9-17-24
Section 9-17-24 Notification requirement; hearing; fees; Alabama Oil and Gas Board Special Fund. (a) Any person desiring or proposing to drill any well in search of oil or gas or any person proposing to drill a Class II injection well as defined in the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq., before commencing the drilling of any such well, shall notify the State Oil and Gas Supervisor upon the form as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor may prescribe and shall pay to the State Treasurer a fee of three hundred dollars ($300) for each well. The drilling of any well is hereby prohibited until notice is given and the fee has been paid as herein provided. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall have the power and authority to prescribe that the form indicate the exact location of the well, the name and address of the owner, operator, contractor, driller, and any other person responsible for the conduct of drilling operations, the proposed depth of the well, the elevation of...
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9-17-132
Section 9-17-132 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD. The State Oil and Gas Board created in Section 9-17-3. (2) FUND. The Alabama Coalbed Methane Gas Well Plugging Fund established in Section 9-17-133. (3) COALBED METHANE GAS WELL. A well capable of producing occluded natural gas from a coalbed or coalbeds. (4) PLUGGING FEE. The fee authorized by Section 9-17-137. (5) OPERATOR. Any person who notifies the supervisor pursuant to Section 9-17-24 of such person's desire or proposal to drill a coalbed methane gas well. (6) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, representative of any kind or any other group acting as a unit. (7) SUPERVISOR. The state oil and gas supervisor. (Acts 1990, No. 90-635, p. 1164, §3.)...
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40-20-2
Section 40-20-2 Levy and amount of tax upon business of producing or severing oil or gas from soil, etc., generally. (a)(1) There is hereby levied, to be collected hereafter, as herein provided, annual privilege taxes upon every person engaging or continuing to engage within the State of Alabama in the business of producing or severing oil or gas, as defined herein, from the soil or the waters, or from beneath the soil or the waters, of the state for sale, transport, storage, profit, or for use. The amount of such tax shall be measured at the rate of eight percent of the gross value of the oil or gas at the point of production except as provided in subsequent subdivisions of this subsection. Provided, however, that the tax on offshore production, produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea level, shall not be computed as a percentage of gross value at the point of production, as provided in this article, but shall be computed as a percentage of gross proceeds, as...
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9-17-83
Section 9-17-83 Order requiring unit operation - Contents. The order shall be fair and reasonable under all the circumstances, shall protect the rights of interested parties and shall include: (1) A description of the area embraced, termed the unit area, and a description of the pool or pools or portions thereof affected and lying within the unit area, termed the unit pool. (2) A statement of the nature of the operations contemplated. (3) An allocation among the separately owned interests derived from or associated with tracts in the unit area of all the oil or gas, or both, produced from the unit pool within the unit area, and not required in the conduct of such operation or unavoidably lost, such allocation to be based on the relative contribution which each such tract or interest is expected to make during the course of such operation, to the total production of oil or gas, or both, so allocated. (4) A provision for adjustment among the owners of the unit area (not including royalty...
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9-17-23
Section 9-17-23 Owners not to allow wells to get out of control, etc.; rights of board upon failure of owners to control wells; powers, etc., of board to secure payment by owners of costs and expenses of controlling or plugging wells. In order to protect further the natural gas fields and oil fields in this state, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any owner to allow a well to go wild or to get out of control. The owner of any such well shall, after 24 hours written notice by the board given to him or to the person in possession of such well, make reasonable effort to control such well. In the event of the failure of the owner of such well within 24 hours after service of the notice above provided for to control the same, if such can be done within the period, or to begin in good faith, upon service of such notice, operations to control such well or upon failure to prosecute diligently such operations, then the board shall have the right to take charge of the work of controlling...
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40-20-23
Section 40-20-23 Allocation and distribution of taxes. (a) Ninety percent (90%) of the net amount of taxes collected by the department on oil or gas produced from submerged lands which are not deemed to be onshore lands for allocation and distribution purposes pursuant to subsections (d) or (e) shall be deposited to the State General Fund. The remaining ten percent (10%) of the taxes collected on oil or gas produced from submerged lands which are not deemed to be onshore lands for allocation and distribution purposes shall be allocated and distributed by the Comptroller to the county in which the oil or gas was produced for county purposes to be expended at the discretion of the county governing body. (b) The net amount of taxes collected by the department pursuant to this article on oil or gas produced from submerged lands which are deemed to be onshore lands for allocation and distribution purposes pursuant to subsections (d) or (e) shall be allocated and distributed pursuant to...
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40-20-8
Section 40-20-8 Allocation and distribution of net taxes collected; property which consists of submerged lands and onshore lands; onshore lands defined; applicability of section; final determination establishing allocation base. (a) Ninety percent of the net amount of all taxes herein levied and collected by the department on oil or gas produced from submerged lands as herein defined shall be deposited to the State General Fund. The remaining 10 percent of such net amount shall be allocated and distributed by the Comptroller to the county in which the oil or gas was produced for county purposes or to be expended at the discretion of the county governing body. (b) Twenty-five percent of the net amount of all taxes herein levied and collected by the department, except as provided herein in subsection (a), shall be deposited by the department to the General Fund of the state. (c) Sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the remaining 75 percent of all taxes herein levied and collected by the...
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40-17-322
Section 40-17-322 Definitions. As used in this article and unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the meaning ascribed herein: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any airplane or helicopter. (2) ASSOCIATE JOBBER. A person who acquires motor fuel from a licensed distributor in this state for subsequent sale. An associate jobber may obtain a distributor's license even though it does not acquire fuel from a supplier in this state. (3) AVIATION FUEL. Aviation gasoline or aviation jet fuel. (4) AVIATION GASOLINE. Motor fuel designed for use in the operation of aircraft other than jet aircraft, and sold or used for that purpose. (5) AVIATION JET FUEL. Motor fuel designed for use in the operation of jet or turbo-prop aircraft and sold or used for that purpose. (6) BIODIESEL FUEL. Any motor fuel or mixture of motor fuels that is derived, in whole or in part, from agricultural products or animal fats, or the wastes of such products or fats, and is advertised as, offered for sale as, suitable...
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40-23-1
Section 40-23-1 Definitions; transactions considered or not considered sales. (a) For the purpose of this division, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) PERSON or COMPANY. Used interchangeably, includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, receiver, trustee, or any other group or combination acting as a unit and the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (4) TAX YEAR or TAXABLE YEAR. The calendar year. (5) SALE or SALES. Installment and credit sales and the exchange of properties as well as the sale thereof for money, every closed transaction constituting a sale. Provided, however, a transaction shall not be closed or a sale completed until the time and place when and where title is transferred by...
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11-51-90.2
Section 11-51-90.2 Purchase of business license; classification of taxpayers; vehicle decals; determination of gross receipts; construction with other provisions. (a) Every taxpayer required to purchase a business license under this chapter shall: (1) Purchase a business license for each location at which it does business in the municipality, except as otherwise provided by the municipality. (2) Except as provided in Section 11-51-193, with respect to taxpayers subject to state licensing board oversight, be classified into one or more of the following 2002 North American Industrial Classification System ("NAICS") sectors and applicable sub-sectors, industry groups, industries, and U.S. industries thereunder: SECTOR NAICS TITLE SUGGESTED BUSINESS LICENSE CODE GROUPING BY SAMPLE TOPIC OR CATEGORY BASIS FOR LICENSE CALCULATION 111 Crop Production Agriculture, farming, nursery, fruit, growers Gross Receipts and/or Flat Rate 112 Animal Production Animal, dairy, cattle, ranching, sheep,...
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