§ 955. — State laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC955]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 955. State laws
(a) No State law in effect on December 30, 1969 or which may become
effective thereafter shall be superseded by any provision of this
chapter or order issued or any mandatory health or safety standard,
except insofar as such State law is in conflict with this chapter or
with any order issued or any mandatory health or safety standard.
(b) The provisions of any State law or regulation in effect upon the
operative date of this chapter, or which may become effective
thereafter, which provide for more stringent health and safety standards
applicable to coal or other mines than do the provisions of this chapter
or any order issued or any mandatory health or safety standard shall not
thereby be construed or held to be in conflict with this chapter. The
provisions of any State law or regulation in effect December 30, 1969,
or which may become effective thereafter, which provide for health and
safety standards applicable to coal or other mines for which no
provision is contained in this chapter or in any order issued or any
mandatory health or safety standard, shall not be held to be in conflict
with this chapter.
(Pub. L. 91-173, title V, Sec. 506, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 803; Pub. L.
95-164, title III, Sec. 303(e), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1321.)
References in Text
For the operative date of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b),
see section 509 of Pub. L. 91-173, set out as an Effective Date note
under section 801 of this title.
Amendments
1977--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-164 inserted reference to mines other
than coal mines.
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-164 effective 120 days after Nov. 9, 1977,
except as otherwise provided, see section 307 of Pub. L. 95-164, set out
as a note under section 801 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 953 of this title.
