85-1-803. Rulemaking. The department may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the leasing of project lands. These rules may include but are not limited to rules governing the:
     (1) growing of crops or grazing of livestock;
     (2) establishment of responsibility for a lessee to pay the assessment of taxes for weed control;
     (3) acquisition and use of water on project lands;
     (4) leasing of project lands, except for lease renewals and transfers, by competitive bidding and the establishment of bid procedures and bid deposits;
     (5) process for giving notice and for cancellation, termination, and renewal of leases, including existing leases on project lands;
     (6) general form of the lease and the form and conditions of a bond when the department considers a bond necessary;
     (7) changes or modifications in lease conditions or lease use; and
     (8) placement and removal of improvements directly related to the necessary use of the project lands.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 301, L. 1995.