Sec. 3. Each blanket bond for wells created, modified, or acquired during the duration of a bond that was accepted by the commission before March 11, 1971, must be replaced by a new blanket bond in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) before January 2, 2002. The new replacement bond remains in effect until:
(1) the:
(A) owner or operator plugs and abandons each well covered under the blanket bond in accordance with:
(i) this article; and
(ii) rules adopted under this article; and
(B) bond is released by the department; or
(2) a substitute bond is accepted by the department for each well secured by the blanket bond.