Before any person shall take any material from any real property of the State of Oregon, except in the manner and for the purposes mentioned in ORS 274.525 or 274.550, the person shall apply to the Department of State Lands for a lease. The application shall include a complete description of the location of the contemplated operation, the time and manner of contemplated removal, and such other pertinent information as the department may require. Upon receipt of such application the department may award a lease to the applicant and fix a royalty in the same manner provided in ORS 274.530. [Formerly 274.540; 1969 c.594 §13]
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