38-12.1-01. Legislative findings.
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The legislative assembly of the state of North Dakota finds that:
1. The discovery and evaluation of coal or commercial leonardite deposits is
advantageous in an industrial society.
2. Coal or commercial leonardite occurs hidden under the ground and must be searched
for by diverse techniques, and that the search, exploration, or prospecting for coal or
commercial leonardite is a necessary and expensive prerequisite to coal or
commercial leonardite extraction and for land use planning in coal-bearing or
commercial leonardite-bearing areas.
3. It is to the benefit of society to allow coal or commercial leonardite exploration and to
require the information generated from exploration to be available to the office of the
state geologist.