§172. Lessees may construct breakwaters, etc.
Any person holding or acquiring a lease from the state for the development and
production of minerals from lands including water bottoms belonging to the state shall be
authorized, in the conduct of the operations under the lease, to build, install and exclusively
control, upon the shores, banks or water bottoms covered by the lease, breakwaters,
platforms, fills, islands, (through excavation, pumping process or otherwise) and other
constructions and facilities that he may find necessary or convenient for the exploitation,
production, storing, treating, processing, refining, conveying, transporting and marketing of
minerals produced under such lease and under leases covering other lands in the vicinity.
Should any island or fill be made within navigable waters, a permit shall first be secured
from the Register of the State Land Office and approved by the secretary.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 74, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.