Each lease shall contain provisions necessary to ensure responsible surface management, including those provisions enumerated under Section 65A-7-6 and the following provisions: the rights of the lessee, rights reserved to the lessor; the term of the lease; annual rentals and royalties; reporting of technical and financial data; reservation for mineral exploration and development and other compatible uses; operation requirements; lessee's consent to suit in any dispute arising under the terms of the lease or as a result of operations carried on under the lease; procedures of notification; transfers of lease interest by lessee; terms and conditions of lease forfeiture; and protection of the state from liability from all action of the lessee.

KEY: administrative procedures, leases

Date of Last Change: July 13, 2000

Notice of Continuation: March 7, 2022

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 65A-7-1; 65A-7-5(4)