Title 17 — Title 17 — Corporation Commission

1998.

Cotton gins maintained and operated for the purpose of ginning seed cotton of the general public, or of persons other than the person or persons, or the stockholders of the corporation maintaining and operating said gin, or maintained and operated for the purpose of ginning seed …

1998.

Fee. No person or persons, or corporation, in this state shall be permitted to maintain and operate a gin for the purpose of ginning seed cotton of the general public, or of ginning seed cotton not produced and owned by the person or persons, or the stockholders of the corporatio…

Showing to obtain license - Cooperative gins - Inspectors. The Corporation Commission in issuing such license shall have the right to take into consideration the necessity for the operation of a gin for such purpose at the place of its location; provided nothing herein shall oper…

Department of Cotton Gin Utilities - Fiscal year and reports of cotton gins. The Corporation Commission shall have the same power and authority and be charged with the duty of regulating and controlling such cotton gins in all matters relating to the performance of public duties …

Section 45. The orders made by said Commission fixing rates, charges, rules andregulations as to any person, persons, or corporation operating any gin or gins may be reviewed on appeal by the Supreme Court in the same manner, form, jurisdiction and procedure as apply to such orde…

Section 46. In all matters pertaining to the regulation and control of gins andginning and the business of such, the Commission shall have the same power and authority as is now exercised by it under the law as to any matter pertaining to the public visitation, regulation or cont…

If it shall be held that any section or part of a section contained in this act is void by reason of it being repugnant to the Constitution, the failure of such portion shall not be held to defeat the remaining portions of this act. Laws 1915, c. 176, § 7.

Commissioners or employees prohibited - Exceptions - Penalty. A. No person who is subject to the regulations of the Corporation Commission, or has interests in any firm, corporation or business which is subject to regulation by the Corporation Commission shall furnish transportat…

All cases appealed to the Supreme Court from the judgment of the Corporation Commission as herein provided, shall have precedence therein, except as provided in the Constitution, and it shall be the duty of the Supreme Court to advance the same on the docket for immediate conside…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Brine Development Act". Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.

The Legislature finds that it is desirable and necessary to authorize and provide for unitized management, operation, and further development of brine and associated solution gas, to the end that a greater ultimate recovery of brine and solution gas may be had, waste prevented, a…

As used in this act: 1. "Commission" shall mean the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma; 2. "Person" shall include any individual, partnership, corporation or association of whatever character; 3. "Common source of supply" shall include that area which is underlain, or which from …

regulations - Exceptions. A. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction over: 1. The drilling for and production of brine for commercial purposes; 2. Class V injection wells used for the injection or disposal of mineral brines as defined in the federal Safe Dri…

owners as respondents. A. A party desiring to unitize brine rights shall file with the Corporation Commission an application setting forth a description of the proposed unit area with a map or plat thereof attached. The application shall allege the existence of the facts required…

Notice of the filing of an application to create a unit or to increase or decrease the size of the unit area, along with a copy of the application, shall be mailed to each respondent to the application whose address is known, or whose address can be found with reasonable diligenc…

A. If, after proper application and notice, the Commission in its hearing shall find by substantial evidence that: 1. There exists a common source of supply or prospective common source of supply for brine; 2. Unitized management, operation and further development of the common s…

The order of the Commission shall define the area of the common source of supply or portion thereof to be included within the unit area. Each unit and unit area shall be limited to all or a portion of a single common source of supply. Brine owners within the unit shall share in t…

owners - Election to sell. A. The plan of unitization for each such unit and unit area shall be one suited to the needs and requirements of the particular unit dependent upon the facts and conditions found to exist with respect thereto. In addition to such other terms, provisions…

obligations - Distribution of production. Property rights, leases, contracts and all other obligations shall be regarded as amended and modified to the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of this act and to any valid and applicable plan of unitization o…

The Corporation Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to create and establish an Oil and Gas Department under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Corporation Commission, and is hereby authorized to appoint with the approval and consent of the Governor, a Chief Oil and…

A. The Commission shall have jurisdiction to increase the size of an existing unit area where it is shown, upon proper application, notice and hearing that: 1. Land adjacent to the existing unit is underlain by the same common source of supply as that found within the unit area; …

The obligation or liability of the lessee or other owners of rights in the several separately owned tracts for payment of unit expense shall at all times be several and not joint. At no time shall a lessee or other owner of rights in a separately owned tract be chargeable with, d…

