(a) The department shall issue a patent to an interested person after the interested person does the following:
- (1) Fills in and improves the real property.
- (2) Files with the commissioner of the department of environmental management evidence that the filling and improvement have been done.
- (3) Pays to the treasurer of state one hundred dollars ($100) per acre for the real property filled in.
- (b) The governor shall sign the patent.
(c) The seal of the state shall be affixed to the patent.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 4-20.5-8-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.