(a) All sums received through the payment of permit and acreage fees, fines, penalties, or the forfeiture of bonds, shall be placed in the state treasury and credited to a special agency account to be designated as the Tennessee surface mine reclamation fund.
(b) This fund, appropriations for which are also authorized, shall be available to the commissioner for expenditure for reclamation and revegetation of land and water affected by mining and exploration operations both on and off site and related research, including areas so affected prior to May 2, 1980.
(c) Any unencumbered and any unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended for the purpose of research, reclamation, and revegetation of land and water affected by mining and exploration operations as provided in this section.
(d) Any portion of the fund which represents permit and acreage fees and interest thereon shall be transferred to the department for administration and enforcement of this part. All such revenue and any interest thereon which is unexpended or unobligated at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward in a reserve to remain available for expenditure by the department for such administration and enforcement. Such reserve shall not be subject to allotment impoundment and shall be maintained on a no quarter basis. Such reserve may also be expended by the department to develop a program to obtain primacy for the regulation and enforcement of surface mining activities pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 — 1328).
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