All leases granted by the commissioner of school and public lands for the development of geothermal resources for industrial or commercial heating or production of electricity or minerals in solution, are subject to all of the provisions of chapters 46-5 and 46-6, inclusive.
S.D. Codified Laws § 5-7-38
Water law provisions applicable to certain geothermal leases
Source: SL 1980, ch 40, § 12.
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