S.D. Codified Laws § 45-6-65

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 45-6-65 - License required-Compliance with requirements-Fee-Deposit

An operator shall obtain a license to mine:

(1) Sand;

(2) Gravel;

(3) Rock to be crushed and used in construction;

(4) Pegmatite minerals;

(5) Limestone; and

(6) Iron ore, gypsum, shale, pozzolan, and other materials used in the process of making cement or lime.

The operator shall comply with the requirements of §§ 45-6-68, 45-6-69, 45-6-71, and 45-6-72, for each site to be mined. Failure to comply with these requirements for each site mined constitutes mining without a license.

The fee for the license is one hundred dollars annually, for each mine site authorized under the license. The department shall forward any fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the environment and natural resources fee fund established in § 1-41-23.

SDCL 45-6-65

SL 1983, ch 308, § 3; SL 1988, ch 357, § 2; SL 1988, ch 358, § 2; SL 1990, ch 354, § 3; SL 1993, ch 331; SL 1993, ch 333, § 3; SL 1994, ch 23, § 10; SL 1997, ch 226, § 1; SL 2009, ch 13, §3; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), §§14, 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021; SL 2024, ch 181, §1.

Amended by S.L. 2024, ch. 181,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.