§ 6701 Grant Rights Protection
This law says that if the government changes any grant of tide or underwater land, it can't mess up the rights that people already have from earlier leases or contracts.
This law says that if the government changes any grant of tide or underwater land, it can't mess up the rights that people already have from earlier leases or contracts.
This law says that certain land leases or contracts must be reviewed and approved by the State Lands Commission before they can be used, especially if they were made after the law took effect or involve land that was filled in or big new projects.
This law says that if you send a lease or contract to the State Lands Commission, you have to pay for any study or work the commission does on it.
If the State Lands Commission doesn't give a written decision about a lease or contract within 90 days (or another agreed time), that silence counts as an approval and other lease rules start to apply.
This law says it doesn't change whether leases or contracts about tidal or underwater land are valid, and you can't just assume they're valid or invalid because they weren't filed with the State Lands Commission or because the commission made a finding.
When the state cancels a grant for tide or underwater lands, it can choose to take over any existing leases or contracts, or let those leases keep going until they end.
This law says anyone who wants to dig up (dredge) the bottom of water areas on public trust lands where the state keeps mineral rights must tell the commission 120 days before starting and give lots of details; if the work is just routine cleaning and the material isn’t sold, they don’t need a lease, otherwise a lease may be required.
This law says only certain people and companies can get a mining lease or permit – mainly U.S. citizens, people who plan to become citizens, foreigners from countries that treat U.S. citizens the same, U.S. corporations or ones mostly owned by eligible people, and anyone covered by a treaty. If several groups bid together, they must list everyone.
This law says if you own something that the chapter says you can't have, the state can take it away, but if you got it by inheritance, will, judgment, or decree you can keep it for only two years.
This rule lets the state keep the right to lease, sell, or otherwise use the land’s surface when it gives out a lease, as long as the person leasing doesn’t need that surface, and the decision must be made before the lease is offered.