Montana Statutes
§ 77-3-305 — Limitations On Leasing
77-3-305 . Limitations on leasing.
(1)The board may not issue leases to any citizen of another country or any person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity controlled by interests foreign to the United States unless that country provides for similar or like privileges to citizens of the United States.
(2)The board shall consider whether the extraction of the coal from those lands by strip-mining methods would adversely affect the methods of recovery of deep minable coal from those operations on those lands in the future.
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Legislative History
En. 81-511 by Sec. 6, Ch. 358, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 81-511(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 332, L. 2011.
Nearby Sections
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§ 77-3-101
Definitions§ 77-3-103
Prospecting Permits Authorized§ 77-3-104
Notice Of Permit Or Lease Approval§ 77-3-105
Assignment Of Leases Or Permits§ 77-3-107
Through 77-3-110 Reserved§ 77-3-111
Applications For Mining Lease§ 77-3-112
Examination Of Lands Prior To Leasing§ 77-3-113
Quantity Of Lands Covered By Lease§ 77-3-115
Lease Provisions§ 77-3-116
Royalty Provisions§ 77-3-117
Modification Of Lease Provisions