9-17-81
Section 9-17-81 Meeting of board to consider need for unit operation. In order to promote the
conservation of oil and gas resources, prevent waste, avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells,
allow the drilling of wells at optimum geologic locations, and protect correlative rights,
the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama upon its own motion may, or upon the petition of any
interested person shall, hold a hearing to consider the need for the operation as a unit of
an entire field or of any pool or pools or of any portion of a pool or combinations thereof
within a field for the production of oil or gas or both in order to increase the ultimate
recovery by enhanced recovery methods or any other method of cooperative development and operation
calculated to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas. (Acts 1957, No. 352, p. 461, §1;
Act 2000-714, p. 1517, §1.)...
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9-17-32
Section 9-17-32 Penalty for violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; penalty applicable
to each prohibited transaction relating to illegal oil, gas, or product; penalty for aiding
or abetting violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; payment of fine not to abridge
private causes of action for damages for violations of rules, etc. (a) Any person who knowingly
and willfully violates any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order of
the board made under this article shall, in the event a penalty for such violation is not
otherwise provided for in this article, be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 a day
for each and every day of such violation and for each and every act of violation, such fine
to be recovered by a civil action in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides,
or in the county of the residence of any defendant if there is more than one defendant, or
in the circuit court of the county where the violation took place....
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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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9-17-10
Section 9-17-10 Employment of personnel. (a) The Oil and Gas Supervisor, with the concurrence
of the board, shall have the authority and it shall be his duty to employ all personnel necessary
to carry out the provisions of this article. Such personnel shall be employed under and shall
be subject to the provisions of the Merit System Act. (b) The State Oil and Gas Board is prohibited
from discriminating against blacks in its employment practices. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §5;
Act 2002-425, p. 1092, §3.)...
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9-17-2
Section 9-17-2 Declaration of public policy; purpose of article. The prevention of waste of
oil and gas and the protection of correlative rights are declared to be in the public interest.
The purpose of this article is to prevent such waste and to protect correlative rights. (Acts
1945, No. 1, p. 1, §1; Acts 1969, No. 1033, p. 1916, §1.)...
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9-17-151
Section 9-17-151 Legislative declaration; jurisdiction. (a) The underground storage of gas
which promotes the conservation thereof, which permits the accumulation of large quantities
of gas in reserve for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, making gas more readily
available to commercial, industrial or residential consumers, or which provides more uniform
withdrawal from various gas or oil fields, is in the public interest and welfare of this state
and is for a public purpose. (b) The State Oil and Gas Board shall have jurisdiction and authority
over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce effectively the provisions
of this article concerning the underground storage of gas. In exercising such jurisdiction
and authority, the board shall have and may exercise all powers and authorities granted to
it pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter with respect to holding hearings and promulgating
and enforcing rules, regulations, and orders. (Acts 1992, No. 92-564, p....
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9-4-5
Section 9-4-5 Limitations upon teaching by State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist. The
teaching of courses connected with or related to the study of geology or affiliated or associated
subjects by the State Geologist or Assistant State Geologist shall be permitted only during
such time as will not unduly interfere with their employment with the State Geological Survey
of Alabama or with the State Oil and Gas Board and such teaching shall be limited to courses
which require not more than an aggregate of six hours of resident classroom teaching per week.
Such teaching shall be permitted during regular scholastic terms, summer school courses or
classes for special students as provided by the curricula of the University of Alabama. (Acts
1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §2.)...
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9-17-21
Section 9-17-21 Illegal oil, gas or product - Sale, acquisition, processing, handling, etc.
(a) The sale, purchase or acquisition or the transportation, refining, processing or handling
in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product is hereby prohibited. (b)
Unless and until the board provides for certificates of clearance or tenders or some other
method so that any person may have an opportunity to determine whether any contemplated transaction
of sale, purchase or acquisition or of transportation, refining, processing or handling in
any other way involves illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, no penalty shall be imposed
for the sale, purchase or acquisition or the transportation, refining, processing or handling
in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, except under circumstances
stated in this section. Penalties shall be imposed by the board for each transaction prohibited
in this section when the person committing the same knows that...
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40-21-50
Section 40-21-50 Levied generally. For each person operating a public utility, such as a street
railroad or interurban railroad operated by electricity or other motive power, waterworks,
gas company, pipeline company for transporting or carrying gas, oil, gasoline, water or other
commodities, gas distributing companies, whether by means of pipeline or by tanks, drums,
tubes, cylinders or otherwise, heating companies or other public utility, except electric,
hydroelectric, telephone or telegraph companies, railroad or sleeping car companies and express
companies which are otherwise licensed, shall pay to the state a license tax equal to two
and two-tenths percent on each $1 of gross receipts of such public utility in this state for
the preceding year. For the first year's business, where an existing public utility is taken
over, such license tax payable to the state shall be equal to two and two-tenths percent on
each $1 of the gross receipts for the preceding year of the public utility...
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9-17-138
Section 9-17-138 Termination of fund. Should the board determine that all coalbed methane gas
wells in the State of Alabama have been plugged and abandoned, or should the board determine,
after notice and hearing, that the fund is no longer necessary in order to carry out the purposes
of this article, then the supervisor shall so certify this determination to the state Comptroller
and the State Treasurer and all moneys in the fund shall, promptly following the filing with
the state Comptroller and the State Treasurer of such certification, be disbursed and are
hereby appropriated to all counties in the State of Alabama where coalbed methane gas wells
shall have been permitted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, to be divided among
such counties based on the number of coalbed methane gas wells permitted in each such county,
for deposit into the general funds of such counties, and to be used for those purposes for
which said general funds were established. (Acts 1990, No. 90-635,...
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