82-4-423. Contracts for reclamation. The department is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with operators in the name of the state of Montana which will provide for the reclamation of lands on which opencut mining of minerals has been or is to be conducted. The department is authorized to sue and be sued in the name of the state of Montana to enforce the provisions of any contract, and the department shall bring such court actions and take such other steps and actions as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of such contracts.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 326, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 209, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 235, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 39, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1503; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 280, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 405, Ch. 418, L. 1995.