Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     82-4-423. Permits for reclamation. The department is authorized to issue permits to operators in the name of the state of Montana that will provide for the reclamation of lands on which opencut mining of minerals has been or is to be conducted. The department is authorized to sue and be sued in the name of the state of Montana to enforce the provisions of any permit, and the department shall bring any court actions and take any other steps and actions as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of a permit.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 326, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 209, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 235, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 39, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1503; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 280, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 405, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 507, L. 1999.

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