Notice of monitor tampering prohibition

Va. Code Ann. § 45.2-832
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The operator or agent shall display, in bold-faced type, on a sign placed at the mine office, at the bath house, and on a bulletin board at the mine site, the following notice: NOTICE: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTURB, DISCONNECT, BYPASS, IMPAIR, OR OTHERWISE TAMPER WITH METHANE MONITORS OR OTHER DEVICES CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF EXPLOSIVE GASES IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. A VIOLATION IS PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS 6 FELONY. 1993, c. 247, § 45.1-65.2; 1994, c. 28 , § 45.1-161.215; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387 .
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