Section 19-10-66 – Payment of royalties of the state in oil on demand.
All royalties accruing to the state under any oil or gas lease or permit under Sections 19-10-1 to 19-10-62 [repealed] NMSA 1978, shall be paid in royalty oil on demand of the commissioner of public lands. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-11-59, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 34, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed […]
Section 19-10-57 – Rules; regulations; notice; hearing.
Before any rule or regulation concerning reporting and remittance of oil and gas royalty shall be adopted by the commissioner of public lands a public hearing shall be held. Notice of such hearing shall be mailed at least fifteen days prior to date set for the hearing to every oil and gas operator or purchaser […]
Section 19-10-58 – Rules; regulations; record; filing with supreme court librarian.
All rules and regulations concerning reporting and remittance of oil and gas royalty adopted by the commissioner of public lands shall be entered in full in a record book to be kept for such purpose by the commissioner of public lands. Such rules and regulations shall be filed with the librarian of the New Mexico […]
Section 19-10-59 – Reporting and rendition forms to be adopted by rule or regulation.
All reporting and royalty rendition forms required by the commissioner of public lands shall be adopted by appropriate rule or regulation. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-11-53, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 51, § 4.
Section 19-10-44 – [Intervention in pending litigation by attorney general.]
In event the attorney general of the state of New Mexico shall deem it for the best interests of the state of New Mexico to intervene in any pending litigation involving such questions, he is hereby specifically authorized to intervene therein in the name of the state of New Mexico, for the purpose of obtaining […]
Section 19-10-45 – Cooperative agreements for development or operation of oil and gas pools between lessees and others.
For the purpose of more properly conserving the oil and gas resources of the state, the commissioner of public lands may consent to and approve the development or operation of state lands under agreements made by lessees of state land jointly or severally with other lessees of state lands, with lessees of the United States […]
Section 19-10-46 – [Cooperative agreements; requisites for approval.]
No such agreement shall be consented to or approved by the commissioner unless he finds that: A. such agreement will tend to promote the conservation of oil or gas and the better utilization of reservoir energy; B. under the operations proposed the state and each beneficiary of the lands involved will receive its fair share […]
Section 19-10-47 – [Amendment of leases to conform with cooperative agreements.]
When any such agreement has been approved by the commissioner, he may, with the approval of the lessee evidenced by the lessee’s execution of such agreement or otherwise, amend any oil or gas lease embracing state lands within the area included in such agreement so that the provisions of such lease so far as they […]
Section 19-10-48 – [Effect of provisions on powers of oil conservation commission and commissioner of public lands.]
Nothing herein [19-10-45 to 19-10-48 NMSA 1978] contained shall be held to modify in any manner the power of the oil conservation commission under laws now existing or hereafter enacted with respect to the proration, and conservation of oil or gas and the prevention of waste, nor as limiting in any manner the power and […]
Section 19-10-49 – [Validating act.]
That all oil and gas leases issued by the commissioner of public lands of the state of New Mexico prior to the effective date of this act [section], in substantial conformity with the statutes of the state, the terms of which have not expired and where all rentals have been paid thereunder and accepted by […]