Minnesota Administrative Rules

6125.8200 LANDS COVERED BY LEASES AND LEASE TERM.

The commissioner may issue leases to explore for, mine, and remove industrial minerals on lands where an interest in the minerals is owned by the state, including trust fund lands, lands forfeited for nonpayment of taxes and held in trust by the state, lands where severed mineral interests have forfeited under Minnesota Statutes, section 93.55, lands where severed mineral interests have been otherwise acquired, lands where severed mineral interests may be leased by the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, section 93.55, subdivisions 1a and 3, the beds of public waters, and lands otherwise acquired.

No lease may be issued for a term longer than 50 years.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 93.25

History:

19 SR 2433

Published Electronically:

August 7, 2009