---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3472.2-5"
title: "43"
number: "3472.2-5"
heading: "Special qualifications, public bodies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3472.2-5"
---

# §3472.2-5. Special qualifications, public bodies.

- (a) To qualify to bid for a lease on a tract offered for sale under [§ 3420.1-3](/cfr/43/3420.1-3.md) of this title, a public body shall submit:
  - (1) Evidence of the manner in which it is organized;
  - (2) Evidence that it is authorized to hold a lease;
  - (3) A definite plan as described in [§ 3420.1-3(b)](/cfr/43/3420.1-3.md?p=b) to produce energy within 10 years of issuance of the prospective lease solely for its own use or for sale to its members or customers (except for short-term sales to others); and
  - (4) **Evidence that the definite plan has been duly authorized by its governing body.**
- (b) To obtain a license to mine, a municipality shall submit with its application:
  - (1) Evidence of the manner in which it is organized;
  - (2) Evidence that it is authorized to hold a license to mine; and
  - (3) **Evidence that the action proposed has been duly authorized by its governing body.**
- (c) To qualify to bid for a lease on a tract of acquired land set apart for military or naval purposes, a governmental entity shall submit:
  - (1) Evidence of the manner in which it is organized, including the State in which it is located;
  - (2) Evidence that it is authorized to hold a lease;
  - (3) Evidence that the action proposed has been duly authorized by its own governing body; and
  - (4) Evidence that it is producing electricity for sale to the public in the state where the lands to be leased are located.
- (d) If the material required in paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), or [(c)](#c) of this section has previously been filed, a reference to the serial number of the record in which it has been filed, together with a statement as to any amendments, shall be accepted.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33150, July 30, 1982]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 189 and 359; and 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33150, July 30, 1982]