Tennessee § 59-8-134 - Report required for revenues generated from fees. [Contingent effective date, see Compiler's Notes.]

§ 59-8-134. Report required for revenues generated from fees. [Contingent effective date, see Compiler's Notes.]

On or before the January 1 occurring two (2) years after the effective date of this part [See the Compiler's Notes], and on or before January 1 every two (2) years thereafter, the department of environment and conservation shall submit a report to the finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the senate on the revenue generated from the fees imposed by this part. The department shall include in the report a determination as to whether an adjustment to the fees is necessary to provide that the administration and enforcement of this part is fiscally self-sufficient and that the revenues from the fees are sufficient to meet required expenditures. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 43. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 44 provided that the governor shall take all action necessary to prepare and submit for approval all necessary requests for federal grant funding and applications for authorization to the appropriate federal authority to obtain exclusive jurisdiction over surface coal mining and reclamation operations and the maximum federal money available for those purposes in an expeditious manner. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 45 provided that the commissioner of environment and conservation shall notify the secretary of state and the executive secretary of the Tennessee code commission of the date this state has been approved to exercise primacy over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its territorial boundaries. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47 provided that the act, which enacted this part, §§ 59-8-101 —59-8-134, shall take effect eight (8) months immediately following the receipt of notification from the secretary of the interior that this state has been approved to exercise primacy over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its territorial boundaries. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47 provided that for purposes of rulemaking, the act, which enacted this part, §§ 59-8-101 —59-8-134, shall take effect upon the deposit of federal funds in the Coal Mining Protection Fund. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47. [See Compiler's Notes.]