Mines and Mining

Passed

P HB1623

Mineral mining safety. Exempts scientific workers; delivery workers; customers, including commercial over-the-road truck drivers; vendors; and visitors from the training program requirements for miners.
Patron - Cox

P HB2465

Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy permit fees. Increases the cost of permits and licenses issued by the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy. Twelve of the fees are set by statute, while two fees are set by regulation. The bill contains enactment clauses directing the Virginia Gas and Oil Board and the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy to increase those two fees and exempts those regulatory amendments from the Administrative Process Act. This bill is identical to SB 1173.
Patron - Stump

P SB1173

P SB1308

Establishing trust for coal interests. Authorizes persons owning a majority interest in a tract of coal to petition the circuit court to establish a trust in those instances when not all the owners of the tract can be located or the owners are known but are unwilling to mine the coal. The proceeds of the leased coal will be placed in a trust and in the case of unknown owners held for five years and then disbursed under provisions of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. For known owners unwilling to develop the coal, a trustee is empowered to escrow the proceeds of the lease until such time as the minority owner's claim is established to the satisfaction of the court.
Patron - Puckett

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