This chapter does not do the following:
- (1) Provide an exclusive basis by which a joint owner in coal or a lessee of the coal owner may enjoy their estate in the coal land.
- (2) Diminish the rights of a joint owner of coal or a lessee of the coal owner under common law.
- (3) Diminish the appurtenant rights of a coal owner.
- (4) Prohibit a joint owner from filing a petition for partition under IC 32-17-4 , provided that the petition for partition is filed in accordance with and subject to IC 32-23-12-9 (d).
- (5) Prohibit any entity with eminent domain powers from acquiring all or a portion of the coal land by exercise of eminent domain powers.
As added by P.L.94-2009, SEC.1.