§22C-9-13. Special Oil and Gas Conservation Tax
Owners of leases on oil and gas for the exploration, development or production of oil or natural gas shall pay to the commission a special oil and gas conservation tax of 3¢ for each acre under lease, excluding from the tax the first twenty-five thousand acres. The commission shall deposit with the treasurer of the […]
§22C-9-14. Penalties
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this article, any of the reasonable rules promulgated by the commission hereunder or any order or any final decision of the commission, other than a violation covered by the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall […]
§22C-9-15. Construction
Except as provided in subsection (c), section three of this article, this article shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the declaration of public policy set forth in section one of this article.
§22C-9-16. Rules, Orders and Permits Remain in Effect
(a) All orders, determinations, rules, permits, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, waivers, bonds, authorizations and privileges which have been issued, made, granted or allowed to become effective pursuant to any prior enactment of this article and which are in effect on the effective date of this article shall continue in effect according to their terms until […]
§22C-10-1. Enactment of Compact
The "Interstate Mining Compact" is hereby continued in law and continued in effect with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that: (1) Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well-being of every state are […]
§22C-10-2. Bylaws of Interstate Mining Commission
In accordance with Article V (i) of the interstate mining compact, the commission shall file copies of its bylaws and any amendments thereto in the office of the Secretary of State of West Virginia.
§22C-10-3. Effective Date
This article is effective as of July 1, 1972.
§22C-11-1. Creation of Commission; Members; Terms; Compact With Other Political Units
There is hereby created a commission consisting of three members, to act jointly with commissioners appointed for like purposes by the commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, the state of Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and an additional three members to be appointed by the president of the United States, and which, together with the […]
§22C-11-2. Appointment of Alternates
The Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint an alternate member for the two members of the commission who are not ex officio, and each alternate shall have power to act in the absence of the person for whom he is alternate. The Governor shall appoint the first alternates hereunder on […]
§22C-9-9. Validity of Unit Agreements
No agreement between or among operators, lessees or other owners of oil or gas rights in oil and gas properties, entered into pursuant to the provisions of this article or with a view to or for the purpose of bringing about the unitized development or operation of such properties, shall be held to violate the […]