HB 1876 - DIGEST

     Provides that annual fees paid by a county for mines used exclusively for public works projects and having less than seven acres of disturbed area per mine shall not exceed one thousand dollars.  For counties with 1993 populations of at least twenty thousand persons but less than fifty thousand persons, the one thousand dollar maximum also applies to annual fees paid by the county for mines that are owned or leased by the county, that are used primarily for public works projects, and that have less than seven acres of disturbed area per mine.

     Declares that minerals from any mine owned or operated by a county with 1993 populations of at least twenty thousand persons but less than fifty thousand persons may not be sold to any person located within a five-mile radius of a commercial mining operation.