2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 36 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 5 - LEASING GENERALLY
36-5-111. Payment for or removal of existing improvements.
36-5-111. Payment for or removal of existing improvements.
Any applicant applying to lease state lands upon which there are fences, buildings, reservoirs, ditches, dams, wells, or other improvements of any kind, belonging to or made by another, or for which water rights or proportionate interests in irrigation reservoirs, canals, or systems, have been acquired, shall before receiving the lease, pay to the director for the use and benefit of the owner or maker of any improvements at the time of the execution of the lease, the contributory value thereof as finally determined by the board in accordance with its rules and regulations; or the owner of the improvements shall, upon giving notice to the director in writing within the time fixed by board rule and regulation, have the right to remove those improvements in a manner which minimizes injury to the land; provided, that the improvements be removed within a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the expiration of the lease. For purposes of this section, "contributory value" means the increased value of the property after the lessee's improvements are considered.
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