§ 15-04-20 — Permits to cut hay and to remove timber

When in its judgment the best interests of the state will be served, the board of university
and school lands may sell the right to cut grass or standing timber or both on any of the lands

mentioned in this chapter and may sell any down and dead timber on the lands for such price
and upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper. Standing timber may only be sold
under a management plan developed by the board of university and school lands after
consultation with a committee composed of the state forester, the director of the game and fish
department, and the commissioner of university and school lands. All permits must be for the
current season only, which must be between June fifteenth and April first of the following year.
No control or right of occupancy of the land may be other than that specified in the permit. All
permits must be paid for in advance.