1. (a) A person who did not have an obligation to plug, replug, or repair a test hole, but who does so under this chapter, has the following:

   1. (1) A cause of action against the person who was obligated by law to properly plug, replug, or repair the test hole for the reasonable cost and expense incurred in plugging, replugging, or repairing the test hole.
   2. (2) A lien enforceable upon the interest of the obligated person in and to the equipment located on the test hole to the extent of the reasonable cost and expense.

2. (b) This section does not assign or impute any liability or obligation upon the owner of the land upon which the test hole is located, except if the owner is the person who was granted a permit to drill the test hole.

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-10(f).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.