§ 136-102.3. Filing record of results of test drilling or boring with Secretary of Administration and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑102.3.  Filing record of results of test drilling or boring withSecretary of Administration and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.

Any person, firm orcorporation making any test drilling or boring upon any public land, owned orcontrolled by the State of North Carolina[,] shall, forthwith after completion,file a complete record of the results of the test drilling or boring with theSecretary of Administration and with the Secretary of Environment and NaturalResources, of each test hole bored or drilled. Such records filed shall becomea matter of public record. Provided, that after exploratory drilling and boringhas been completed, and a lease or contract has been executed for operation,production or development of the area, the results of test drillings or boringsmade incidental to the operation, production or development of the area underlease or contract shall not be subject to the provisions of G.S. 136‑102.2to 136‑102.4 unless otherwise provided in such lease or contract. (1967,c. 923, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1975, c. 879, s. 46; 1977, c. 771, s. 4;1989, c. 727, s. 218(90); 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a).)