In addition to any other requirements of law, in all leases, deeds or sales contracts of state lands for any purpose, there shall be inserted a clause reserving the right to execute leases for geothermal resource development and operation thereon; the right to sell or dispose of the geothermal resources of such lands; and the right to grant rights-of-way and easements for the purpose of this section. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-15-16, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 158, § 16. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For sale rather than lease of known saline, mineral and oil and gas lands, see 19-7-25 NMSA 1978. For reservation from sale of mineral deposits, products and easements on grazing and agricultural leases, see 19-7-28 NMSA 1978. For rights-of-way and easements over state lands, see 19-7-56, 19-7-57 NMSA 1978. For reservation of roadway over timbered and mountain lands sold by state, see 19-11-8 NMSA 1978. For reservation of mineral purchase rights in state lands leased or conveyed, see 19-14-1 to 19-14-3 NMSA 1978.
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