HB 1241-4_ Filed 02/05/2002, 09:54 Lytle


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    PREVAILED      Roll Call No. _______
    FAILED        Ayes _______
    WITHDRAWN        Noes _______
    RULED OUT OF ORDER


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HOUSE MOTION ____

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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that House Bill 1241 be recommitted to a Committee of One, its author, with specific instructions to amend as follows:

    Delete the title and insert the following:
    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources and to make an appropriation.

SOURCE: Page 6, line 29; (02)MO124104.6. -->     Page 6, between lines 29 and 30, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 14-34-13-2; (02)MO124104.10. -->     "SECTION 10. IC 14-34-13-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), Beginning July 1, 2003, all operators of underground 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 two cents ($0.02) per ton of coal produced.
    (b) All operators of underground coal mining operations that:
        (1) have no support facilities located within Indiana; but
        (2) produce coal from reserves located within Indiana;
shall pay to the department for deposit in the natural resources reclamation division fund a reclamation fee of one cent ($0.01) per ton of coal produced from Indiana.".
SOURCE: Page 7, line 33; (02)MO124104.7. -->     Page 7, after line 33, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: ; (02)MO124104.12. -->     "SECTION 12. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002] (a) There is appropriated to the natural resources reclamation division fund established by IC 14-34-14-2 two hundred fifty thousand dollars

($250,000) from the post-1977 abandoned mine reclamation fund established by IC 14-34-6-15 for its use beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003.
     (b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2004.

SOURCE: ; (02)MO124104.13. -->     SECTION 13. [EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2002] (a) Notwithstanding IC 14-34-13-1 and IC 14-34-13-2 , the following reclamation fee schedule applies with respect to coal mining operations for the period beginning April 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003:
        (1) All operators of surface coal mining operations subject to IC 14-34 shall pay to the department of natural resources for deposit in the natural resources reclamation division fund established by IC 14-34-14-2 a reclamation fee of five and five-tenths cents ($0.055) per ton of coal produced.
        (2) All operators of underground coal mining operations subject to IC 14-34 shall pay to the department of natural resources for deposit in the natural resources reclamation division fund established by IC 14-34-14-2 a reclamation fee of three cents ($0.03) per ton of coal produced.
    (b) After June 30, 2003, the reclamation fees paid by coal mining operators are the amounts per ton specified in IC 14-34-13-1 and IC 14-34-13-2 , as amended by this act.

     (c) This SECTION expires January 1, 2004.
SOURCE: ; (02)MO124104.14. -->     SECTION 14. An emergency is declared for this act.".
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1241 as reprinted February 5, 2002.)

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Representative Lytle




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Adopted Rejected

COMMITTEE REPORT

MR. SPEAKER:

    Your Committee of One, to which was referred House Bill 1241, begs leave to report that said bill has been amended as directed.

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Representative Lytle


MO124104/DI 102     2002