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22-5-804. Leases and permits — Natural Resources Committee — Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
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22-5-804. Leases and permits — Natural Resources Committee — Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
(a)(1) The Natural Resources Committee is created and shall be composed of the following members:
(A) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration;
(B) The Director of Production and Conservation of the Oil and Gas Commission;
(C) The State Geologist;
(D) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture;
(E) The Commissioner of State Lands;
(F) The Executive Secretary of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;
(G) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism;
(H) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality; and
(I) The Chair of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.
(2) A member of the committee may designate a person within the member's organization to attend meetings and conduct committee business on the member's behalf.
(b) The chair of the committee shall be the Commissioner of State Lands.
(c) The committee shall establish a schedule of minimum fees and royalties, as well as the terms and conditions for various types of permits and leases. No permit or lease shall be granted for less than the minimums prescribed in the schedule.
(d) The committee shall have the authority to change the schedule of minimum fees and royalties and the terms of permits and leases.
(e) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall have the authority, for all lands held in the name of and managed by its agency:
(1) To establish a schedule of minimum fees and royalties, as well as the terms and conditions for various types of permits and leases for Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission lands;
(2) To take bids on and to award the leases and permits to produce or sever minerals from those lands and to
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 22-5-804
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22-5-804. Leases and permits — Natural Resources Committee — Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
(a)(1) The Natural Resources Committee is created and shall be composed of the following members:
(A) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration;
(B) The Director of Production and Conservation of the Oil and Gas Commission;
(C) The State Geologist;
(D) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture;
(E) The Commissioner of State Lands;
(F) The Executive Secretary of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;
(G) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism;
(H) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality; and
(I) The Chair of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.
(2) A member of the committee may designate a person within the member's organization to attend meetings and conduct committee business on the member's behalf.
(b) The chair of the committee shall be the Commissioner of State Lands.
(c) The committee shall establish a schedule of minimum fees and royalties, as well as the terms and conditions for various types of permits and leases. No permit or lease shall be granted for less than the minimums prescribed in the schedule.
(d) The committee shall have the authority to change the schedule of minimum fees and royalties and the terms of permits and leases.
(e) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall have the authority, for all lands held in the name of and managed by its agency:
(1) To establish a schedule of minimum fees and royalties, as well as the terms and conditions for various types of permits and leases for Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission lands;
(2) To take bids on and to award the leases and permits to produce or sever minerals from those lands and to set up application procedures and fees for those leases and permits;
(3) To set the length of time for leases or permits to expire and the terms and conditions for their transfer or renewal;
(4) To set the minimum fees and royalties for leases and permits and to ensure that severance taxes on minerals from such leases or permits are paid to the proper agencies; and
(5) Shall have such other duties, responsibilities, and authority required for the issuance of mineral leases and permits under this section and §§ 22-5-801 — 22-5-803 and 22-5-805 — 22-5-813 for other state lands.
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22-5-801. Leases and permits — Purpose of this section and §§ 22-5-802 — 22-5-813 — Definition.
(a) It is the purpose and intent of this section and §§ 22-5-802 — 22-5-813 to charge the Commissioner of State Lands with the authority and responsibility for considering applications for and granting leases and permits for the taking of sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal and other minerals, and timber or logs from the beds and bars of navigable rivers and lakes in this state or from any other lands or interests in lands held in the name of the State of Arkansas or any state agency or institution, excluding tax-forfeited lands and minerals, and to supervise activities on state-owned lands by leaseholders and permittees.
(b) As used in this subchapter, “log” means a bulky piece or length of unshaped timber, a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing, or a portion of the trunk of a felled tree that is sunk on the bed of submerged land owned by the State of Arkansas.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 22-5-801
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22-5-803. Leases and permits — Penalties.
(a)(1) Upon conviction, a person, firm, company, corporation, or association is guilty of a Class D felony if the person, firm, company, corporation, or association without first obtaining a lease or permit to do so from the Commissioner of State Lands knowingly removes any sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal or other minerals, or any timber or logs from:
(A) The beds or bars of navigable rivers and lakes in this state; or
(B) Any other lands or interest in lands held in the name of the state.
(2) Each day of unauthorized taking shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) In addition to the fine mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, the State of Arkansas may bring suit in the name of the state to recover the value of the sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal or other minerals, or timber or logs which have been illegally removed, as well as all severance taxes and royalties due as a result of the removal.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 22-5-803
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 22-5-803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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22-5-805. Leases and permits — Requirements — Application — Terms.
(a) No person, firm, company, corporation, or association shall take any sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal or other minerals, or sever any timber or logs from the beds or bars of navigable rivers and lakes in this state or from any other lands or interest in lands held in the name of the State of Arkansas or any agency, department, or institution of the state, excluding tax-forfeited lands and minerals, unless that person has first procured a lease or permit to do so from the Commissioner of State Lands.
(b)(1) Any person, firm, company, corporation, or association desiring to take sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal or other minerals, or to sever any timber or logs from state-owned lands shall make application for a lease or permit to do so to the Commissioner of State Lands.
(2) Each application shall be on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of State Lands and shall contain such information as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of State Lands regarding the applicant and the business of the applicant, the sand, gravel, minerals, or timber or logs proposed to be removed from the lands under the lease or permit, and any other information as the Commissioner of State Lands shall deem necessary and appropriate to properly protect the interest of the state and to assure that the leaseholder will in good faith carry out all his or her responsibilities under the lease or permit.
(c)(1) Every lease or permit issued under the provisions of this section and §§ 22-5-801 — 22-5-804 and 22-5-806 — 22-5-813 shall define the limit of the area from which the lessee or permittee shall be permitted the exclusive right to take the sand, gravel, minerals, or timber or logs
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 22-5-805
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 22-5-805. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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22-5-813. Leases and permits — Compliance with this section and §§ 22-5-801 — 22-5-812.
The office of the Commissioner of State Lands may conduct a continuing check of the operations by lessees or permittees to assure that each lessee or permittee is meeting all the requirements and complying with the conditions of the lease or permit and the provisions of this section and §§ 22-5-801 — 22-5-812.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 22-5-813
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 22-5-813. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.