Sec. 25. This chapter does not require the commission to offer a tract of land for prospecting or lease. The commission may withhold a tract from prospecting or leasing for petroleum purposes if in the commission's judgment the best interest of the state will be served by so doing.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-21.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.