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KS Stat § 55-604a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-604a Severability.

55-604a. Severability. If any clause, sentence, section, subsection, provision, or part of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not invalidate, impair, or affect the remainder of this act, which shall remain in full force and effect.History: L. 1965, ch. 341, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-606 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-606 Rehearing; judicial review.

55-606. Rehearing; judicial review. (a) Any action of the commission pursuant to K.S.A. 55-601 through 55-609, and amendments thereto, is subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act. The action for review shall be brought in the district court having venue and first acquiring jurisdiction of the matter. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 77-622, and amendments thereto, the authority of the court shall be limited to a judgment either affirming or setting aside in whole or in part the agency action.(b) Before any action for judicial review may be brought by a person who was a party to the proceeding resulting in the agency action, a petition for reconsideration shall first be filed with the commission in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 77-529, and amendments thereto.An action for judicial review may be brought by any person aggrieved by the agency action, whether or not such person was the petitioner for reconsideration. If no petition for reconsideration is filed, any person aggrieved by the agency action who was not a party to the proceeding before the commission may bring an action for judicial review of such agency action.(c) Any action for review pursuant to this section shall have precedence in any court and on motion shall be advanced over any civil cause of different nature pending in such court. In any such action, a county abstract may be filed by the commission or any other interested party.History: L. 1931, ch. 226, § 6; L. 1939, ch. 227, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 75; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 170; L. 1989, ch. 283, § 22; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 100; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-607 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-607 Penalty for violations of 55-601 to 55-609.

55-607. Penalty for violations of 55-601 to 55-609. In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by the corporation commission, any person, firm or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, directly or indirectly, violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine in any sum not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.History: L. 1931, ch. 226, § 7; May 28.
KS Stat § 55-608 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-608 Injunction and other remedies.

55-608. Injunction and other remedies. The corporation commission, the attorney general, or any county attorney in this state, shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state to enforce by injunction, mandatory injunction, and any other appropriate legal or equitable remedy, any valid rule, order or regulation made by the corporation commission or promulgated under the provisions of this act, and the courts of general jurisdiction of this state shall have authority to make and render such judgments, orders and decrees as may be proper to enforce any such rules, orders and regulations made and promulgated by the corporation commission.History: L. 1931, ch. 226, § 8; L. 1933, ch. 214, § 2; March 18.
KS Stat § 55-609 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-609 Assessment of costs of administering 55-601 to 55-613; disposition of moneys.

55-609. Assessment of costs of administering 55-601 to 55-613; disposition of moneys. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the state corporation commission is hereby authorized and directed to tax and assess against the parties involved in any hearing or application all or any part of the costs incurred therein and also, all or any part of the costs to the state incurred in making necessary investigations and in enforcing its orders under K.S.A. 55-601 to 55-613, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and divide such costs among the parties in such proportion as is just and equitable.(b) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs taxed and assessed under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.(c) Assessments imposed on the basis of a volume measure of production under the authority of this section shall be reported and remitted in the manner provided in K.S.A. 79-4230, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1931, ch. 226, § 9; L. 1957, ch. 312, § 2; L. 1971, ch. 187, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 211, § 6; L. 1986, ch. 204, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 39; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 196; L. 2011, ch. 53, § 21; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-609a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-609a Invalidity of 55-601 to 55-609.

55-609a. Invalidity of 55-601 to 55-609. If any section, subsection, paragraph or provision of this act shall be held to be invalid by any court for any reason, it shall be presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section, subsection, paragraph or provision, and such finding or conclusion shall not in any way affect the remainder of this act.History: L. 1931, ch. 226, § 10; May 28.
KS Stat § 55-609b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-609b Invalidity of 55-602 to 55-606.

55-609b. Invalidity of 55-602 to 55-606. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, provision, clause or phrase of this act shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, it shall be presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, provision, clause or phrase, and such decision shall not in any way affect the remainder of this act.History: L. 1939, ch. 227, § 7; March 30.
KS Stat § 55-610 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-610 Buying or selling of illegally produced crude oil or petroleum unlawful.

55-610. Buying or selling of illegally produced crude oil or petroleum unlawful. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to buy from or sell to any person, firm or corporation crude oil or petroleum produced from any oil well or wells in this state in violation of any order, judgment or decree of courts of competent jurisdiction, or of any order, rule or regulation of any body or agency authorized by law to conserve and regulate the production of crude oil or petroleum, or to take or produce crude oil or petroleum from any oil well or wells owned or operated by himself or herself or others in violation of any order, judgment or decree of courts of competent jurisdiction, or of any order, rule or regulation of any body or agency authorized by law to conserve and regulate the production of crude oil or petroleum.History: L. 1933, ch. 175, § 1; March 18.
KS Stat § 55-611 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 6 - Crude Oil Or Petroleum; Production And Sale|55-611 Same; penalties.

