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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364454</law_id><section_number>45.2-759</section_number><catch_line> Dispatchers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="99" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="B">Underground Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Mine Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="8" identifier="8">Transportation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Where a dispatcher is employed to control trips at a mine, traffic under his <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> shall be moved only at his direction. The dispatcher shall be stationed on the surface at the mine.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-69.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-73; 1979, c. 315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.148; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
