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Code of Virginia Code - Chapter 14.1. Administration
Table of Contents » Title 45.1. Mines and Mining » Chapter 14.1. Administration
Chapter 14.1. Administration.
§ 45.1-161.1. Definitions.
"Chief" means the Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
1984, c. 590, § 45.1-1.2; 1994, c. 28.
§ 45.1-161.1:1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail.
Whenever in this title the Chief, the Director, or the Department is required to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical mail or notice that is sent by the Chief, the Director, or the Department may be sent by regular mail.
§ 45.1-161.3. Powers of Department.
The Department shall have the following powers, all of which, with the approval of the Director, may be exercised by any division of the Department with respect to matters assigned to that division:
1. To employ the personnel required to carry out the purposes of this title;
2. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this title, including, but not limited to, reciprocal agreements with responsible officers of other states and contracts with the private sector, the United States, other state agencies, and governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth;
3. To accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, the Department shall have the power to comply with any conditions and execute any agreements that are necessary, convenient or desirable;
4. To promulgate regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of duties or execution of powers conferred under this title and other relevant chapters, which regulations shall be promulgated by the Department, the Chief, or the Director, as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (§ 2.2-4006 et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act; and
5. To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this title.
1984, c. 590, § 45.1-1.3; 1994, c. 28; 2014, c. 145.
§ 45.1-161.4. Powers and duties of Director.
The Director, under the direction and control of the Governor, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law, and shall perform any other duties required of him by the Governor.
1984, c. 590, § 45.1-1.4; 1994, c. 28.
§ 45.1-161.5. Establishment of divisions; division heads.
The following divisions, through which the functions, powers, and duties of the Department may be discharged, are established in the Department: a Division of Mines, a Division of Mined Land Reclamation, a Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, a Division of Gas and Oil, a Division of Mineral Mining, and a Division of Energy. The Director may establish other divisions as he deems necessary. Except as provided in § 45.1-161.15 with respect to the Chief of the Division of Mines, the Director shall appoint persons to direct the various functions and programs of the divisions, and may delegate to the head of any division any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by law on the Director.
1984, c. 590, § 45.1-1.5; 1990, c. 92; 1994, c. 28; 2008, c. 369.