Section 32-23-12-1 - Exemptions from chapter 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.