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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 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. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2008, chapter 369<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":363949,"section_number":"45.2-100","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-100\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449583,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364010,"identifier":"45.2-107","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/2\/45.2-107","url":"\/45.2-107\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-107\/","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/2\/45.2-107","dublin_core":{"Title":" Division of Geology and Mineral Resources; State Geologist","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is established in the Department<\/span> a Division of Geology and Mineral Resources. The Director<\/span> shall appoint a geologist of established reputation as the Commissioner of Mineral Resources and State Geologist<\/span> to serve as chief<\/span> executive and head officer of the Division. As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning, “Division” means the Division of Geology and Mineral Resources.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES; STATE GEOLOGIST (\u00a7 45.2-107)\n\nThere is established in the Department a Division of Geology and Mineral\nResources. The Director shall appoint a geologist of established reputation as\nthe Commissioner of Mineral Resources and State Geologist to serve as chief\nexecutive and head officer of the Division. As used in this article, unless the\ncontext requires a different meaning, “Division” means the Division\nof Geology and Mineral Resources.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-383; 2008, c. 369; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 387,\n532.","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"}}