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NM Stat § 19-10-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-5 - Existing leases; stipulation.

A. The owners of any oil and gas lease issued by the commissioner of public lands before the effective date of this section, other than a five year lease, and maintained in good standing according to the terms and conditions thereof and all applicable statutes and regulations, may, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commissioner, enter into a stipulation making the terms and conditions of the lease form prescribed by Section 19-10-4.1 NMSA 1978, a part of any such existing lease, the same as if the lease form had been the original; provided, however, that no such stipulation shall be effective or binding on any of the parties until each and every working interest owner and record owner of the original lease or approved assignment thereof has signed the stipulation. B. The owners of any five year oil and gas lease issued by the commissioner of public lands before the effective date of this section and maintained in good standing according to the terms and conditions thereof and all applicable statutes and regulations, may, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commissioner, enter into a stipulation making the terms and conditions of the lease form prescribed by Section 19-10-4.2 NMSA 1978 a part of any such existing lease, the same as if the lease form had been the original; provided, however, that no such stipulation shall be effective or binding on any of the parties until each and every working interest owner and record owner of the original lease or approved assignment has signed the stipulation. History: 1978 Comp., § 19-10-5, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 6. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 6, repealed former 19-10-5 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 189, § 2, and enacted a new section. Effective dates. — The effective date of Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 6 was June 14, 1985.
NM Stat § 19-10-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-6 - Shut-in oil wells; conditions.

A. If, after notice and public hearing, the commissioner finds that because of a severe reduction in the price of oil the beneficiaries of state trust lands are ultimately better served if oil wells are allowed to be temporarily shut in rather than produced at a low price, he may promulgate a regulation which allows such wells to be shut in. B. Any regulation promulgated under Subsection A of this section shall automatically expire two years from its effective date unless it is either extended by the commissioner after a subsequent notice and public hearing or terminated sooner by a subsequent regulation of the commissioner after finding that the price of oil is no longer severely reduced; provided, that any such termination shall not be effective until thirty days after the commissioner has by certified mail sent notice of the prospective termination to each lessee whose lease is being extended by the operation of this section. C. Any oil and gas lease issued by the commissioner of public lands and maintained in good standing according to the terms and conditions thereof and all applicable statutes and regulations shall not expire if: (1) there is, currently in effect, a regulation promulgated under Subsection A of this section; (2) there is a well capable of producing oil located upon some part of the lands included in the lease and such well is shut in because of the severe reduction in the price of oil; (3) the lessee timely notifies the commissioner in writing within thirty days of the date the well is first shut in; and (4) the lessee timely pays an annual shut-in royalty within ninety days from the date the well was first shut in and thereafter before each anniversary of the date the well was first shut in. The amount of the shut-in royalty shall be twice the annual rental due by the lessee under the terms of the lease but not less than three hundred twenty dollars ($320) per well per year. If the other requirements of this subsection are satisfied, the timely payment of the shut-in royalty shall be considered for all purposes the same as if oil were being produced in paying quantities until the next anniversary of the date the well was first shut in. History: 1978 Comp., § 19-10-6, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 173, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 9 repealed former 19-10-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 70, § 2, relating to the applicability of the lease form in 19-10-3 NMSA 1978, effective June 14, 1985.
NM Stat § 19-10-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-7 - Exploratory form of lease; different term of years.

A. When issuing an oil and gas lease on the exploratory lease form, if the conditions of the tract subject to the lease are such that a different term of years for the lease is warranted, the commissioner in his discretion may issue the lease for a primary term of five years with no secondary term. B. Any deviations from the lease form set forth in Section 19-10-4.1 NMSA 1978 pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be specified in the notice of the lease sale as required under Section 19-10-17 NMSA 1978. History: 1978 Comp., § 19-10-7, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 173, § 2. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 9 repealed former 19-10-7 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 298, § 2, relating to the applicability of the lease form in 19-10-4 NMSA 1978, effective June 14, 1985.
NM Stat § 19-10-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-8 - [Extension of terms of leases.]

