Section 5-7-63 - Authority to withhold land from leasing--Rejection of application--Competitivebidding. - South-dakota Statutes

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5-7-63. Authority to withhold land from leasing--Rejection of application--Competitive bidding. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as requiring the commissioner to offer any tract of land for lease. The commissioner may withhold any tract from leasing for mineral purposes, if, in his opinion, the best interests of the state would be served by so doing, and nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as prohibiting the commissioner from rejecting any application at any time prior to approval and offering acreage embraced therein for lease upon competitive bidding.

Source: SL 1993, ch 53, § 19.

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5-7-63. Authority to withhold land from leasing--Rejection of application--Competitive bidding. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as requiring the commissioner to offer any tract of land for lease. The commissioner may withhold any tract from leasing for mineral purposes, if, in his opinion, the best interests of the state would be served by so doing, and nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as prohibiting the commissioner from rejecting any application at any time prior to approval and offering acreage embraced therein for lease upon competitive bidding.

Source: SL 1993, ch 53, § 19.

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5-7-63. Authority to withhold land from leasing--Rejection of application--Competitive bidding. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as requiring the commissioner to offer any tract of land for lease. The commissioner may withhold any tract from leasing for mineral purposes, if, in his opinion, the best interests of the state would be served by so doing, and nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as prohibiting the commissioner from rejecting any application at any time prior to approval and offering acreage embraced therein for lease upon competitive bidding.

Source: SL 1993, ch 53, § 19.