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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449591,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364012,"identifier":"45.2-109","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/2\/45.2-109","url":"\/45.2-109\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-109\/","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/2\/45.2-109","dublin_core":{"Title":" Using or revealing proprietary information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the contrary, neither the <span class=\"dictionary\">State Geologist<\/span> nor any employee or agent of the Division shall make use of or reveal any proprietary information or statistic gathered from any source for any purpose other than that of this chapter, except with the express written consent of the source of such information or statistic. The <span class=\"dictionary\">State Geologist<\/span> shall not reveal such information to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> or any other employee of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> who is not employed within the Division.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n USING OR REVEALING PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (\u00a7 45.2-109)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, neither the State\nGeologist nor any employee or agent of the Division shall make use of or reveal\nany proprietary information or statistic gathered from any source for any\npurpose other than that of this chapter, except with the express written consent\nof the source of such information or statistic. The State Geologist shall not\nreveal such information to the Director or any other employee of the Department\nwho is not employed within the Division.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-385; 2021, Sp. Sess. 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