Vermont Statutes
Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation
§ 533. Notice of intention to lease State lands

§ 533. Notice of intention to lease State lands
(a) At least 30 days before he or she intends to lease State lands, the State land manager shall give public notice of his or her intention by commencing publication in two newspapers of general circulation, one in Montpelier and one where the lands or the greater portion thereof are situated.
(b) Publication shall be made in newspapers of record approved by the Secretary of State.
(1) If the notice is published in a daily newspaper there shall be at least five days from the first to the last day of publication, both days included; and if a weekly newspaper, the notice shall appear on at least two different days of publication.
(2) In addition to the publication required by subdivision (1) of this subsection, the notice shall be published on a weekly basis in selected newspapers in the State as determined by the Secretary of State.
(c) The notice shall include a description of the State lands, either as a tract or by parcels, and a statement that the terms and conditions of the offered lease may be obtained at a designated office of the Board. (Added 1981, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April, 28, 1982.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 29 - Public Property and Supplies

Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation

§ 501. Title of chapter

§ 502. Purposes

§ 503. Definitions

§ 504. Composition of the Board

§ 505. Authority of the Board

§ 511. Hearings conducted by examiners

§ 512. Hearings conducted by the Board

§ 513. Subpoena

§ 514. Appeal

§ 515. Personnel

§ 516. Governmental cooperation

§ 517. Standards for rulemaking

§ 521. Waste prohibited

§ 522. Drilling units

§ 523. Pooling

§ 524. Antitrust immunity for voluntary units

§ 525. Field-wide unitization

§ 526. Ratable takes required

§ 531. Management of State oil and gas resources

§ 532. State oil and gas leases authorized

§ 533. Notice of intention to lease State lands

§ 534. Gas produced from State lands

§ 535. State reservation of oil, gas, and minerals

§ 541. Drilling permits

§ 542. Drilling reports

§ 543. Reports of oil and gas operations

§ 544. Abandonment of wells

§ 545. Conveyance and acquisition of oil and gas interests

§ 551. Illegal oil, gas, and product

§ 552. Illegal oil, gas, or product declared contraband

§ 553. Disclosure of confidential information prohibited

§ 554. Penalties

§ 555. Enforcement

§ 561. Release of oil and gas leases

§ 562. Subdivision of land subject to an oil and gas lease

§ 563. Abandonment of oil and gas interests; preservation

§ 564. Surface use value appraisal of agriculture and forestlands

§ 565. Governor authorized to join in interstate compact

§ 566. Construction

§ 571. Hydraulic fracturing; prohibition