55-611. Same; penalties. Any person, firm or the officials of any corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court having jurisdiction of the offense, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both. Each day's violation shall be considered a separate offense.History: L. 1933, ch. 175, § 2; March 18.
KS Stat § 55-701 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-701 Waste of natural gas prohibited.

55-701. Waste of natural gas prohibited. The production of natural gas in the state of Kansas in such manner and under such conditions and for such purposes as to constitute waste is hereby prohibited.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 1; March 24.
KS Stat § 55-702 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-702 Definitions.

55-702. Definitions. The term "waste", in addition to its ordinary meaning, shall include economic waste, underground waste and surface waste. Economic waste shall mean the use of natural gas in any manner or process except for efficient light, fuel, carbon black manufacturing and repressuring, or for chemical or other processes by which such gas is efficiently converted into a solid or a liquid substance. The term waste shall not include the use or flaring of natural gas if permitted pursuant to an order issued or rule and regulation adopted under the provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 55-102, and amendments thereto. The term "common source of supply" shall include that portion lying within this state of any gas reservoir lying partly within and partly without this state. The term "commission" shall mean the state corporation commission of the state of Kansas, its successors, or such other commission or board as may hereafter be vested with jurisdiction over the subject matter of this act.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 183, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-703a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-703a Well spacing and orderly development.

55-703a. Well spacing and orderly development. The drilling and completion of a gas well shall not of itself entitle said well to an allowable for production; and the commission may, in its discretion, provide for well spacing in any such common source of supply and provide for the orderly development thereof.History: L. 1945, ch. 233, § 4; March 24.
KS Stat § 55-704 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-704 Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.

55-704. Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings. The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the prevention of waste as defined by this act, the protection of all water, oil or gas-bearing strata encountered in any well drilled in such common source of supply, ascertaining the several factors entering into the determination of the productive capacity of each well, the total productive capacity of all wells in the common source of supply, the establishment of such other standard or standards as the commission may find proper to determine the productive capacity of each well and of all wells in such common source of supply, and as the commission may find necessary and proper to carry out the spirit and purpose of this act: Provided, however, That notice, as provided in K.S.A. 55-706, shall be served upon or given to the producers and purchasers of natural gas and all other persons, firms or corporations interested, of any hearing or hearings which may be called for the purpose of establishing any facts upon which any proposed rule or regulation may be based.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 5; March 24.
KS Stat § 55-705b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-705b Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure.

55-705b. Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure. An allowable may be granted by the commission for any gas well in such a manner and under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the commission in a basic proration order adopted for a common source of supply or otherwise by any rule and regulation, order or decision of the commission under the provisions of this act.History: L. 1945, ch. 233, § 7; L. 1994, ch. 98, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-706 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-706 Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings; powers; findings and recommendations.

55-706. Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings; powers; findings and recommendations. (a) Proceedings may be instituted before the commission upon petition of any interested party, or by the attorney general on behalf of the state, or on the motion of the commission, upon any question relating to the enforcement of this act or the promulgation, revocation, amendment, renewal, interpretation, extension, or the enforcement of any rule, regulation or order, or the determination of any right thereunder, in the manner provided in K.S.A. 55-605, and amendments thereto.(b) The state corporation commission is hereby authorized to designate or appoint its director of petroleum conservation or its assistant director of petroleum conservation or one of its attorneys as an examiner or referee to make investigations and conduct hearings that are required of the commission by this act. Such investigations and hearings shall be made and conducted in the same manner as by the commission. Such examiners and referees shall have the power to administer oaths and to subpoena witnesses. The commission may provide for a record to be made of any hearing or investigation. Such examiners and referees shall submit their findings and recommendations in writing to the commission.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 6; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 8; L. 1957, ch. 317, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 203, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-707 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-707 Judicial review of commission's actions.

55-707. Judicial review of commission's actions. Actions for judicial review of any action of the commission under the provisions of this act may be brought and proceedings respecting them shall be governed by and appeals may be taken as provided in K.S.A. 55-606 and amendments thereto.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 7; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 77; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-708 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-708 Penalties for violations.

55-708. Penalties for violations. In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by the state corporation commission, any person, firm or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, violating the provisions of this act, or any valid order or rules and regulations of the commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 8; L. 1998, ch. 122, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-709 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-709 Injunction and other remedies.

