Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises to give to any member of the Commission, Proration Umpire, assistant or deputy of a Proration Umpire, Proration Attorney, or agent or employee of the Commission, any gift or gratuity whatsoever with an intent to influence any such officer or person in his acts or conduct with respect to […]
Any member of the Commission, Proration Umpire, assistant, deputy, agent or employee of the Proration Umpire, Proration Attorney, or any agent or employee of the Commission who asks, receives or agrees to receive any gift or gratuity upon any agreement or understanding that his acts or conduct with respect to (a) enforcing any provision of […]
In all cases involving the offering, promising, giving or receiving any gift, or gratuity, made criminal by Sections 34 and 35 of this act, and in all cases for conspiracy under Section 32 of this act, the party to such crime or crimes who shall first furnish information in relation thereto as against the other […]
Any grant of specific power or powers, and any imposition of any specific duty or duties upon the Commission by the provisions of this act shall not be construed to restrict or limit the general powers granted and the general duties imposed upon the Commission with respect to the enforcement of the provisions of this […]
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide such rooms, furniture, and supplies as shall be necessary for the Conservation Division in implementing their duties as prescribed by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Conservation Act. No expense incurred in implementing the provisions of this section shall be paid out of the General Revenue Fund […]
If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act shall be declared unconstitutional, or void for any other reason by any court of final jurisdiction, such fact shall not in any manner invalidate or affect any other section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act, but the same shall continue in full force and […]
The enactment of this act shall not terminate any proceeding or proceedings now pending before the Commission, including those wherein is sought the issuance and promulgation of orders, rules or regulations by the Commission under the provisions of an act of the Legislature approved February 11, 1915, entitled “An Act defining and prohibiting the waste […]
This act is subject to all of the procedural requirements of Chapter 131, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1933, including the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the state on the part of any person aggrieved by any action under said subsections, and the Corporation Commission is hereby vested with specific power and jurisdiction […]
A municipality, county or other political subdivision may enact reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations concerning road use, traffic, noise and odors incidental to oil and gas operations within its boundaries, provided such ordinances, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with any regulation established by Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the Corporation Commission. A […]
If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act shall be declared unconstitutional or void for any reason, by any court of final jurisdiction, such decision shall not in any way invalidate or affect any other section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act, but the same shall continue in full force and effect. […]
A. The Corporation Commission is vested with exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority, and it shall be its duty, to make and enforce such rules and orders governing and regulating the handling, storage and disposition of saltwater, mineral brines, waste oil and other deleterious substances produced from or obtained or used in connection with the drilling, […]
A. The Corporation Commission shall not, by a rule or order, prohibit the storage in earthen ponds of the deleterious substances described in Section 139 of this title, but shall by rule or order prescribe standards, conditions, or limitations for the use of such ponds, and shall by rule or order prohibit the storage of […]
A. In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and enforcement of its rules or orders made pursuant to the provisions of this act the Corporation Commission shall have and exercise all the powers and authority granted to it under, and to the extent the same are reasonably applicable and except as herein specifically provided […]
Each environmental agency in pursuance of its duties with respect to the protection of the environment and natural resources of the state is authorized and it shall be its duty to assist and cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its duties under this act by making investigations, gathering evidence and filing reports or […]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any rule, regulation or order of the Commission authorized by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Each day such a violation continues shall […]
The provisions of this act shall not repeal, but are supplemental to any and all other provisions of law having for their purpose the prevention of the pollution of surface or subsurface waters in this state; provided, however, the provisions of this act and any order issued hereunder shall not be supplemental to Section 287.1 […]
The Corporation Commission of Oklahoma is hereby granted the right of condemnation by eminent domain for the purpose of obtaining rights-of-way when necessary to enforce orders issued by the Corporation Commission, provided, the right of condemnation hereby granted shall be restricted to such pipeline right-of-way easement and shall not be construed to authorize the obtaining […]
Every person, firm or corporation operating an oil and gas mining lease in the State of Oklahoma, and having been directed by order or orders of the Corporation Commission to dispose of water or other deleterious substances therefrom, upon proper showing at a hearing before the Corporation Commission, that the necessary rights-of-way to dispose of […]
The exercise of the rights of eminent domain shall be in the same manner and by like proceedings as provided for railroad corporations of this state, and all costs, fees and awards shall be paid by the person instituting such action, and title to the rights-of-way easements shall be taken in the name of such […]
There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, herein called “Commission”, a Conservation Division, the duties and functions of which, subject to the supervision and direction of the Commission, shall be to aid the Commission in the administration and performance of the powers, duties and functions of the Commission with respect to oil […]
