Section 19-13-9 – Rent or royalties; waiver; suspension; reduction.
The commissioner may, after a public hearing, waive, suspend or reduce the rental or minimum royalty for the lands included in a lease, or any portion thereof, and waive, suspend, alter or amend the operating requirements contained in a lease or regulation in the interest of conservation and to encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of […]
Section 19-13-10 – Suspension of operation and production.
The commissioner may, upon application and after a public hearing, suspend operations and production on a producing lease. On his own motion and after a public hearing, the commissioner, in the interest of conservation, may suspend operations on any lease, but in any such case he shall extend the lease term for the period of […]
Section 19-13-11 – Leases; duration.
A. Any lease entered into pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act shall be for a primary term of five years and so long thereafter as geothermal resources are being produced or utilized or are capable of being produced or utilized in commercial quantities from such lands or from lands unitized therewith, subject to continued payment […]
Section 19-13-11.1 – Leases; stipulation; rental; royalty.
The owner or owners of any geothermal resources lease or approved assignment thereof, heretofore issued by the commissioner, which lease has not automatically expired by its own terms or which has not been canceled after proper notice by the commissioner and which has otherwise been maintained in good standing, may enter into a stipulation with […]
Section 19-13-11.2 – Validation of geothermal resource leases.
All geothermal resource leases issued by the commissioner of public lands prior to the effective date of this section are declared to be valid and existing contracts with the state according to their terms and provisions where: A. such leases were made in substantial conformity with law; B. the terms have not expired; C. all […]
Section 19-13-12 – Combining geothermal resources.
Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under a lease issued by the commissioner may commingle geothermal resources from any two or more wells without regard to whether such wells are located on the lands for which such lease was issued or elsewhere; provided, however, that the person holding the lease shall install […]
Section 19-12-12 – Contract for maintenance.
The commissioner of public lands is authorized to contract with the facilities management division of the general services department on a cost basis for the maintenance of the lands and buildings acquired under the provisions of the Land Office Building Act. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-14-14, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 14; 1977, […]
Section 19-12-13 – [Acceptance of gift, or loan, from federal government authorized.]
The commissioner of public lands is authorized to accept any services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, or loan, from the United States government, which could be used in carrying out the purposes of the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-14-15, enacted by Laws […]
Section 19-13-1 – Short title.
This act [19-13-1 to 19-13-28 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Geothermal Resources Act.” History: 1953 Comp., § 7-15-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 158, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Law reviews. — For comment on geothermal energy and water law, see 19 Nat. Resources J. 445 (1979).
Section 19-13-2 – Definitions.
As used in the Geothermal Resources Act: A. “geothermal resources” means the natural heat of the earth in excess of two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit, or the energy in whatever form below the surface of the earth present in, resulting from, created by or which may be extracted from this natural heat in excess of […]