bond shall constitute a debt of the operator to the
Commonwealth of Virginia. The Director is authorized to collect such debts,
together with the cost of collection, through appropriate legal action or by
declaring the forfeiture of other payments. Moneys collected through legal
action, less the cost of collections, shall be deposited in the special
reclamation fund created under § 45.1-186.1.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 76.