In all cases where public lands under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of public lands are under lease for oil and gas and are concurrently leased for other minerals, and exploration or development operations under the oil and gas lease are incompatible with the exploration or mining operations under the mining lease and will result in waste of either oil and gas or minerals unless operations under the oil and gas lease are temporarily suspended, the commissioner of public lands may, from time to time, as to all or part of the lands, by legal subdivisions, waive compliance with the express or implied exploratory, drilling, development or production requirements, or may extend the term of the oil and gas lease for a period of time sufficient to permit the removal of the minerals and for subsidence of the ground if necessary. Provided, however, no waiver or extension of term of the lease shall be for more than five years at any one time and shall be effective only upon written order of the commissioner of public lands. Provided, further, the order shall specify the oil and gas and mineral lease numbers and the legal subdivision affected and shall not be effective until posted on the official land office bulletin board for a period of at least fifteen days. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-11-3.2, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 93, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 19-10-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-9 - [Existing leases; stipulation to bring helium gas within terms.]

Any owner of an oil and gas lease heretofore issued by the commissioner of public lands and maintained in good standing according to the terms and conditions thereof and all applicable statutes and regulations may, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commissioner of public lands, enter into a stipulation bringing helium gas within the terms of any such existing lease, the same as if helium gas had been covered by the lease agreement from the date it was first entered into. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-11-3.3, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 151, § 2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For definition of "natural gas" as used in 19-10-1 to 19-10-52 NMSA 1978, now being construed to include helium gas, see 19-10-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 19-10-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-10 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 9, repealed 19-10-10 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 111, § 2, relating to amending existing leases, effective June 14, 1985. For stipulation of existing leases, see 19-10-5 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 19-10-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-11 - [Statement with royalty payment; inspection of books; state's lien for unpaid royalty; log; specimen of drill cuttings.]

The lessee shall be required to submit to the commissioner of public lands with each and every royalty payment, a correct statement showing the amount of oil or gas produced and saved since the last report and the market value thereof, except oil and gas used in developing and operating said lease. All books and accounts of the lessee pertaining to the production, transportation and marketing of the output from the leased lands shall be open to the examination and inspection at all reasonable hours by the commissioner of public lands or his representative. The value of any unpaid royalty, and any sum due the state upon any lease, shall become a prior lien upon the production from the leased premises and the improvements situated thereon. The lessee shall furnish to the commissioner of public lands, as and when called for by him, a full, accurate and complete log, and also a complete specimen of drill cuttings of any and all wells drilled by lessee on the leased lands. History: Laws 1925, ch. 137, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 132-422; 1941 Comp., § 8-1104; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-5. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 19-10-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-12 - [New lease or extension where no discovery made; preference right; conditions.]

The legal owners of all leases issued by the commissioner of public lands prior to the effective date of this amendment, containing provision, or provisions, for preference right to a new lease, or extension of the term thereof upon the expiration of the initial five-year term, and where valuable discoveries of the oil and gas have not been made, shall have an absolute preference right to such new lease or extension, upon the terms and conditions provided in such leases without paying a bonus therefor, and in the exercise of such preference right the provisions of Chapter 125 of the 1929 Session Laws [19-10-1, 19-10-12 to 19-10-25 NMSA 1978], and of this act [19-10-1, 19-10-12, 19-10-15 to 19-10-18, 19-10-22 NMSA 1978] relating to sales made upon competitive bidding by sealed bids, or at public auction, shall not apply in any case, but all such renewals, extensions or new leases made pursuant to such preference rights shall be only for a term of five years and as long thereafter as oil and gas in paying quantities, or either of them, is produced from the leased premises, and without further preference right to renewal or extension for successive terms. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 132-403; Laws 1931, ch. 18, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 8-1105; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-6. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Construction. — This section contained no provisions for shortening the term of an oil or gas lease; it provided for preference right for new leases and for extensions. Atlantic Oil Producing Co. v. Crile, 1930-NMSC-040, 34 N.M. 650, 287 P. 696 (case decided prior to 1931 amendment of section). Applicability. — The provisions of this section, prior to the 1931 amendment, with reference to making application for preference right lease prior to expiration of original term, were not applicable to preference right contained in lease for five years dated May 3, 1924, on form prescribed by the state land office. State ex rel. Malone v. Crile, 1929-NMSC-095, 34 N.M. 520, 284 P. 762.
NM Stat § 19-10-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-14 - [Application for lease; form; deposit; appraisement.]

