Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 22 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-10-505) › Chapter 5 - STATE LANDS GENERALLY (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-818) › Subchapter 8 - MINERAL, TIMBER, AND OTHER RESOURCES (§§ 22-5-801 — 22-5-818) › Section 22-5-801 - Leases and permits - Purpose of this section and sections 22-5-802 - 22-5-813 - Definition

(a)
It is the purpose and intent of this section and §§
22-5-802
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22-5-813
to charge the Commissioner of State Lands with the authority and responsibility for considering applications for and granting leases and permits for the taking of sand, gravel, oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal and other minerals, and timber or logs from the beds and bars of navigable rivers and lakes in this state or from any other lands or interests in lands held in the name of the State of Arkansas or any state agency or institution, excluding tax-forfeited lands and minerals, and to supervise activities on state-owned lands by leaseholders and permittees.
(b)
As used in this subchapter, "log" means a bulky piece or length of unshaped timber, a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing, or a portion of the trunk of a felled tree that is sunk on the bed of submerged land owned by the State of Arkansas.
(c)
The Commissioner of State Lands shall:
(1)
Provide the necessary hardware and software systems to allow for the electronic acceptance, solicitation, communication, and the electronic publishing of all information, records, reports, applications, and other required material relating to sand and gravel extraction;
(2)
Create and maintain a website to allow for the filing of all bids, correspondence, permit or lease issuance, production reports, and payments relating to sand and gravel extraction; and
(3)
Maintain a database accessible through the website required under subdivision (c)(2) of this section to allow complete electronic access to all filings of bids, correspondence, permit or lease issuance, production reports, and payments relating to sand and gravel extraction.
(d)
The Commissioner of State Lands shall:
(1)
Provide the necessary hardware and software systems to allow for the electronic acceptance, solicitation, communication, and the electronic publishing of all information, records, reports, applications, and other required material relating to the extraction of oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal and other minerals, and timber or logs;
(2)
Create and maintain a website to allow for the electronic filing of all bids, correspondence, permit or lease issuance, production reports, and payments relating to the extraction of oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal and other minerals, and timber or logs; and
(3)
Maintain a database accessible through the website required under subdivision (d)(2) of this section to allow complete electronic access to all filings of bids, correspondence, permit or lease issuance, production reports, and payments relating to the extraction of oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, coal and other minerals, and timber or logs.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 455,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 455,§ 1, eff. on and after January 1, 2022.
Acts 1975, No. 524, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 10-1026; Acts 1993, No. 509, § 1; 2005, No. 786, § 1.