9-17-136
Section 9-17-136 Liability of owners and operators. Whenever costs of plugging a coalbed methane
gas well shall have been incurred by the board pursuant to this article and the board shall
have authorized the expenditure of moneys from the fund pursuant to Section 9-17-135 for the
purpose of plugging a coalbed methane gas well, the operator thereof and each and every owner
of a working interest in the well bore of such well shall be jointly and severally liable
to the state for repayment of the amount of such moneys, and the board is authorized to institute
appropriate civil actions in the courts in the name of the state to recover such amounts.
Any amounts so recovered shall be paid into the fund. Further, nothing in this article shall
be construed to relieve any operator or owner of a working interest in the well bore of any
coalbed methane gas well of any liability to any third party for damages incurred because
of failure to plug any coalbed methane gas well. (Acts 1990, No....
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9-17-34
Section 9-17-34 Additional definitions. In addition to the definitions contained in Section
9-17-1, which shall apply for the purpose of computing the tax as provided in Section 9-17-35,
except to the extent there is a conflict with the definitions contained herein, the following
definitions shall apply for the purpose of computing the tax as provided in Section 9-17-35:
(1) Gross Proceeds. The gross proceeds for a month shall be the sum of the month's market
proceeds and non-market proceeds. No adjustments or deductions may be taken from the market
proceeds or the non-market proceeds in computing gross proceeds. (2) Market Proceeds. The
market proceeds for a month shall be the sum of the amounts due under all market sales transactions
during the month. The amount due under each market sales transaction shall be determined by
multiplying the unit sales price by the volume of severed oil or gas sold in each transaction.
(3) Market Sales Transaction. An agreement or contract for the sale...
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45-2-245
Section 45-2-245 Disposition of proceeds from offshore oil and gas severance taxes. In Baldwin
County, the distribution of the producing county's 10 percent share of the net amount of the
proceeds from offshore oil and gas severance taxes as provided for in Section 40-20-8(a) as
last amended by Act No. 83-889, H. 26 of the 1983 Fourth Special Session of the Legislature
shall be as follows: (1) Five percent shall be allocated and distributed to Faulkner State
Junior College; (2) Twenty-five percent shall be allocated and distributed to each municipality
in the county on a per capita basis; (3) Thirty-two and one-half percent shall be allocated
and distributed to the Baldwin County Board of Education; (4) Thirty-two and one-half percent
shall be allocated and distributed to the county general fund; and (5) Five percent shall
be allocated and distributed to the Baldwin County Indigent Care Board. (Act 84-736, 1st Sp.
Sess., p. 76, §1.)...
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45-49-171.43
Section 45-49-171.43 Funding - Accounts; disposition of funds. (a) The county commission shall
establish an account or accounts within the general fund of the county for payment of such
amounts recommended by the Mobile County Indigent Care Board, as set forth herein. The county
commission shall place into such account or accounts an amount equal to the sum of one-half,
or 50 percent, of all oil and gas severance tax revenues, designated for and distributed to
the General Fund of Mobile County, and remaining after distribution of those revenues to the
Mobile County Board of Health and the Mobile County Board of Education provided for by Section
45-49-248, pursuant to Article 1, commencing with Section 40-19-1, of Chapter 20, Title 40,
as amended, not to include any and all net revenues held in escrow, as a result of litigation,
for Mobile County which have been collected pursuant to Act 79-434 and Act 80-708. (b) Allocation
of such revenues for indigent care shall not exceed five...
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9-17-17
Section 9-17-17 Injunctions - Issuance against persons violating, etc., provisions of article,
rules, etc. Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate
any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order made under this article and
unless the board without litigation can effectively prevent further violation or threat of
violation, then the board, through the Attorney General, who may call to his assistance the
district attorney of the circuit in which civil action is instituted, shall bring in the name
of the State of Alabama against such person in the circuit court in the county of the residence
of the defendant or, if there is more than one defendant, in the circuit court of the county
of the residence of any of them or in the circuit court of the county in which such violation
is alleged to have occurred, a civil action to restrain such person from continuing such violation
or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such civil...
