Section 259.200 – Penalties.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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 the […]
Section 259.210 – Threatened violations — injunction.
Effective – 28 Aug 2015 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 suit against such person in […]
Section 259.220 – Taxation of mineral rights.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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 land, shall […]
Section 259.230 – Political subdivisions authorized to execute oil and gas leases on public lands — proceeds to general revenue.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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 jurisdictions for the purpose of oil or gas exploration and […]
Section 259.150 – Questions of fact submitted to public service commission — costs.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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 questions of fact. […]
Section 259.160 – Rehearing.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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, the rehearing shall […]
Section 259.170 – Appeal to circuit court — time for filing — procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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 […]
Section 259.180 – Prohibited acts — knowledge — certificate of clearance.
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 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 person who sells, purchases, acquires, transports, refines, processes, […]
Section 259.190 – Contraband, seizure and sale — proceeds and bond forfeitures paid into oil and gas remedial fund, purpose.
Effective – 28 Aug 2015 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 addition to […]
Section 259.100 – Spacing of wells, exception, noncommercial gas wells.
Effective – 28 Aug 2015 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 pool. Spacing units when established shall […]