Chapter 55 — OIL AND GAS

55-1,101. Definitions. (a) As used in K.S.A. 55-1,101 through 55-1,109, and amendments thereto: (1) "Gas gathering services" means the gathering or preparation of natural gas for transportation, including transportation to a main transmission line or to any exit tap on a gas gath…

55-1,102. Filing of rates and other information required; use of information; disclosure. (a) Each person offering gas gathering services in this state shall file with the commission copies of: (1) Rates paid for natural gas purchased at the wellhead by the person offering gas ga…

55-1,103. Limitations on manner of offering services and facilities. (a) Persons offering gas gathering services in this state, or facilities essential to provision of such services, shall provide, in a manner that is just, reasonable, not unjustly discriminatory and not unduly p…

55-1,104. Commission review of fees, terms, practices; complaint; procedure. (a) The commission, in its discretion, may at any time review a fee, term or practice being used by a person offering gas gathering services to ascertain whether a violation of K.S.A. 55-1,103 has occurr…

55-1,105. Rules and regulations. (a) The commission may adopt such rules and regulations as the commission determines necessary to improve access to gas gathering services or to improve market competition or protect the public interest in such services. (b) This section shall tak…

55-1,106. Exemptions from rate averaging or pricing systems. (a) The commission may exempt natural gas sold directly to a consumer from the wellhead before the gas enters a gathering system from rate averaging or pricing systems that apply to gas sold from a gas gathering system.…

55-1,107. Issuance of more than one certificate of convenience and necessity; exit fees prohibited. (a) In any retail natural gas service area where the commission has granted a certificate of convenience and necessity to sell natural gas at retail from a gas gathering system, th…

55-1,108. Contractual obligations, when amended. (a) Nothing in K.S.A. 55-1,101 through 55-1,107 shall be construed, or authorize the commission, to amend any contractual obligations between the person offering gas gathering services and the complainant unless the commission dete…

55-1,109. Notice of lack of capacity to serve required. If a public utility providing service from a gas gathering system determines that such utility lacks sufficient services or facilities to serve the needs of any person wishing to utilize such utility's services within such u…

55-1,110. Severability of act. If any provisions of this act or the application of this act to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or appli…

55-1,111. Commission review of exit tap on gathering system, access, service, abandonment; procedure. The commission may, upon complaint by a party who has or seeks an exit tap on a gathering system, review disputes over access, service or abandonment, regarding exit taps on a ga…

55-1,115. Underground storage of hydrocarbons; corporation commission regulation of underground porosity storage of natural gas. (a) On or before July 1, 2002, the state corporation commission shall adopt rules and regulations governing underground porosity storage of natural gas…

55-1,116. Natural gas underground storage; fee fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the natural gas underground storage fee fund. (b) All moneys received by the state corporation commission as grants, gifts, bequests or state or federal appropriations for the p…

55-1,117. Underground storage of hydrocarbons; definitions; department of health and environment regulation of other underground storage. (a) As used in this section and K.S.A. 65-171d and 55-1,118 through 55-1,122, and amendments thereto: (1) "Company or operator" means any form…

55-1,117a. Department of health and environment regulation of underground crude oil storage. Not later than January 1, 2009, the secretary of health and environment shall adopt, pursuant to K.S.A. 55-1,117, and amendments thereto, rules and regulations governing underground crude…

55-1,118. Subsurface hydrocarbon storage fund. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the subsurface hydrocarbon storage fund to administer the provisions of K.S.A. 55-1,117 through 55-1,122, and amendments thereto. Such fund shall be administered by the secret…

55-1,119. Penalties for violations of K.S.A. 55-1,117 or rules and regulations adopted thereunder. (a) The secretary or the director of the division of environment, if designated by the secretary, upon a finding that a person has violated any provision of K.S.A. 55-1,117, and ame…

55-1,120. Salt solution mining wells; abandonment, legal responsibility for. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Person legally responsible" includes, but is not limited to: (A) Any current or former operator of the well, or successor, who has: (i) Knowingly abandoned the …

55-1,121. Salt solution mining well plugging fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the salt solution mining well plugging fund. Such fund shall be administered by the secretary in accordance with the provisions of this section and K.S.A. 55-1,120, and amendments…

