Arkansas Code Title 22, Chapter 5, Subchapter 8 - Mineral, Timber, and Other Resources

• § 22-5-801 - Leases and Permits -- Purpose of This Section and §§ 22-5-802 -- 22-5-813.
  (a) It is the purpose and intent of this section and §§ 22-5-802 -- 22-5-813 to charge the Commissioner of State Lands with the...
• § 22-5-802 - Leases and Permits -- Exemptions for State Agencies.
  (a) The provisions of this section and §§ 22-5-801 and 22-5-803 -- 22-5-813 shall not be applicable to the severance, sale, or other disposition...
• § 22-5-803 - Leases and Permits -- Penalties.
  (a) (1) Upon conviction a person, firm, company, corporation, or association is guilty of a Class D felony if the person, firm, company, corporation,...
• § 22-5-804 - Leases and Permits -- Natural Resources Committee -- Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
  (a) (1) The Natural Resources Committee is created and shall be composed of the following members: (A) The Director of the Department of Finance...
• § 22-5-805 - Leases and Permits -- Requirements -- Application -- Terms.
  (a) No person, firm, company, corporation, or association shall take any sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal or other minerals, or sever...
• § 22-5-806 - Leases and Permits -- Offer to Pay Minimums -- Notice -- Award.
  (a) Any person applying for a lease or permit under the provisions of this section and §§ 22-5-801 -- 22-5-805 and 22-5-807 -- 22-5-813...
• § 22-5-807 - Leases and Permits -- Notice To, and Recommendations From, Interested Agencies.
  (a) When an application for a lease or permit is filed with the Commissioner of State Lands for the taking or production of any...
• § 22-5-808 - Leases and Permits -- Records -- Fees -- Disposition of Funds.
  (a) The office of the Commissioner of State Lands shall maintain a permanent record of all leases and permits issued under this section and...
• § 22-5-809 - Leases and Permits -- Monthly Statements -- Payment of Severance Tax.
  (a) (1) Every person obtaining a lease or permit under this section and §§ 22-5-801 -- 22-5-808 and 22-5-810 -- 22-5-813 shall keep an...
• § 22-5-810 - Leases and Permits -- Liability -- Transferability -- Renewal.
  (a) Each person, firm, company, corporation, association, or other business entity holding a lease or permit for the taking or production of any sand,...
• § 22-5-811 - Leases and Permits -- Existing Ones to Continue.
  Any person, firm, company, corporation, state agency, or other business entity holding a lease or permit on March 21, 1975, for the taking or...
• § 22-5-812 - Leases and Permits -- Rules and Regulations.
  (a) The Commissioner of State Lands shall promulgate any rules and regulations which may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this...
• § 22-5-813 - Leases and Permits -- Compliance With This Section and §§ 22-5-801 -- 22-5-812.
  The office of the Commissioner of State Lands may conduct a continuing check of the operations by lessees or permittees to assure that each...
• § 22-5-814 - Removal of Sand or Gravel From Navigable Waters.
  (a) Sand and gravel may be removed from the beds or bars of any navigable river or lake by the Arkansas State Highway and...
• § 22-5-815 - Mineral Rights in Lands Covered by Artificially Created Navigable Waters.
  (a) The State of Arkansas shall not acquire title to the oil, gas, and other minerals in and under lands covered by navigable waters...
• § 22-5-816 - [Transferred.]
• § 22-5-817 - [Repealed.]
• § 22-5-818 - Commercial Mining At Crater of Diamonds State Park.
  No commercial mining shall be permitted at the Crater of Diamonds State Park. Recreational mining by individuals shall continue to be permitted at the

Last modified: November 15, 2016