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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 45 - Mining, Oil and Gas » Chapter 09 - Oil And Gas Conservation » Section 45-9-15.3 – Supplemental plugging and performance bond–Idle wells–Amount.

45-9-15.3. Supplemental plugging and performance bond–Idle wells–Amount.

Without limiting its general authority, the board may require, or may delegate to the secretary of agriculture and natural resources specific authority to require, the furnishing of a supplemental plugging and performance bond in the amount of twenty thousand dollars or an amount sufficient to guarantee the costs of well site reclamation for any oil and gas well that does not produce or otherwise remains unused for more than six months.

Source: SL 2020, ch 193, § 2; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.