85-1-803: Rulemaking.

The department may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the leasing of project lands. These rules may include but are not limited to rules governing the:

(1) growing of crops or grazing of livestock;

(2) establishment of responsibility for a lessee to pay the assessment of taxes for weed control;

(3) acquisition and use of water on project lands;

(4) leasing of project lands, except for lease renewals and transfers, by competitive bidding and the establishment of bid procedures and bid deposits;

(5) process for giving notice and for cancellation, termination, and renewal of leases, including existing leases on project lands;

(6) general form of the lease and the form and conditions of a bond when the department considers a bond necessary;

(7) changes or modifications in lease conditions or lease use; and

(8) placement and removal of improvements directly related to the necessary use of the project lands.