The amount by which the cost of reclamation exceeds the amount of a member’s forfeited payments and the member’s forfeited bond or other security, if any, shall constitute a debt of the member to the Commonwealth. The Director is authorized to collect such debts together with the cost of collection through appropriate legal action or by declaring the forfeiture of other payments made by the member to the Fund. Moneys collected through legal action, less the costs of collection, shall be deposited in the Fund.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 45.2-1239

  • Reclamation: means the restoration or conversion of disturbed land to a stable condition that minimizes or prevents adverse disruption and the injurious effects of such disruption and presents an opportunity for further productive use if such use is reasonable. See Virginia Code 45.2-1200

1978, c. 634, § 45.1-197.13; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.

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