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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 59 - MINES AND MINING (§§ 59-1-101 — 59-13-144)
Chapter 1 - CHIEF AND DISTRICT MINE INSPECTORS (§§ 59-1-101 — 59-1-105)
Section 59-1-104 - License - Fee
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TN Code § 59-1-104 (2023)
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- (a) Requests for such license shall be made to the department of labor and workforce development, giving name and address and such requests shall be accompanied by a post office money order or cashier's or certified check drawn in favor of the state treasurer in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each surface coal or metal mine and five hundred dollars ($500) for each underground coal or metal mine. All funds derived from this section shall be expendable receipts of the department, shall be in addition to the appropriations made to the department by the general assembly, and shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year or biennium.
- (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the commissioner of labor and workforce development shall increase the amount of the license fees charged under this section to the extent necessary to offset the reduction of the department's appropriation for mine licensing operations under the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2000-2001.
Acts 1955, ch. 238, § 3; 1957, ch. 253, §§ 1, 2; 1972, ch. 458, §1; 1979, ch. 368, § 7; T.C.A., § 58-116; Acts 1985, ch. 288, §§ 3, 4; 1999, ch. 520, § 43; 2000, ch. 983, § 3; 2005, ch. 407, §3; 2016 , ch. 599, § 7; T.C.A. § 59-1-116.
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