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It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364444,"identifier":"45.2-749","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/8\/45.2-749","url":"\/45.2-749\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-749\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/8\/45.2-749","dublin_core":{"Title":" Refuge from moving traffic","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-749","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon the approach of moving traffic, any miner not engaged in haulage operations shall take refuge in a shelter hole or other place of safety.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REFUGE FROM MOVING TRAFFIC (\u00a7 45.2-749)\n\nUpon the approach of moving traffic, any miner not engaged in haulage operations\nshall take refuge in a shelter hole or other place of safety.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-69.5; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-71; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.138; 2021, Sp. 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