Title XVI — CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

259.010. Council established. — There shall be a "State Oil and Gas Council" composed of the following members in accordance with the provisions of section 259.020: (1) The state geologist; (2) One member from the department of economic development; (3) One member from the Missou…

259.020. Council membership. — The member entities in section 259.010 shall be represented on the council by the executive head of each respective entity, except that: (1) The Missouri University of Science and Technology shall be represented by a professor of petroleum engineeri…

259.030. Council officers. — 1. The council shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from the members of the council. A chairman and vice chairman may serve more than a one-year term, if so elected by the members of the council. 2. The state geologist shall act as administrator f…

259.040. Expenses of members. — Representatives of the member state agencies shall not receive any additional compensation for their services as representatives on the council and all expenses of the state agency representatives shall be paid by their respective agency. The profe…

259.050. Definitions. — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words mean: (1) "Certificate of clearance" means a permit prescribed by the council for the transportation or the delivery of oil or gas or product and issued or registered in accordance with the rule, r…

259.052. Oil and gas resources fund created, use of moneys. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Oil and Gas Resources Fund" which shall consist of all gifts, donations, transfers, moneys appropriated by the general assembly, permit application fees collected u…

259.060. Waste prohibited. — Waste of oil and gas is prohibited in the interest of conservation of natural resources. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 6, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1176)

259.070. Powers and duties of council — rulemaking, procedure. — 1. The council has the duty of administering the provisions of this chapter. The council shall meet at least once each calendar quarter of the year and upon the call of the chairperson. 2. The council shall conduct …

259.080. Permits — fee structure proposal. — 1. It shall be unlawful to commence operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas, or to commence operations to deepen any well to a different geological formation, or to commence injection activities for enhanced recovery of oi…

259.090. Production — controls and allocations authorized. — The council shall determine market demand for each marketing district and shall regulate the amount of production as follows: (1) The council shall limit the production of oil and gas within each marketing district to t…

259.100. Spacing of wells, exception, noncommercial gas wells. — 1. The council shall set spacing units as follows: (1) When necessary to prevent waste, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, or to protect correlative rights, the council shall establish spacing units for a p…

259.110. Production pooling authorized. — 1. When two or more separately owned tracts are embraced within a spacing unit, or when there are separately owned interests in all or a part of the spacing unit, then the owners and royalty owners thereof may pool their interests for the…

259.120. Unit or cooperative development and operation agreements, hearings — petition, contents — findings, effect of — order, contents — unit expenses, how charged — enlarged units, how treated. — 1. A voluntary agreement for the unit or cooperative development and operation of…

[Repealed or reserved.]

259.140. Council hearings — notice — procedure. — 1. The council shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the practice and procedure before it. 2. No order, or amendment thereof, except in an emergency, shall be made by the council without a public hearing upon at least te…

259.150. Questions of fact submitted to public service commission — costs. — 1. Whenever either party to a contested matter avers that there is a question or questions of fact involved, the matter shall be submitted to the public service commission for hearing on the question or …

259.160. Rehearing. — Any person adversely affected by any order of the council may within thirty days after its effective date apply to the council in writing for a rehearing. The application for rehearing shall be acted upon within fifteen days after its filing, and if granted,…

259.170. Appeal to circuit court — time for filing — procedure. — 1. Any person adversely affected by an order entered by the council may appeal from such order to the circuit court of Cole County or to the circuit court of any county in which the property affected or some portio…

259.180. Prohibited acts — knowledge — certificate of clearance. — The sale, purchase, acquisition, transportation, refining, processing, or handling of illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product is hereby prohibited. However, no penalty by way of fine shall be imposed upon a p…

259.190. Contraband, seizure and sale — proceeds and bond forfeitures paid into oil and gas remedial fund, purpose. — 1. Illegal oil, illegal gas, and illegal product are declared to be contraband and are subject to seizure and sale as herein provided; seizure and sale to be in a…

259.200. Penalties. — 1. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day that such violation continues, unless th…

259.210. Threatened violations — injunction. — 1. Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council, the council or the department may request that the attorney general bring …

259.220. Taxation of mineral rights. — All rights and interests in or to oil, gas or other minerals underlying land, whether created by or arising under deed, lease, reservation of rights, or otherwise, which rights or interests are owned by any person other than the owner of the…

259.230. Political subdivisions authorized to execute oil and gas leases on public lands — proceeds to general revenue. — The state, counties, cities and towns and other political subdivisions are hereby authorized to lease publicly owned lands under their respective jurisdiction…