§ 1024. — Disposal of land laws; reservation of geothermal resources and restriction on disposal of lands with geothermal resources; conveyances prior to December 24, 1970, unaffected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1024]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 23--GEOTHERMAL STEAM AND ASSOCIATED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
Sec. 1024. Disposal of land laws; reservation of geothermal
resources and restriction on disposal of lands with geothermal
resources; conveyances prior to December 24, 1970, unaffected
As to any land subject to geothermal leasing under section 1002 of
this title, all laws which either (a) provide for the disposal of land
by patent or other form of conveyance or by grant or by operation of law
subject to a reservation of any mineral or (b) prevent or restrict the
disposal of such land because of the mineral character of the land,
shall hereafter be deemed to embrace geothermal steam and associated
geothermal resources as a substance which either must be reserved or
must prevent or restrict the disposal of such land, as the case may be.
This section shall not be construed to affect grants, patents, or other
forms of conveyances made prior to December 24, 1970.
(Pub. L. 91-581, Sec. 25, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1573.)
