Bill Text: VA HB1171 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Coal mining; increases license fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Appropriations [HB1171 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB1171-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1171 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 13, 2010 A BILL to amend and reenact § 45.1-161.58 of the Code of Virginia, relating to coal mine license fees. ---------- Patron-- Phillips ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 45.1-161.58 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§45.1-161.58. Fee to accompany application for license; fund; disposition of fees.

Each application for a license or a renewal or transfer of a license shall be submitted to the Department, accompanied by a fee, payable to the State Treasurer, in the amount of $180 $450. All such fees collected shall be retained by the Department and paid into the state treasury and shall constitute a fund under the control of the Director. Expenditures from this fund may be made by the Department for safety equipment, safety training, safety education or for any expenditure to further the safety program in the mining industry. All expenditures from this fund must be approved by the Director.