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Chapter 19 - Public Lands
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Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands
Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands
Section 19-10-1 - [Issuance of leases authorized; lands subject; carbon dioxide leases exempted.]
Section 19-10-2 - Definitions.
Section 19-10-3 - Classification of state lands for oil and gas leasing.
Section 19-10-4 - Authorization to lease; lease provisions.
Section 19-10-4.1 - Exploratory form of lease; nonrestricted; regular restricted or premium restricted lands.
Section 19-10-4.2 - Discovery form of lease; regular restricted or premium restricted lands.
Section 19-10-4.3 - Development form of lease; premium restricted land.
Section 19-10-5 - Existing leases; stipulation.
Section 19-10-5.1 - Amendment of lease to lower royalty rate for oil wells under certain conditions.
Section 19-10-6 - Shut-in oil wells; conditions.
Section 19-10-7 - Exploratory form of lease; different term of years.
Section 19-10-8 - [Extension of terms of leases.]
Section 19-10-9 - [Existing leases; stipulation to bring helium gas within terms.]
Section 19-10-11 - [Statement with royalty payment; inspection of books; state's lien for unpaid royalty; log; specimen of drill cuttings.]
Section 19-10-12 - [New lease or extension where no discovery made; preference right; conditions.]
Section 19-10-13 - [Assignment of leases; procedure; effect.]
Section 19-10-14 - [Application for lease; form; deposit; appraisement.]
Section 19-10-15 - [Rental; limits; first year; rental districts; alteration; maximum size of lease; rent where lease crosses district line.]
Section 19-10-16 - [Restricted districts; method of leasing; added area; notice; rental.]
Section 19-10-17 - Public sale of restricted district leases; time; regulations; notice; minimum bonus; sealed bids or public auction authorized; site of sale; publication of notice; rejection of bids; completion of transaction.
Section 19-10-18 - No bids made; subsequent lease.
Section 19-10-19 - [Withholding lands from lease authorized.]
Section 19-10-20 - [Cancellation of lease for nonpayment or nonperformance of requirements by lessee; notice.]
Section 19-10-21 - [Rules and regulations; amendment; rescission; effective date.]
Section 19-10-22 - [Validation of existing leases; contest of claims; relinquishment for conversion; terms of new lease; fees.]
Section 19-10-23 - Appeal of commissioner's decision.
Section 19-10-24 - [Contesting claims; jurisdiction of district court; appeal and error.]
Section 19-10-25 - [Proof of commissioner's records.]
Section 19-10-26 - [Lands sold with reservation of minerals; lease; bond to protect purchaser; waiver.]
Section 19-10-27 - [Lands sold on deferred payments with reservation of minerals or classified as mineral lands prior to full payment or issuance of patent; limited patent.]
Section 19-10-28 - [Lessee to purchase prior improvements on lands; proof of payment.]
Section 19-10-29 - [Removal of certain improvements on cancellation or forfeiture of lease.]
Section 19-10-30 - [Rules and regulations authorized.]
Section 19-10-31 - [Filing and recording of leases, other instruments and assignments with commissioner; constructive notice; recording in county waived.]
Section 19-10-32 - [Acknowledgments required; commissioner excepted.]
Section 19-10-33 - [Contracts relating to oil and gas rights; filing for record in land office.]
Section 19-10-34 - [System of records; indexing; public inspection.]
Section 19-10-35 - [Tract book system for oil and gas lands.]
Section 19-10-36 - [Rules and regulations; protection of instruments and records.]
Section 19-10-37 - [Filing and recording fees; disposition; expenses payable from maintenance fund.]
Section 19-10-38 - [Repeal and saving clause.]
Section 19-10-39 - [Litigation involving lessee's oil and gas rights on land sold with reservation of oil and gas; suspense account for royalty payments.]
Section 19-10-40 - [Litigants to show right to have royalties placed in suspense fund; determination of amount.]
Section 19-10-41 - [Remitting moneys for oil and gas royalty suspense fund; investment of fund; disposition of investment income.]
Section 19-10-42 - [Distribution of suspense funds after litigation is completed.]
Section 19-10-43 - [Suit by state to determine rights.]
Section 19-10-44 - [Intervention in pending litigation by attorney general.]
Section 19-10-45 - Cooperative agreements for development or operation of oil and gas pools between lessees and others.
Section 19-10-46 - [Cooperative agreements; requisites for approval.]
Section 19-10-47 - [Amendment of leases to conform with cooperative agreements.]
Section 19-10-48 - [Effect of provisions on powers of oil conservation commission and commissioner of public lands.]
Section 19-10-49 - [Validating act.]
Section 19-10-50 - Oil, gas and mineral leases on state park lands.
Section 19-10-51 - Terms and conditions of leases on state park lands; disposition of rentals and royalties.
Section 19-10-52 - [Drainage of state lands by oil or gas wells required to be offset; agreement to compensate state.]
Section 19-10-53 - [State participation in pooling and communitization agreements authorized.]
Section 19-10-54 - [Existing pooling and communitization agreements confirmed and validated; segregation of leases in accordance with prior agreement.]
Section 19-10-55 - [Validation of oil and gas leases.]
Section 19-10-56 - Reports and remittance of state royalty; rules and regulations prescribed by commissioner.
Section 19-10-57 - Rules; regulations; notice; hearing.
Section 19-10-58 - Rules; regulations; record; filing with supreme court librarian.
Section 19-10-59 - Reporting and rendition forms to be adopted by rule or regulation.
Section 19-10-61 - [Sale or exchange of royalty gas taken in kind.]
Section 19-10-63 - [Validation of oil and gas leases; 1967 act.]
Section 19-10-64 - [Royalties paid in oil; sale of;] purpose of act.
Section 19-10-65 - Definitions.
Section 19-10-66 - Payment of royalties of the state in oil on demand.
Section 19-10-67 - Sale of state oil royalties; preference; authority of commissioner.
Section 19-10-68 - Application for preference in sale of royalty oil; requirements.
Section 19-10-69 - Grant of preference based upon application.
Section 19-10-70 - Advertising for bids; priority of bidders; award of oil.