14-38-2-17. Entry Onto Land Without Notice or Hearing
Sec. 17. If: (1) an emergency exists; and (2) the department determines that irreparable injury will result unless immediate action is taken; the department may enter or authorize the entry upon the land by order of the department without notice or hearing for the purpose of taking the temporary remedial action that the department considers […]
14-38-2-18. Liability of Persons Entering Land to Plug, Replug, or Repair Test Hole
Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) enters upon the land on which a test hole is located to plug, replug, or repair the test hole; or (2) supports or contributes to the action under the authority and in accordance with the order of the department. (b) A person: (1) is […]
14-38-2-19. Remedying Condition of Test Hole Not Admission of Liability or Discharge of Action
Sec. 19. The fact that a person has initiated or supported a proceeding before the department or has remedied or attempted to remedy the condition of a test hole under this chapter: (1) is not an admission of liability and may not be received in evidence against the person in an action or a proceeding […]
14-38-2-20. Cause of Action for Plugging, Replugging, or Repairing Test Hole
Sec. 20. (a) A person who did not have an obligation to plug, replug, or repair a test hole, but who does so under this chapter, has the following: (1) A cause of action against the person who was obligated by law to properly plug, replug, or repair the test hole for the reasonable cost […]
14-38-2-21. Repealed
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-11.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31. Repealed by P.L.195-2014, SEC.46.
14-38-2-22. Violations
Sec. 22. (a) An owner or operator who fails to comply with section 6, 10, or 11 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. (b) The department may assess a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) against an owner or operator who knowingly fails to comply with section 6, 10, […]
14-38-3-1. Membership
Sec. 1. The department may join and become a member of the interstate oil and gas compact commission. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-5-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
14-38-1-25. Withholding Land for Prospecting or Lease
Sec. 25. This chapter does not require the commission to offer a tract of land for prospecting or lease. The commission may withhold a tract from prospecting or leasing for petroleum purposes if in the commission’s judgment the best interest of the state will be served by so doing. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-21.] As added […]
14-38-2-14. Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process Upon Nonresident
Sec. 14. The ownership, operation, or other interest by a nonresident or by a nonresident’s authorized agent in a test hole in Indiana is considered equivalent to an appointment by the nonresident of the secretary of state to be the nonresident’s attorney, upon whom may be served all process in an action or a proceeding […]
14-38-1-26. Royalties
Sec. 26. (a) This section applies when a royalty is required to be paid under this chapter: (1) for oil, at the option of the commission: (A) at the mouth of the wells into tanks provided by the commission; or (B) into the pipeline with which the wells are connected, to the commission’s credit; and […]