Section 5-7-4.1 - Lease required to explore for minerals--Civil penalty--Publication of data collected--Judicial remedies for enforcement. - South-dakota Statutes

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5-7-4.1. Lease required to explore for minerals--Civil penalty--Publication of data collected--Judicial remedies for enforcement. No person may conduct mineral exploration upon state lands, including lands in which the state has a mineral interest, without obtaining a lease under the provisions of this chapter. Any person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day of violation. All data collected on any state lands as a result of such violation shall be made immediately available to the commissioner of school and public lands who shall make such data available to the public as soon as practicable. The penalty may be collected by means of a civil action brought in the circuit court for the county in which any of the affected state lands are found or in the circuit court for Hughes County. The right of the commissioner to any data may be enforced by the circuit court through appropriate injunctive relief.

Source: SL 1978, ch 43, § 2; SL 1993, ch 53, § 22.

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5-7-4.1. Lease required to explore for minerals--Civil penalty--Publication of data collected--Judicial remedies for enforcement. No person may conduct mineral exploration upon state lands, including lands in which the state has a mineral interest, without obtaining a lease under the provisions of this chapter. Any person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day of violation. All data collected on any state lands as a result of such violation shall be made immediately available to the commissioner of school and public lands who shall make such data available to the public as soon as practicable. The penalty may be collected by means of a civil action brought in the circuit court for the county in which any of the affected state lands are found or in the circuit court for Hughes County. The right of the commissioner to any data may be enforced by the circuit court through appropriate injunctive relief.

Source: SL 1978, ch 43, § 2; SL 1993, ch 53, § 22.

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5-7-4.1. Lease required to explore for minerals--Civil penalty--Publication of data collected--Judicial remedies for enforcement. No person may conduct mineral exploration upon state lands, including lands in which the state has a mineral interest, without obtaining a lease under the provisions of this chapter. Any person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day of violation. All data collected on any state lands as a result of such violation shall be made immediately available to the commissioner of school and public lands who shall make such data available to the public as soon as practicable. The penalty may be collected by means of a civil action brought in the circuit court for the county in which any of the affected state lands are found or in the circuit court for Hughes County. The right of the commissioner to any data may be enforced by the circuit court through appropriate injunctive relief.

Source: SL 1978, ch 43, § 2; SL 1993, ch 53, § 22.