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9-17-26
Section 9-17-26 Tax for expenses of administration and enforcement of article - Records, returns
and remittances of producers; determination of gross value at point of production; rules and
regulations. (a) It shall be the duty of every person producing or in charge of production
of crude petroleum or natural gas from any well or wells in the State of Alabama for sale,
transport, storage, profit or for use to keep and preserve such records of the amount of all
such crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit or for
use as may be necessary to determine the amount of the tax for which he is liable under the
provisions of Section 9-17-25 and Section 9-17-35. (b) It shall be the further duty of every
such person to file with the Department of Revenue, not later than the fifteenth day of the
second calendar month following the month of production, a return, subscribed by the person
who completes such return, which must contain a printed declaration that...
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40-17-167
Section 40-17-167 Decal requirement suspended. (a) The Legislature of Alabama makes the following
findings and statements: (1) The reduction of the dependence on foreign oil is necessary to
reserve and protect our national security. (2) Reliable and affordable energy is of great
importance to all sectors of Alabama's economy. (3) Long-term sustainability of energy supply
and efficient and effective distribution of energy is becoming increasingly important to Alabama's
population growth and economic expansion. (4) The future energy needs of the state also present
opportunities to diversify the state's energy supply and provide new opportunities for Alabama-based
clean energy technologies. (5) The use of existing technology and development of new technologies
including compressed and liquefied natural gas should be encouraged as a way of producing
energy with reduced emissions. (b) The Legislature recognizes that it is in the best interest
of its citizens to remove existing barriers to...
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9-17-130
Section 9-17-130 Legislative findings and declaration. The Legislature of the State of Alabama
finds and declares that the protection of Alabama's environment is vital to the economy of
this state; that coalbed methane gas wells are an important source of natural gas for use
in industry and by consumers thereof in Alabama and are becoming increasingly common in Alabama
as the technology for such wells advances; that the broadest possible promotion of public
and private interests requires that coalbed methane gas wells be properly plugged when abandoned;
that delays therein may affect the environment or public health, safety and welfare; that
adequate financial resources be readily available to provide for the expeditious plugging
of such wells and to provide a means for doing so without delay; that the Legislature has
heretofore authorized the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama to require that operators of
such wells provide evidence of financial responsibility to cover the costs of...
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40-20-50
Section 40-20-50 Collection of severance taxes; deposit into fund; distribution of investment
income; trustees; escrow agents; limitations. Any laws or parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding,
any annual privilege tax levied upon persons engaging in the business of producing or severing
oil or gas or other hydrocarbons from the soil or waters of this state measured by the gross
value of such oil or gas or other hydrocarbons and which tax is applicable only in a particular
county and under which collections were being made on January 1, 1987, or which shall hereafter
be levied pursuant to legislative act, shall be continued and collected only as herein prescribed:
(1) All revenues collected from such local severance taxes shall, beginning the first day
of the month following August 3, 1987, be paid into the general fund of the county exclusively
for transfer and deposit into a trust fund hereby established until the total sum of $15,000,000
in severance tax revenues of the type...
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40-21-20
Section 40-21-20 What considered in arriving at taxable value of property. In arriving at the
value of such taxable property, whenever used in this chapter or whenever required, the Department
of Revenue, the tax assessors, deputy tax assessors, board of equalization, or other assessing
authorities and the courts shall be authorized to consider and may consider original costs,
reproduction cost new less depreciation, recent sales of contiguous or similar property, the
nature of the property, its location, whether in town, city or county, whether it is vacant
or occupied, its proximity to local advantages, its use, its fitness for the use to which
employed, or its fitness for other uses, the quality of soil, its growth of timber, its mines,
minerals, coal beds, oil or gas deposits, the amount and character of improvements thereon,
the amount of insurance carried on each item of property, the gross and net income received
therefrom during the year or years preceding the date of...
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