Idaho Code § 47-1501

Current through Chapter 330 of the 2024 Regular Legislative Session
Section 47-1501 - PURPOSE OF CHAPTER

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare through measures to reclaim the surface of all the lands within the state disturbed by exploration and surface and underground mining operations and measures to assure the proper closure of cyanidation facilities and thereby conserve natural resources, aid in the protection of wildlife, domestic animals, and aquatic resources, and reduce soil erosion.

Idaho Code § 47-1501

[47-1501, added 1971, ch. 206, sec. 1, p. 898; am. 1973, ch. 180, sec. 1, p. 415; am. 2005, ch. 167, sec. 3, p. 512; am. 2019, ch. 226, sec. 2, p. 694.]
Amended by 2019 Session Laws, ch. 226,sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Chapter heading amended by 2019 Session Laws, ch. 226,sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.