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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:30:806",
  "title_number": "30",
  "section_number": "806",
  "citation": "R.S. 30:806",
  "heading": "Terms; rentals; royalties",
  "text": "A. All state geothermal leases shall be granted for a maximum primary term of ten years and so long thereafter as geothermal operations are being conducted or geothermal resources are being produced or utilized in commercial quantities.\n\nB. Where a state geothermal lease provides for delay rentals, the annual rental shall be for not less than one dollar per acre or one-half the cash bonus, whichever is greater.\n\nC. Royalties on production obtained from a state geothermal lease shall be not less than the following:\n\n(1) A royalty of not less than ten percent of the price received for all geothermal resources produced and saved or utilized.\n\n(2) A royalty of not less than five percent of the value of any byproduct produced and saved or utilized.\n\nD. The term rental or royalty obtained by the state from a geothermal lease shall not affect or limit the compensation negotiated by the owners of adjoining or nearby property which may be affected or exploited by the lessee.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "30",
      "name": "MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY"
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    {
      "level": "subtitle",
      "number": "I",
      "name": "MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "8",
      "name": "GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES"
    }
  ],
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      "act_year": 1975,
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      "act_year": 1976,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1975, No. 784, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 134, §1.",
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