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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 45 MINING, OIL AND GAS
Chapter 05A. Compensation For Damages From Mining, Oil And Gas Development
§45-5A-2 Purpose of chapter.
SD Codified L § 45-5A-2 (through 2011) What's This?
45-5A-2. Purpose of chapter. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide the maximum amount of constitutionally permissible protection to surface owners from the undesirable effects of mineral development. This chapter is to be interpreted to benefit surface owners, regardless of when the mineral estate was separated from the surface estate.
Source: SL 1982, ch 304, § 2.
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