Applications for the issuance of any lease authorized by this act [19-10-1, 19-10-12 to 19-10-25 NMSA 1978] shall be executed under oath by the applicant or by his agent or attorney duly authorized in writing, or by any officer or attorney in fact of the corporation if the application be made by a corporation. The application shall be accompanied by the amount offered by the applicant as the bonus, if any, and rental for the first year. The form of the application shall be prescribed by the commissioner and all applications shall contain a description of the lands by legal subdivisions upon which the lease is desired, together with such data and information concerning development on and in the vicinity of the lands as may reasonably be required by the commissioner. The commissioner may also require any applicant for a lease to file in the office of the commissioner an appraisement in such form as the commissioner may require, showing the value of the lands for oil and gas purposes, such appraisement to be made under oath by one or more disinterested persons having personal knowledge of the facts set forth in the appraisement. The commissioner shall not be bound by the statements contained in any such application or appraisement. No lease shall be issued without the filing of an application therefor as prescribed herein, and no lease shall be issued for less than the amount offered by the applicant as a bonus, if any, and rental for the first year, and if an appraisement of the land for oil and gas purposes be required as provided herein, then no lease shall issue for less than the value of same as shown by such appraisement. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 5; C.S. 1929, § 132-405; 1941 Comp., § 8-1107; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-8. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For appraisement of state lands by applicant seeking to lease or purchase same, see 19-7-1 NMSA 1978. For false swearing in appraisement of state lands, see 19-7-7 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 19-10-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-15 - [Rental; limits; first year; rental districts; alteration; maximum size of lease; rent where lease crosses district line.]

All leases issued by the commissioner of public lands shall provide for an annual rental to be paid by the lessee, the amount thereof to be fixed by the commissioner, but in no case shall the same be less than five cents [($.05)] nor more than one dollar [($1.00)] per acre, except during the secondary term of the leases provided for herein; provided the first year's rental for any lease, except leases issued pursuant to relinquishment under Section 8 [19-10-22 NMSA 1978] of this act, shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100). It shall be the duty of the commissioner to classify and divide all state lands subject to lease hereunder, into districts to be known as "rental" districts, and thereupon prescribe the rental per acre to be paid under leases to be made upon lands in the respective rental districts, and upon such division shall post in a conspicuous place in the state land office a description of such districts and the rental prevailing in each; provided, however, the commissioner may, from time to time, alter or change the boundaries of such districts, or redistrict all of said lands, and increase or diminish the rental prevailing in each, but any change in the boundaries of the districts, or amount of rental, shall not become effective until ten days after giving notice thereof by posting a description, or list, of such changes, in a conspicuous place in the state land office. Not more than six thousand, four hundred (6,400) acres of land may be embraced within any one lease, and where part of the lands in any lease are situated in one rental district and part thereof in another, or other districts, the lessee shall be required to pay the rental prevailing in the district wherein part of the lands affected are situated having the highest rental. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 6; C.S. 1929, § 132-406; Laws 1931, ch. 18, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 8-1108; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-9. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For accrual of interest on delinquent payments of rental, etc., see 19-1-3 NMSA 1978. Withdrawal of lands from restricted districts. — By necessary implication the land commissioner has authority to rescind orders promulgated by him adding lands to restricted districts for oil and gas leasing, and the procedure to be followed in withdrawing any lands from a restricted district is substantially the same as set out in this section. 1952 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 52-5604. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 38 Am. Jur. 2d Gas and Oil § 283.
NM Stat § 19-10-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-18 - No bids made; subsequent lease.

