53-9-73 - Cooperation with Secretary of Interior.
§ 53-9-73. Cooperation with Secretary of Interior.
The commission may enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States Secretary of the Interior to provide for state regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on federal lands within the state.
Sources: Laws, 1979, ch. 477, § 31; Laws, 1997, ch. 306, § 35, eff from and after passage (approved March 10, 1997).