Tennessee § 59-8-201 - Short title.
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§ 59-8-201. Short title.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972.” Acts 1972, ch. 547, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 58-1540; Acts 1980, ch. 908, § 37. Compiler's Notes. For transfer of the division of surface mining and reclamation and its functions under parts 2 and 3 of this chapter and ch. 10 of this title, from the department of conservation (now environment and conservation) to the department of health and environment (now health), see Executive Order No. 40 (February 11, 1983). For transfer of the bureau of environment in the department of health and its related functions and the administration of the Tennessee environmental statutes (excluding title 68, chs. 14, 110 and 112) from the department of health to the department of environment and conservation, see Executive Order No. 42 (February 4, 1991). Acts 1992, ch. 693, § 1 provided that references in this part to the commissioner or the department of health, health and environment, or public health, are amended to become references to the commissioner or department of environment and conservation. Cross-References. Coal surface mining, title 59, ch. 8, parts 3 and 4. Major energy projects, coordination of regulation, title 13, ch. 18. Printed contract forms for products extracted from or beneath the earth, § 47-50-110 . Severance tax on coal, title 67, ch. 7, part 1. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Bankruptcy, § 41; 18 Tenn. Juris., §§ 3, 5. Attorney General Opinions. Application to removal of clay for landfill construction, OAG 97-048, 1997 Tenn. AG LEXIS 47 (4/14/97). Constitutionality of population exemption under Tennessee mineral surface mining law, OAG 97-046, 1997 Tenn. AG LEXIS 45 (4/14/97).
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