2001-03-01                     Senate Journal                      Page 0559
SB 125                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 125 BY SENATOR HALFORD, entitled:                                                   
                                                                                                    
          "An Act prescribing a definition of 'damages' that a                                      
          landowner may claim for injury to or interference                                         
          with the owner's use of property by a person entering                                     
          upon the land under the state reservation of oil, gas,                                    
          mineral, material, or related interests, addressing the                                   
          determination of the form, amount, and security of                                        
          the surety bond determined by the director of lands to                                    
          secure the landowner payment for damages, directing                                       
          preparation of notice to the landowner for subsurface                                     
          activities on the land, and setting a limitation on                                       
          actions against a landowner resulting from entry upon                                     
          land under the state reservation of interests."                                           
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Resources, Judiciary and                                
Finance Committees.