55-709. Injunction and other remedies. The state corporation commission shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state to enforce by injunction, mandatory injunction and any other appropriate or legal or equitable remedy any valid rule, order, or regulation made by the state corporation commission or promulgated under the provisions of this act, and said court shall have the authority to make and render such judgments, orders and decrees as may be proper to enforce any such rules, orders, and regulations made and promulgated by the state corporation commission.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-710 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-710 Receivership upon violation of act.

55-710. Receivership upon violation of act. In addition to any penalty imposed under the provisions of this act and to the remedy and relief heretofore set forth, any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act, valid order, rules or regulations of the commissions shall be subject to have his, her or its producing property placed in the hands of a receiver by a court of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of the state of Kansas through the attorney general, but such receivership shall only extend to the operating of producing wells and the marketing of natural gas under the provisions of this act.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-711 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-711 Assessment of costs of administering 55-701 to 55-713; disposition of moneys.

55-711. Assessment of costs of administering 55-701 to 55-713; disposition of moneys. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the state corporation commission is hereby directed to tax and assess against the parties involved in any hearing or application all or any part of the costs incurred therein, also all or any part of the costs to the commission incurred in making the necessary investigations and the enforcement of its orders under K.S.A. 55-701 to 55-713, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and divide such costs among the interested parties in such proportion as may be just and equitable.(b) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.(c) Assessments imposed on the basis of a volume measure of production under the authority of this section shall be reported and remitted in the manner provided in K.S.A. 79-4230, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 11; L. 1957, ch. 312, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 440, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 211, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 204, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 40; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 197; L. 2011, ch. 53, § 22; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-712 Enforcement of act; agents.

55-712. Enforcement of act; agents. The commission is hereby authorized to employ or designate such agents as may in its judgment be necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this act, and the rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder; such agents, with the exception of clerical help, to be experienced in and conversant with the business of the production of natural gas.History: L. 1945, ch. 233, § 11; March 24.
KS Stat § 55-713 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas|55-713 Invalidity of part.

55-713. Invalidity of part. If any clause, sentence, section, provision, or part of this act shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not invalidate, impair, or affect the remainder of this act, which shall remain in full force and effect.History: L. 1945, ch. 233, § 12; March 24.
KS Stat § 55-801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas|55-801 Representative may be appointed to agree upon compact with petroleum-producing states; objectives of compact.

55-801. Representative may be appointed to agree upon compact with petroleum-producing states; objectives of compact. The governor is authorized to appoint a representative to meet with representatives of the governors of other petroleum-producing states, and of the United States, for the purpose of agreeing upon a compact among such states effecting the following objectives:(a) Establishment of a joint state and federal fact-finding agency to consist of one representative of each compacting state, appointed by the governor, and one representative of the United States as congress or the president shall direct. Said agency shall make periodic findings, subject to approval and modification by the president, of the demand for petroleum to be produced within the United States, for withdrawals from storage, and for petroleum and products thereof to be imported. It shall thereupon, subject to concurrence of representatives of compacting states capable of together producing two-thirds of the demand for domestic production so found, and approval and modification by the president, determine the part thereof allowable as production within each petroleum-producing state.(b) Voluntary regulation of production by each compacting state within its own borders in accordance with said determination of the joint fact-finding agency, to the extent that and in such manner as the laws of each state may authorize.(c) Formulation by the joint agency of uniform conservation measures and tax laws which it shall recommend to the compacting states and exercise by said agency of such incidental powers as may be agreed upon.History: L. 1935, ch. 214, § 1; March 14.
KS Stat § 55-802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas|55-802 When compact binding.

55-802. When compact binding. No compact made under the authority of this act shall bind this state, unless and until:(a) Said compact shall be ratified by the legislatures of two of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, and New Mexico, and the legislature of this state, and congress shall consent thereto;(b) Congress shall make provision for the limitation of importations of petroleum and the products thereof, including natural asphalt, to not to exceed 4.5 percent of the domestic allowable production of crude petroleum as determined in accordance with the findings referred to in K.S.A. 55-801;(c) Congress shall provide for the control of interstate movement of petroleum produced or withdrawn from storage in violation of the law and valid regulations of the several states, and products of such petroleum;(d) Congress shall provide for the control of interstate movement of petroleum produced in any state in excess of the determination, referred to in K.S.A. 55-801, of allowable production within said state as approved by the president, and products of such petroleum.History: L. 1935, ch. 214, § 2; March 14.
KS Stat § 55-803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas|55-803 "Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" ratified.

55-803. "Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" ratified. The "interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" entered into by the representatives of this state and the representatives of certain other oil-producing states at Dallas, Texas, on the sixteenth day of February, 1935, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed by the state of Kansas.History: L. 1935, ch. 215, § 1; March 20.