Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining

Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining

Section 1 - Declaration of public interest.
Section 2 - Definitions.
Section 2.5 - Preemption.
Section 3 - Waste prohibited.
Section 4 - Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created -- Functions -- Appointment of members -- Terms -- Chair -- Quorum -- Expenses.
Section 5 - Jurisdiction of board -- Rules.
Section 6 - Drilling units -- Establishment by board -- Modifications -- Prohibitions.
Section 6.5 - Pooling of interests for the development and operation of a drilling unit -- Board may order pooling of interests -- Payment of costs and royalty interests -- Monthly accounting.
Section 7 - Agreements for repressuring or pressure maintenance or cycling or recycling operations -- Plan for development and operation of pool or field.
Section 8 - Field or pool units -- Procedure for establishment -- Operation.
Section 9 - Proceeds from sale of production -- Payment of proceeds -- Requirements -- Proceeding on petition to determine cause of nonpayment -- Remedies -- Penalties.
Section 9.1 - Payment information to royalty owners.
Section 9.5 - Permits for crude oil production -- Application -- Bond requirement -- Closure of facilities -- Availability of records.
Section 10 - Procedures -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Emergency orders -- Hearing examiners.
Section 11 - Power to summon witnesses, administer oaths and require production of records -- Enforcement -- Penalties for violation of chapter or rules -- Illegal oil or gas -- Civil liability.
Section 12 - Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitation of actions.
Section 13 - Restrictions of production not authorized.
Section 14 - Fee on oil and gas -- Payment of fee -- Collection -- Penalty and interest on delinquencies -- Payment when product taken in-kind -- Interests exempt.
Section 14.5 - Oil and Gas Conservation Account created -- Contents -- Use of account money.
Section 15 - Division created -- Functions -- Director of division -- Qualifications of program administrators.
Section 16 - Duties of division.
Section 17 - Cooperative research and development projects.
Section 18 - Lands subject to chapter.
Section 19 - Bond and Surety Forfeiture Trust Fund created -- Contents -- Use of fund money.
Section 20 - Use of surface land by owner or operator.
Section 21 - Mediation.

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