{"data":{"id":"us-mt/77-4-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"77-4-101","heading":"Geothermal leases authorized.","body":"(1) The board may lease state-owned lands, including the beds of navigable streams and the beds of navigable bodies of water, to persons, associations, or corporations for prospecting, exploration, well construction, and the production of geothermal resources.\n(2) The board may exercise business discretion in entering into leases under this part.","path":["TITLE 77. STATE LANDS","CHAPTER 4. RENEWABLE RESOURCES","Part 1. Geothermal Resources"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0770/chapter_0040/part_0010/section_0010/0770-0040-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:25Z","sha256":"0e023373e6d4f097581889aee3fe8182932174e0261c19d36ada635d4b24bf84","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/77-3-512","next":"us-mt/77-4-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}