<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 45-6C-23 - Surety payable to state--Conditions required.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2082229Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2082229SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082229CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2082229Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2082229DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082229000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082229DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082229SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2082229Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=45-6C-23"><span class="s2082229SENU">45-6C-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082229SENU">. </span><span class="s2082229CL">Surety payable to state--Conditions required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082229Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082229DefaultParagraphFont">The surety provided for by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=45-6C-19"><span class="s2082229DefaultParagraphFont">45-6C-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082229DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be payable to the State of South Dakota and conditioned upon the operator's faithful performance of all requirements of this chapter. If a corporate surety bond is required, such bond shall be signed by the operator as principal and by a surety insurer certified under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-21"><span class="s2082229DefaultParagraphFont">58-21</span></a><span class="s2082229DefaultParagraphFont">. Such surety shall remain in effect until the test hole plugging and reclamation are approved by the Board of Minerals and Environment and the surety is released by the board. At least thirty days prior to the release of the surety, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall notify the board of county commissioners of the affected county and the surface owner or lessee of the affected land, if other than the mineral owner, of the proposed surety release.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082229Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082229000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082229Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082229DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082229SCL">SL 1982, ch 306, § 23; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3"><span class="s2082229SCL">21-3</span></a><span class="s2082229SCL">), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>