Kansas Statutes 49-617. Same; cancellation of bonds by surety prohibited; substitute bond required, when
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 49-617
- Director: means the executive director of the division or a designee. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
- Operator: means any person who engages in surface mining or operation of an underground mine or mines. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
- Surface mining: means the mining of material, except for coal, oil and gas, for sale or for processing or for consumption in the regular operation of a business by removing the overburden lying above natural deposits and mining directly from the natural deposits exposed, or by mining directly from deposits lying exposed in their natural state, or the surface effects of underground mining. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
No bond filed with the director by an operator pursuant to this act may be canceled by the surety without at least 90 days’ notice to the director. If the license to do business in Kansas of any surety of a bond filed with the director is suspended or revoked, the operator, within 90 days after receiving notice thereof from the director, shall substitute for the surety a corporate surety licensed to do business in Kansas. Upon failure of the operator to make substitution of surety as herein provided, the director shall have the right to suspend the operator’s authorization to conduct surface mining on the site or sites covered by the bond until substitution has been made. The Kansas commissioner of insurance shall notify the director whenever the license of any surety to do business in Kansas is suspended or revoked.