A. The trustee shall collect the proceeds from the sale of the lease and hold and invest such proceeds for the use and benefit of the unknown or missing owners. The court may authorize the trustee to expend an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the funds collected by the trustee for the purpose of searching for the unknown or missing owners.

B. Five years after the date of first commercial production of the coal interests the proceeds in the trust shall be disposed of pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (§ 55-210.1 et seq.).

History

2003, c. 775.