45.1-161.292:38 - When the Director may cause maps to be made; payment of expense - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.292:38. When the Director may cause maps to be made; payment ofexpense.

If the licensed operator, or his agent, of any mine shall neglect or fail tofurnish to the Director a copy of any map or extension thereof, as providedin § 45.1-161.292:37, the Director is authorized to cause a correct surveyand map of said mine, or extension thereof, to be made at the expense of thelicensed operator of such mine, the cost of which shall be recovered from thelicensed operator as other debts are recoverable by a civil action at law. Ifat any time the Director has reason to believe that such map, or extensionsthereof, furnished pursuant to § 45.1-161.292:37 is substantially incorrect,or will not serve the purpose for which it is intended, he may have a surveyand map or extension thereof made, or corrected. The expense of making suchsurvey and map or extension thereof shall be paid by the licensed operator.The expense shall be recovered from the licensed operator as other debts arerecoverable by a civil action at law. However, if the map filed by thelicensed operator is found to be substantially correct, the expense shall bepaid by the Commonwealth.

(1997, c. 390; 1998, c. 695.)