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Following the designation of any such team, the Director shall, upon the payment to the Department of an annual fee, set by the Director based on current costs for maintaining mine rescue stations and personnel, assign two or more state-designated teams to the licensed operator. A licensed operator who has paid the rescue fee is entitled to the rescue services of a state-designated rescue team at no additional charge.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1356053,"text":"The Director may, upon the request of a licensed operator or agent who employs a mine rescue team, designate two or more mine rescue teams as “state-designated mine rescue teams.” Any team that is certified as a mine rescue team by MSHA under 30 C.F.R. Part 49 is eligible to be a state-designated team. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 695<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":364058,"section_number":"45.2-1141","catch_line":" Mine Rescue Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1141\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451287,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364057,"identifier":"45.2-1140","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/5\/45.2-1140","url":"\/45.2-1140\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1140\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/5\/45.2-1140","dublin_core":{"Title":" State-designated mine rescue teams","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1140","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> may, upon the request of a licensed operator or agent who employs a mine rescue team, designate two or more mine rescue teams as “state-designated mine rescue teams.” Any team that is certified as a mine rescue team by MSHA under 30 C.F.R. Part 49 is eligible to be a state-designated team. Following the designation of any such team, the Director<\/span> shall, upon the payment to the Department<\/span> of an annual fee, set by the Director<\/span> based on current costs for maintaining mine rescue stations and personnel, assign two or more state-designated teams to the licensed operator. A licensed operator who has paid the rescue fee is entitled to the rescue services of a state-designated rescue team at no additional charge.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n STATE-DESIGNATED MINE RESCUE TEAMS (\u00a7 45.2-1140)\n\nThe Director may, upon the request of a licensed operator or agent who employs a\nmine rescue team, designate two or more mine rescue teams as\n“state-designated mine rescue teams.” Any team that is certified as\na mine rescue team by MSHA under 30 C.F.R. Part 49 is eligible to be a\nstate-designated team. Following the designation of any such team, the Director\nshall, upon the payment to the Department of an annual fee, set by the Director\nbased on current costs for maintaining mine rescue stations and personnel,\nassign two or more state-designated teams to the licensed operator. A licensed\noperator who has paid the rescue fee is entitled to the rescue services of a\nstate-designated rescue team at no additional charge.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:46; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}