South Dakota § 45-6-65 - License required--Compliance with requirements--Fee--Deposit.
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§ 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.
Source: 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.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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