5-7-45. Commissioner authorized to issue leases for prospecting, exploration and mining. The commissioner may execute and issue in the name of the State of South Dakota, as lessor, leases for the sole and exclusive purpose of prospecting, exploration, and mining of all minerals upon or from any public lands over which the commissioner has jurisdiction, direction, control, care, and disposition under the constitution and laws of the State of South Dakota, such leases to be issued upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may deem to be in the best interests of the State of South Dakota and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Source: SL 1993, ch 53, § 1.
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