Exemptions from chapter

Sec. 1. 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.