45.1-161.179 - Posting of notice.
§ 45.1-161.179. Posting of notice.
The operator, or his agent, shall display, in bold-faced type, on a signplaced at the mine office, bath house, and on a bulletin board at the minesite, the following notice:
NOTICE
IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A MINER OR OTHER PERSON IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE TOSMOKE OR CARRY OR POSSESS UNDERGROUND ANY SMOKER'S ARTICLES OR MATCHES,LIGHTERS, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS GENERALLY USED FOR IGNITING SMOKER'S ARTICLES.A VIOLATION IS PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS 6 FELONY. ANY PERSON ENTERING OR PRESENTIN THE UNDERGROUND AREA OF ANY COAL MINE IS SUBJECT TO A SEARCH OF HIS PERSONAND PROPERTY BY OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY FORSUCH PROHIBITED SMOKER MATERIALS AT ANY TIME WHILE UNDERGROUND.
(1993, c. 389, § 45.1-98.2; 1994, c. 28; 1995, c. 569.)