{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-1-505","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-1-505","heading":"Lease conditions.","body":"(1) The lessee shall pay a royalty to the state as required in the lease.\n(2) The department may authorize provisions in the lease that offer economic incentives for rapid development of the project or impose economic penalties for delays in development, which may include cancellation of the lease.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 1. WATER RESOURCES","Part 5. Power Generation at Projects"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0010/part_0050/section_0050/0850-0010-0050-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:12Z","sha256":"4d593f1d47df2321d5083348197e9ad7aed095c3b5bbe14dbb5e9479fa172f2f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-1-504","next":"us-mt/85-1-506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}