§ 36-5-104 — Time for filing renewal applications; cure process and timeline; conflicting applications; grace period

(a) All applications to lease grazing and agricultural
lands under outstanding leases must be filed in the office of
state lands and investments not earlier than one hundred twenty
(120) days prior to, and not later than sixty (60) days prior to
the expiration date of the existing lease. For the renewal of
outstanding leases for grazing and agricultural lands under this
subsection, the office of state lands and investments shall have
the following duties:
(i) The office shall provide notice by certified mail
to all existing lessees of the expiration of their leases not
earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
expiration of the lease;
(ii) The office shall provide notice of a missing or
deficient application for lease renewal to the lessee not later
than forty (40) days before the expiration of the existing
lease. The notice required by this paragraph shall:
(A) Be made by certified mail unless an equally
effective, alternative form of delivery is approved by the
office for the particular lessee to whom notice will be
delivered;
(B) Identify the deficiencies in the application
for lease renewal or provide notice that no application for
renewal has been filed;
(C) Provide the lessee not less than thirty (30)
days from receipt of the notice to file a lease renewal
application or to remedy all deficiencies in the lessee's
renewal application;
(D) Provide notice that the lessee's failure to
submit a renewal application or to remedy all deficiencies in
the lessee's renewal application before expiration of the lease
may result in the leased lands becoming vacant.
(b) Any conflicting application to lease grazing and
agricultural lands under any existing lease shall be filed in
the office of state lands and investments not earlier than one
hundred twenty (120) days prior to, and not later than, ninety
(90) days prior to the expiration date of the existing lease.
Upon receipt of a conflicting lease application the office of
state lands and investments shall notify the current lessee via
certified mail that a conflicting lease application has been
received and shall provide the current lessee not less than
thirty (30) days from receipt of notice to file a lease renewal
application together with payment of the first year's rental
that meets the highest bid offered by another qualified
applicant as provided in W.S. 36-5-105(c). For renewal of
outstanding leases for grazing and agricultural lands under this
subsection, the office of state lands and investments shall have
the following duties:
(i) The office shall provide notice of a deficient
application for lease renewal to the lessee not later than ten
(10) days after the filing of a lease renewal application by an
existing lessee. The notice required by this paragraph shall:
(A) Be made by certified mail unless an equally
effective, alternative form of delivery is approved by the
office for the particular lessee to whom notice will be
delivered;
(B) Identify the deficiencies in the application
for lease renewal;
(C) Provide the lessee not less than twenty (20)
days from receipt of the notice to remedy all deficiencies in
the lessee's renewal application;
(D) Provide notice that the lessee's failure to
remedy all deficiencies in the lessee's renewal application may
result in the rejection of the application.
(c) For good cause shown and at the written request of the
current lessee, the director shall grant a current lessee thirty
(30) additional days past the expiration date of their existing
lease to submit an application to renew the lease.