77-6-105. Criteria for determining land to be included in single lease. (1) All lands shall be leased in as compact bodies as possible, and care shall be taken not to separate parts of any section from the section lines or public highways or from any available water supply or in a form that will make it more difficult to lease the remaining state lands in the section in which they are located.
(2) There may be included under one lease tracts of lands embracing more than one section.
History: (1)En. Sec. 27, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.27, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 257, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 428, L. 1973; Sec. 81-413, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 23, Ch. 60, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 42, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 1805.23, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 65, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 260, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 240, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 94, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 428, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 135, L. 1974; Sec. 81-407, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 81-407(part), 81-413(part).
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 6. Agricultural, Grazing, and Other Surface Leases
77-6-102. Surface leases authorized
77-6-103. Lease of state land to United States for military purposes authorized
77-6-105. Criteria for determining land to be included in single lease
77-6-107. Leases of land wanted for both agricultural and grazing use
77-6-109. Duration of agricultural or grazing lease
77-6-110. Lease expiration dates
77-6-112. Liens on crops and improvements
77-6-113. Lease conditions -- cancellation
77-6-115. Acquisition of water right by lessee -- limitation