Tenn. Code Ann. § 60-1-404
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Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas reclamation fund
Official statutory text
(a) All sums received in payment of penalties assessed by the board pursuant to this part shall be placed in the state treasury in a separate account to be designated as the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas reclamation fund. (b) This fund shall be available to the board for expenditure for site protection and reclamation work on land and waters damaged by surface disturbances. The fund may be expended for such work following default and notice of forfeiture of bond, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of reclamation. It may also be expended for such work if the operations which caused the damage were not covered by the bond, including operations conducted before January 1, 1988. (c) This fund shall also be available to the board for expenditure for the plugging of dry or abandoned wells. The fund may be expended for such work, following default and notice of forfeiture, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of plugging. It also may be expended to plug dry or abandoned wells not covered by a bond, including wells drilled before January 1, 1988. (d) Any unencumbered or unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year together with any interest earned thereon shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended for the purpose of site protection and reclamation or the plugging of dry or abandoned wells, as provided in this section. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 548, s 1, eff. 5/26/2021. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 1, eff. 4/8/2013. Acts 1987, ch. 257, §4; 2007 , ch. 362, § 9.
(a) All sums received in payment of penalties assessed by the board pursuant to this part shall be placed in the state treasury in a separate account to be designated as the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas reclamation fund.
(b) This fund shall be available to the board for expenditure for site protection and reclamation work on land and waters damaged by surface disturbances. The fund may be expended for such work following default and notice of forfeiture of bond, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of reclamation. It may also be expended for such work if the operations which caused the damage were not covered by the bond, including operations conducted before January 1, 1988.
(c) This fund shall also be available to the board for expenditure for the plugging of dry or abandoned wells. The fund may be expended for such work, following default and notice of forfeiture, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of plugging. It also may be expended to plug dry or abandoned wells not covered by a bond, including wells drilled before January 1, 1988.
(d) Any unencumbered or unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year together with any interest earned thereon shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended for the purpose of site protection and reclamation or the plugging of dry or abandoned wells, as provided in this section.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 548, s 1, eff. 5/26/2021.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 1, eff. 4/8/2013.
Acts 1987, ch. 257, §4; 2007 , ch. 362, § 9.
(a) All sums received in payment of penalties assessed by the board pursuant to this part shall be placed in the state treasury in a separate account to be designated as the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas reclamation fund.
(b) This fund shall be available to the board for expenditure for site protection and reclamation work on land and waters damaged by surface disturbances. The fund may be expended for such work following default and notice of forfeiture of bond, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of reclamation. It may also be expended for such work if the operations which caused the damage were not covered by the bond, including operations conducted before January 1, 1988.
(c) This fund shall also be available to the board for expenditure for the plugging of dry or abandoned wells. The fund may be expended for such work, following default and notice of forfeiture, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of plugging. It also may be expended to plug dry or abandoned wells not covered by a bond, including wells drilled before January 1, 1988.
(d) Any unencumbered or unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year together with any interest earned thereon shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended for the purpose of site protection and reclamation or the plugging of dry or abandoned wells, as provided in this section.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 548, s 1, eff. 5/26/2021.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 1, eff. 4/8/2013.
Acts 1987, ch. 257, §4; 2007 , ch. 362, § 9.
Status: in_force
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