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47-313. LANDS SUBJECT TO THIS ACT. This act shall apply to all lands located in the state, however owned, including any lands owned or administered by any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, including lands of the United States, or lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States over which the state of Idaho has police power, except to the degree that it is inharmonious with the uses, activities or regulations of the United States, and furthermore, the same shall apply to any lands committed to a unit agreement approved by the secretary of the interior or his duly authorized representative, except that the commission may, with respect to such unit agreement, suspend the application of this act or any part of this act so long as the conservation of oil and gas and the prevention of waste as in this act provided is accomplished under such unit agreements, but such suspension shall not relieve any operator from making such reports as may be required by the commission with respect to operations under any such unit agreement.

History:

[(47-313) 47-327, added 1963, ch. 148, sec. 13, p. 433; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 271, sec. 5, p. 681.]