{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-5-7-41","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 5-7-41","heading":"Assignment of certain state-owned minerals to oil and gas royalty increment status--Required findings.","body":"The commissioner of school and public lands may, upon his own motion or upon petition by an interested person assign, specific state-owned minerals to oil and gas royalty increment status. The assignment shall be made pursuant to the contested case requirements of chapter 1-26 and shall include a legal description of the state mineral lands assigned the status and a specific term, under ten years, during which the lands may be leased as on an oil and gas royalty increment status. The assignment may be made only upon a finding by the commissioner that:\n(1) There has been no oil or gas production on the state-owned mineral land proposed to be assigned royalty increment status, and on private or federal minerals within the immediate area;\n(2) There has been no oil or gas lease issued on the state-owned mineral land proposed to be assigned royalty increment status within the last ten years;\n(3) There has been no oil or gas prospecting permit issued for the state-owned mineral land proposed to be assigned royalty increment status within the last five years;\n(4) There has been no exploration permit for oil or gas issued by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the immediate area of the state-owned mineral land proposed to be assigned royalty increment status within the last five years;\n(5) The assignment of oil and gas royalty increment status to the state-owned minerals may encourage the development of oil or gas reserves on those lands; and\n(6) The assignment will not have a substantial impact on privately owned minerals within the immediate area surrounding the state-owned mineral land proposed to be assigned royalty increment status.","path":["TITLE 5. PUBLIC PROPERTY, PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS","CHAPTER 5-7. MINERALS ON SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/5-7-41","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"e246eb0cf3f7a8e9426a9be5acfecb2e8e5c4b0e2c5555a7bb1bf613749c5868","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-5-7-40","next":"us-sd/sdcl-5-7-42"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}