A. If no bid is received for any lease offered by notice of sale as provided in Section 19-10-17 NMSA 1978 on a tract classified as restricted and categorized as regular, then the tract or tracts upon which no bids are received may be leased by the commissioner to the first applicant for the respective tracts any time within ten days after the sale at not less than the minimum amount of rental and bonus, if any, specified in the notice of sale. B. If no bid is received for any lease offered by notice of sale as provided herein on a tract classified as restricted and categorized as premium, then the tract or tracts upon which no bids are received may be reoffered for lease by the commissioner at some subsequent sale or may be offered for lease at some subsequent sale, as a restricted tract or tracts, categorized as regular. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 9; C.S. 1929, § 132-409; Laws 1931, ch. 18, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 8-1111; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-12; Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 8. ANNOTATIONSThe 1985 amendment, effective June 14, 1985, added the section heading, designated the formerly undesignated paragraph as Subsection A, substituted "If no bid is received" for "If no bid be received" and "in Section 19-10-17 NMSA 1978 on a tract classified as restricted and categorized as regular" for "herein" near the beginning and "the sale" for "such sale" near the end of Subsection A and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 19-10-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-19 - [Withholding lands from lease authorized.]

Nothing contained in this act [19-10-1, 19-10-12 to 19-10-25 NMSA 1978] shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to offer any tract or tracts of land for lease but the commissioner shall have power to withhold any tract or tracts from leasing for oil and gas purposes if in his opinion the best interests of the state will be served by so doing. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 10; C.S. 1929, § 132-410; 1941 Comp., § 8-1112; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-13. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 19-10-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-21 - [Rules and regulations; amendment; rescission; effective date.]

The commissioner is hereby authorized and required to prescribe and publish for the information of the public, all rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act [19-10-1, 19-10-12 to 19-10-25 NMSA 1978], and he may amend or rescind any rule or regulation promulgated by him under the authority contained herein; provided, however, that no rule or regulation or amendment of same, or any order rescinding any rule or regulation shall become effective earlier than fifteen (15) days after the promulgation of same, and a copy of the proposed rule, regulation, amendment or order shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the commissioner for a period of at least fifteen (15) days prior to the taking effect of same. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 13; C.S. 1929, § 132-413; 1941 Comp., § 8-1114; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-15. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For State Rules Act, see Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 19-10-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-23 - Appeal of commissioner's decision.

A person or corporation aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the commissioner affecting his interest in any lease issued under or affected by the provisions relating to oil and gas leases of state lands may file an appeal pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 16; C.S. 1929, § 132-416; 1941 Comp., § 8-1116; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-17; Laws 1959, ch. 198, § 1; 1998, ch. 55, § 29; 1999, ch. 265, § 30. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For provision, rule governing appeals to district court, see 39-3-2 NMSA 1978 and Rule 12-201. For procedures governing administrative appeals to the district court, see Rule 1-074 NMRA. The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Section 39-3-1.1" for "Section 12-8A-1". The 1998 amendment, effective September 1, 1998, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable. Consent to suit. — In an action brought under this section against the commissioner of public lands to compel him to rescind his cancellation of certain oil and gas leases, it was held that the state not only has waived its immunity but has consented to be sued in a court of equity in which equitable principles must control. Durell v. Miles, 1949-NMSC-033, 53 N.M. 264, 206 P.2d 547. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 38 Am. Jur. 2d Gas and Oil § 283.
NM Stat § 19-10-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 19 - Public Lands|Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands|Section 19-10-24 - [Contesting claims; jurisdiction of district court; appeal and error.]

The district court of the county in which the lands or the major portion thereof may be located which are embraced in any lease issued under or affected by the provisions of this act [19-10-1, 19-10-12 to 19-10-25 NMSA 1978], shall have original exclusive jurisdiction as a court of equity for the determination of controversies between persons or corporations respecting their rights in, or claim under such lease, and no such controversies shall be considered or determined by the commissioner of public lands. Appeals to and writs of error from the supreme court shall be allowed in such cases, as provided in Section 16 [19-10-23 NMSA 1978] herein. History: Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 17; C.S. 1929, § 132-417; 1941 Comp., § 8-1117; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-18. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.