Sec. 1. All operators of surface coal mining operations subject to this article shall pay to the department for deposit in the natural resources reclamation division fund established by IC 14-34-14-2 a reclamation fee of five and a half cents ($0.055) per ton of coal produced.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-3-2(b).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27. Amended by P.L.179-1995, SEC.7; P.L.174-2005, SEC.3.