161F.2 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ESTABLISH DISTRICTS --
STRIP COAL MINING.
The board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction,
power and authority at any regular, special or adjourned session to
establish, subject to the provisions of this chapter, districts
having for their purpose soil conservation and the control of flood
waters and to cause to be constructed as hereinafter provided, such
improvements and facilities as shall be deemed essential for the
accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control.
Such board shall also have jurisdiction, power and authority at any
regular, special or adjourned session to establish, in the same
manner that the districts hereinabove referred to are established,
districts having for their purpose soil conservation in mining areas
within the county, and provide that anyone engaged in removing the
surface soil over any bed or strata of coal in such district for the
purpose of obtaining such coal shall replace the surface soil as
nearly as practicable to its original position, and provide that,
upon abandonment of such removal operation, all surface soil shall be
so replaced. This section shall apply only to surface soil so
removed after July 4, 1949, and then only if it is essential for the
accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control
within the purview of this chapter.
161F.2 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ESTABLISH DISTRICTS --
STRIP COAL MINING.
The board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction,
power and authority at any regular, special or adjourned session to
establish, subject to the provisions of this chapter, districts
having for their purpose soil conservation and the control of flood
waters and to cause to be constructed as hereinafter provided, such
improvements and facilities as shall be deemed essential for the
accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control.
Such board shall also have jurisdiction, power and authority at any
regular, special or adjourned session to establish, in the same
manner that the districts hereinabove referred to are established,
districts having for their purpose soil conservation in mining areas
within the county, and provide that anyone engaged in removing the
surface soil over any bed or strata of coal in such district for the
purpose of obtaining such coal shall replace the surface soil as
nearly as practicable to its original position, and provide that,
upon abandonment of such removal operation, all surface soil shall be
so replaced. This section shall apply only to surface soil so
removed after July 4, 1949, and then only if it is essential for the
accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control
within the purview of this chapter.
161F.2 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ESTABLISH DISTRICTS --
STRIP COAL MINING.
The board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction,
power and authority at any regular, special or adjourned session to
establish, subject to the provisions of this chapter, districts
having for their purpose soil conservation and the control of flood
waters and to cause to be constructed as hereinafter provided, such
improvements and facilities as shall be deemed essential for the
accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control.
Such board shall also have jurisdiction, power and authority at any
regular, special or adjourned session to establish, in the same
manner that the districts hereinabove referred to are established,
districts having for their purpose soil conservation in mining areas
within the county, and provide that anyone engaged in removing the
surface soil over any bed or strata of coal in such district for the
purpose of obtaining such coal shall replace the surface soil as
nearly as practicable to its original position, and provide that,
upon abandonment of such removal operation, all surface soil shall be
so replaced. This section shall apply only to surface soil so
removed after July 4, 1949, and then only if it is essential for the
accomplishment of the purpose of soil conservation and flood control
within the purview of this chapter.
