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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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13A-8-36
Section 13A-8-36 Damage or destruction of property. (a) It is unlawful for a person with the
intent to damage property and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe
that he or she has such a right, damages or destroys any of the following: (1) Telecommunications,
cable communications, or electric power transmission pedestal or pole owned or operated by
a telecommunications, cable, or electric power company or cooperative, or electric power supplier,
or railroad. (2) Telecommunications, cable communications, or electric power grounding or
any other equipment or materials used in the delivery of electricity, wire, fiber insulator,
power supply transformer, ground wire, or other apparatus, equipment, or fixture used in the
transmission of telecommunications, cable communications, or electric power owned or operated
by a telecommunications, cable, or electric power company or cooperative, or electric power
supplier, or railroad. (3) Equipment used in the transmission of...
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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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11-50-268
Section 11-50-268 Application to Public Service Commission for determination as to terms of
acquisition; hearing; issuance of order by commission as to terms, conditions, etc., of acquisition.
If acquisition of the property sought to be acquired by the waterworks board is not consummated
under the provisions of Sections 11-50-266 and 11-50-267, the waterworks board before proceeding
to engage in the proposed business shall take such steps as may be provided in this division.
If the waterworks board and the owner fail within 60 days after written notice to the owner
as provided in Section 11-50-266 to consummate the proposed acquisition, either the waterworks
board or the owner may apply to the Public Service Commission within 15 days after the expiration
of such 60 day period for a determination as to what property ought in the public interest
to be included in the purchase and what price ought to be paid, having in view the cost of
the property less a reasonable allowance for...
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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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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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9-16-4
Section 9-16-4 Permit for engaging in surface mining operations - Required; exemptions; applicability.
(a) No operator shall engage in any surface mining, as defined in this article, after October
1, 1970, without a valid permit from the department to engage in the surface mining. A separate
permit shall be required for each such surface mining operation that is not contiguous to
a surface mining operation for which the operator has a valid permit. (b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, this chapter shall not apply to surface mining to extract materials
for the use and benefit of the owner of the property being mined or of an interest therein,
the lessee of the property or a charitable institution or organization or governmental entity
and not for commercial sale. This exemption shall apply to all mining operations which meet
the requirements set forth in this section, including those mining operations for which permits
had been issued prior to October 1, 1997. Any permits for...
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9-17-14
Section 9-17-14 Limitations upon rules, regulations or orders establishing limits on production
allowable within state or from separate pools; production of more than established allowable
production or production in unauthorized manner. (a) Whenever the board limits the total amount
of oil or gas which may be produced in this state, the limit so fixed shall not be less than
the aggregate of the allowables fixed for each separate pool in this state for the prevention
of waste in accordance with the foregoing definition of waste, plus the production from unrestricted
pools, and it shall allocate or distribute the allowable so fixed among the separate pools.
Such allocation or distribution among the pools of the state shall be made on a reasonable
basis, giving to each pool with small wells of settled production an allowable production
which will not accelerate or encourage a general premature abandonment of the wells in the
pool. (b) Whenever the board limits the total amount of oil or...
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45-29-90.11
Section 45-29-90.11 Regulation of zoning, planning, and construction. For the purpose of promoting
the health, safety, morals, convenience, environment order, prosperity, and general welfare,
all power and authority regarding zoning and planning within the management area is hereby
vested in the board of directors of the authority. As described herein, no regulated activity
shall commence without the applicant having first obtained a land use certificate as issued
by the authority. (1) The board is authorized to regulate the planning, zoning, and construction
within the management area of all activity involving public streets, public roads, subdivisions,
drainage structures in subdivisions, mobile home parks, residential and commercial developments,
apartments, recreation parks, coal mining, gas/oil and methane exploration and development,
excavation, and logging. The board is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such ordinances
as shall be necessary to implement any development...
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9-17-150
Section 9-17-150 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined
in this section shall have the following meanings when found in this article: (1) UNDERGROUND
STORAGE. Storage in an underground reservoir. (2) GAS. All natural gas, casinghead gas, and
occluded natural gas found in coal beds, and all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in
Section 9-17-1(3), except and not including liquid petroleum gas. (3) UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR.
Any subsurface sand, stratum, formation, aquifer, or cavity, cavern or void (whether natural
or artificially created), suitable for or capable of being made suitable for the injection
and storage of gas therein and the withdrawal of gas therefrom. (4) STORAGE FACILITY. Any
underground reservoir used or to be used for the underground storage of gas and all surface
and subsurface rights and appurtenances necessary or useful in the operation of the facility
for the underground storage of gas, including any necessary or reasonable...
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