55-1,122. Representatives of secretary; right of ingress and egress. (a) In performing investigations or administrative functions relating to surface and subsurface water pollution, soil pollution and public health or safety, the secretary or the secretary's duly authorized repre…

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55-101. Natural gas for residents of platted land outside city; laying and maintenance of pipes. Whenever any tract of land not in an incorporated city shall be laid out in lots or other subdivisions as now required by law, the owner of such lands or his or her assigns is authori…

55-102. Control and management of oil and gas wells; unlawful acts, penalties; flaring, venting or use of gas permitted, when. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation having possession or control of any natural gas well, …

55-103. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 2; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Doc…

55-104. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 3; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Doc…

55-105. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 4; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Doc…

55-106. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 5; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Mentioned but inapplicable; damage action against gas company; explosion; escaping gas. Milwaukee Ins. Co. v. Gas Service Co., 185 Kan. 604, 607, 610, 347 P.2d 394 (1959)…

55-107. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 6; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. Cross References to Related Sections: Unlawful acts, see 21-3704. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR …

55-108. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 7; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Economic and population growth, 14 W.L.J. 507, 529 (1975). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Document…

55-109. History: L. 1901, ch. 224, § 8; March 22; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 13, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Mentioned but inapplicable; damage action against gas company; explosion; escaping gas. Milwaukee Ins. Co. v. Gas Service Co., 185 Kan. 604, 607, 610, 347 P.2d 394. Previ…

55-112. Transportation of gas; standards for. (a) Any person or persons, firm, company or corporation engaged in drilling for, piping, transporting, using or selling natural gas shall transport or conduct the same through materials listed under appendix B of 49 C.F.R. part 192 an…

55-113. History: L. 1905, ch. 312, § 2; L. 1920, ch. 43, § 1; R.S. 1923, 55-113; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 310, § 2; June 29. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Docu…

55-114. Penalty for violation of K.S.A. 55-112. Any person or persons, firm, company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more …

55-115. History: L. 1891, ch. 151, § 1; R.S. 1923, 55-115; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Water Allocation Law and the Oil and Gas Industry in Kansas: An Update to the 1981 Neufeld Article," Eva N. Neufeld, John C. Peck, and Adam…

55-116. History: L. 1891, ch. 151, § 2; R.S. 1923, 55-116; L. 1931, ch. 225, § 1; Repealed, L. 1937, ch. 263, § 1; June 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section construed; duty of owner to plug abandoned well. The State v. Foster, 106 Kan. 852, 853, 189 P. 953. 2. Cited; action for damage…

55-117. History: L. 1891, ch. 151, § 3; R.S. 1923, 55-117; L. 1973, ch. 106, § 13; L. 1978, ch. 105, § 16; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Salt water must be kept from fresh-water veins. Hall v. Galey, 126 Kan. 699, 702, 271 P. 319. Previous | Next L…

55-118. History: L. 1919, ch. 233, § 1; R.S. 1923, 55-118; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Proof of negligence not necessary for recovery hereunder. Martin v. Shell Petroleum Corp., 133 Kan. 124, 128, 299 P. 261. 2. Damage action for pollution of wat…

55-119. History: L. 1919, ch. 233, § 2; R.S. 1923, 55-119; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School …

55-120. History: L. 1919, ch. 233, § 3; R.S. 1923, 55-120; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited; actual damages allowed for water pollution; punitive damages disallowed (dissenting opinion). Augustine v. Hinnen, 201 Kan. 710, 713, 717, 443 P.2d 354.…

55-121. History: L. 1921, ch. 198, § 1; R.S. 1923, 55-121; L. 1951, ch. 327, § 1; Repealed, L. 1986, ch. 201, § 41; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1917, ch. 246, § 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Sufficiency of evidence to show connection between plugged gas well and pollution of water w…

55-122. History: L. 1921, ch. 198, § 2; R.S. 1923, 55-122; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1917, ch. 246, § 2. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in civil action for damages for stream pollution; exemplary damages. Donley v. Amerada Petroleum Corp., 152 K…

55-128. History: L. 1935, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 266, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 311, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 187, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 62; L. 1978, ch. 347, § 7; L. 1980, ch. 160, § 1; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1. Source or prior law: 55-124. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Officer of…