1. (1) The commissioner shall, upon the application therefor in written form by any person, make or cause to be made, at the expense of the applicant, a duplicate of any final or abandoned mine map on file with the department. The department also may make public or divulge any portion of a mine map submitted to the department by a licensee or operator.
2. (2) When any underground mine is worked out or is about to be abandoned or indefinitely closed, the licensee shall make or cause to be made a final map of the mine, to show the entire worked-out area at the time the mine was abandoned or closed. A certified copy of the final map of the mine, on a scale of not less than one hundred (100) and not more than five hundred (500) feet to the inch, shall be filed with the commissioner.

Effective: June 24, 2003

History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 24, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 480, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 43. - - Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739-43.