49-7-15. Plat of pipeline route--Certification, acknowledgment and filing--Compensation for damages.
Each pipeline company planning to construct a pipeline in this state, that has surveyed its pipeline route, shall cause a plat of such route, clearly indicating the center line of the right of way and area thereof in acres and fractions, to be certified by its chief engineer or president, and acknowledged, and filed with the commissioner of school and public lands, and a duplicate with the register of deeds of each county in which the land is situated. There shall also be filed with the commissioner evidence in writing of contact with any leases of school and public lands showing that any damages accruing to an occupant or holder of any improvements upon said public lands has been or will be paid for the same as is provided for owners of private lands and that any damages or disruption of cultivation or grazing shall be compensated.
Source: SL 1980, ch 321, §5.