45.1-161.17 - Affiliations of Department personnel with labor union, coal company, etc.; interest in coal mine; inspections of mines where inspector previously employed.
§ 45.1-161.17. Affiliations of Department personnel with labor union, coalcompany, etc.; interest in coal mine; inspections of mines where inspectorpreviously employed.
A. In addition to compliance with the provisions of the State and LocalGovernment Conflict of Interests Act (§ 2.2-3100 et seq.), neither the Chiefnor any other officer or employee of the Department shall, upon taking officeor being employed, or at any other time during the term of his office oremployment, have any affiliation with any operating coal company, operators'association, or labor union. Neither the Chief nor any other officer while inoffice shall be directly or indirectly interested as owner, partner,proprietor, lessor, operator, superintendent, or engineer of any coal mine,nor shall the Chief, or any other officer while in office, own any stock in acorporation owning a coal mine either directly or through a subsidiary.
B. Neither the Chief nor any mine inspector shall perform an inspection atany mine site at which that individual was last employed for a period of twoyears following termination of his employment.
(Code 1950, §§ 45-4, 45-5, 45-6; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-4; 1972,c. 784; 1978, cc. 120, 727; 1981, c. 32; 1984, cc. 184, 337, 590; 1987, Sp.Sess., c. 1; 1994, c. 28; 1999, c. 256.)