An Act to provide for an inventory of known abandoned mined lands and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added:
45-6B-107. Inventory--Abandoned mined lands.
The department, in conjunction with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, shall make an inventory of known abandoned mined lands in the Black Hills. The inventory shall include a list of the locations of known abandoned mined lands, the results of a random field truthing activities, and identification of existing abandoned-mined-lands-related data.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of $250,000 to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, for purposes of implementing section 1 of this Act.
Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 4. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by June 30, 2025 shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 5. This Act is repealed on June 30, 2025.