Any person aggrieved by any order of the Commission may appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma upon the same conditions, within the same time, and in the same manner as is provided in Sections 84-135, inclusive, of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or any…

boards. The Commissioners of the Land Office, or other proper board or officers of the state having control and management of state lands, and the proper board or officer of any political, municipal or other subdivision or agency of the state, are hereby authorized on behalf of t…

Neither the unit production nor proceeds from the sale thereof shall be treated, regarded or taxed as income or profits to the unit. Instead, such receipts shall be the income of the several persons to whom same are payable under the plan of unitization. To the extent the unit ma…

If at any time the Commission has designated priorities for the purchasing of gas from oil and gas wells pursuant to its regulatory power, the solution gas associated with the production of brine from any brine well, whether or not within a unit created pursuant to this act, shal…

units - Effect of Act. Sections 2 through 16 of this act shall not have any effect on any existing brine, solution gas or brine and solution gas units which have been created voluntarily or by a judicial decree to the extent such unit was established as of the date of this act. A…

payment - Violation - Jurisdiction of district court - Court costs and fees. A. The proceeds derived from the sale of brine, solution gas or brine and solution gas production shall be paid to persons legally entitled thereto, commencing no later than six (6) months after the date…

ability - Neglect, failure or refusal to plug and abandon or replug well, etc. - Forfeiture or payment - Transfer of title. A. Any person who drills or operates any well or unit for the exploration, development or production of oil or brine, or as an injection or disposal well, w…

Duty to negotiate surface damages. Before entering upon a site for brine well drilling, except in instances where there are non-state resident surface owners, non- state resident surface tenants, unknown heirs, imperfect titles, surface owners, or surface tenants whose whereabout…

- Environmental jurisdiction of Department of Environmental Quality. A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the Corporation Commission is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority with reference to: a. the conservation of oil and gas, b. field op…

property - Increase in security. A. Every operator doing business in this state shall file a corporate surety bond, letter of credit from a banking institution, cash, or a certificate of deposit with the Secretary of State in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) c…

appointment of appraisers - Notice - Selection of appraisers - Report by appraisers - Filing of exceptions or demand for jury trial - Assessment of costs and attorney fees. A. Prior to entering the site with heavy equipment, the operator shall negotiate with the surface owner for…

report - Probate - Authority to execute instruments of conveyance. Any aggrieved party may appeal from the decision of the court on exceptions to the report of the appraisers or the verdict rendered upon jury trial. Such appeal shall not serve to delay the prosecution of the work…

correlative rights - Indian property rights. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair existing contractual rights nor shall it prohibit parties from contracting to establish correlative rights on the subject matter contained in this act. This act shall not be applica…

repeal or limits. Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing or limiting the jurisdiction, authority and power of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.

bond, failure to request appraisers, etc. - Treble damages - Trial de novo. Upon presentation of clear, cogent and convincing evidence that the operator willfully and knowingly entered upon the premises for the purpose of commencing the drilling of a well before giving notice of …

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate rules for the plugging of all wells subject to its jurisdiction. All wells shall be plugged under the direction and supervision of Commission employees as may be prescribed by the Commission. Provided, however, the …

regulations. A. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations to require all operators of oil and gas wells or leases upon which oil and gas wells are located to remove all surface trash and debris, occasioned by their operations, from the vicini…

structures, supplies and equipment, surface debris, abutment or obstacle - Filling of certain pits - Grading or terracing certain disturbed land - Release - Extension of time. A. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations which require the lea…

A. The State of Oklahoma shall have a lien upon any abandoned oil and gas well-site equipment situated upon a lease site, including but not limited to production and storage structures, along with their contents, in an amount equal to the cost of plugging all wells associated wit…

As used in this act: 1. "Frac tank" means any portable or stationary, high volume holding vessel designed and constructed for use in separating, storing or temporarily holding materials used in or resulting from fracturing techniques in oil and gas exploration; 2. "Fracturing" me…

No employer in this state shall use any frac tanks with unprotected manways into which a person could fall. Laws 1981, c. 153, § 2.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall make periodic inspections to insure compliance with the provisions of this act. Any device which will halt unexpected ingress or egress from the interior of a frac tank shall be deemed to comply with this act. The Corporation Commission m…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission, to be designated the "Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated for d…

All judgments or fines assessed against any corporation, person or firm, for the violation of any order or regulation, as herein provided, shall be a first lien on all property of such corporation, person or firm within this state, and it shall be the duty of the Corporation Comm…

pipeline transportation system. A. Any person who has been determined by the Commission to have violated any provision of any rule, regulation or order issued pursuant to the provisions of the Commission related to pipeline safety shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more t…

23, eff. July 1, 1991.