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MO Rev Stat § 259.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.100 - Spacing of wells, exception, noncommercial gas wells.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   259.100. Spacing of wells, exception, noncommercial gas wells. — 1. The council shall set spacing units as follows:  (1) When necessary to prevent waste, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, or to protect correlative rights, the council shall establish spacing units for a pool. Spacing units when established shall be of uniform size and shape for the entire pool, except that when found to be necessary for any of the purposes above mentioned, the council is authorized to divide any pool into zones and establish spacing units for each zone, which units may differ in size and shape from those established in any other zone;  (2) The size and shape of spacing units are to be such as will result in the efficient and economical development of the pool as a whole;  (3) An order establishing spacing units for a pool shall specify the size and shape of each unit and the location of the permitted well thereon in accordance with a reasonably uniform spacing plan. Upon application, if the state geologist finds that a well drilled at the prescribed location would not produce in paying quantities, or that surface conditions would substantially add to the burden or hazard of drilling such well, the department is authorized to enter an order permitting the well to be drilled at a location other than that prescribed by such spacing order; however, the state geologist shall include in the order suitable provisions to prevent the production from the spacing unit of more than its just and equitable share of the oil and gas in the pool;  (4) An order establishing spacing units for a pool shall cover all lands determined or believed to be underlaid by such pool, and may be modified by the department from time to time to include additional areas determined to be underlaid by such pool. When found necessary for the prevention of waste, or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells or to protect correlative rights, an order establishing spacing units in a pool may be modified by the state geologist to increase the size of spacing units in the pool or any zone thereof, or to permit the drilling of additional wells on a reasonable uniform plan in the pool, or any zone thereof. Orders of the department may be appealed to the council within thirty days.  2. Applicants seeking a permit for a noncommercial gas well shall file a bond under paragraph (d) of subdivision (1) of subsection 5 of section 259.070 and meet the following conditions and procedures: an owner of a noncommercial gas well with drilling rights may apply for the establishment of a drilling unit with a well set back of one hundred sixty-five feet on which a well no deeper than eight hundred feet in depth may be drilled. An owner of a noncommercial gas well may apply to the department for a variance to establish a spacing unit, to set back distances, or both. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 10, A.L. 1987 S.B. 353, A.L. 2015 H.B. 92)
MO Rev Stat § 259.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.110 - Production pooling authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.110. Production pooling authorized. — 1. When two or more separately owned tracts are embraced within a spacing unit, or when there are separately owned interests in all or a part of the spacing unit, then the owners and royalty owners thereof may pool their interests for the development and operation of the spacing unit. In the absence of voluntary pooling the council, upon the application of any interested person, shall enter an order pooling all interests in the spacing unit for the development and operations thereof. Each such pooling order shall be made after notice and hearing, and shall be upon terms and conditions that are just and reasonable, and that afford to the owner of each tract or interest in the spacing unit the opportunity to recover or receive, without unnecessary expense, his just and equitable share. Operations incident to the drilling of a well upon any portion of a spacing unit covered by a pooling order shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the drilling unit by the several owners thereof. That portion of the production allocated to each tract included in a spacing unit covered by a pooling order shall, when produced, be deemed for all purposes to have been produced from such tract by a well drilled thereon.  2. Each pooling order shall make provision for the drilling and operation of a well on the spacing unit, and for the payment of the reasonable actual cost thereof by the owners of interests in the spacing unit, plus a reasonable charge for supervision. In the event of any dispute as to such costs the council shall determine the proper costs. If one or more of the owners shall drill and operate, or pay the expenses of drilling and operating the well for the benefit of others, then the owner or owners so drilling or operating shall, upon complying with the terms of section 259.130, have a lien on the share of production from the spacing unit accruing to the interest of each of the other owners for the payment of his proportionate share of such expenses. All the oil and gas subject to the lien shall be marketed and sold and the proceeds applied in payment of the expenses secured by such lien as provided for in section 259.100. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 259.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.130 - Lien for drilling expenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.130. Lien for drilling expenses. — A person to whom another is indebted for expenses incurred in drilling and operating a well on a drilling unit required to be formed as provided for in section 259.110, may, in order to secure payment of the amount due, fix a lien upon the interest of the debtor in the production from the drilling unit or the unit area, as the case may be, by filing for record, with the recorder of deeds of the county where the property involved, or any part thereof, is located, an affidavit setting forth the amount due and the interest of the debtor in such production. The person to whom the amount is payable may, at the expense of the debtor, store all or any part of the production upon which the lien exists until the total amount due, including reasonable storage charges, is paid or the commodity is sold at foreclosure sale and delivery is made to the purchaser. The lien may be foreclosed as provided for with respect to foreclosure of a lien on chattels. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 259.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.140 - Council hearings — notice — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.140. Council hearings — notice — procedure. — 1. The council shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the practice and procedure before it.  2. No order, or amendment thereof, except in an emergency, shall be made by the council without a public hearing upon at least ten days' notice. The public hearing shall be held at such time and place as may be prescribed by the council, and any interested person shall be entitled to be heard.  3. When an emergency requiring immediate action is found to exist the council is authorized to issue an emergency order without notice of hearing, which shall be effective upon promulgation. No emergency order shall remain effective for more than fifteen days.  4. Any notice required by this chapter shall be given at the election of the council either by personal service or by letter to the last recorded address of the person to whom the order is directed and one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the land affected, or some part thereof, is situated. If the notice is applicable throughout the state, then it shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation which is published in Jefferson City. The notice shall issue in the name of the state, shall be signed by the state geologist, shall specify the style and number of the proceeding, the time and place of the hearing, and shall briefly state the purpose of the proceeding. Should the council elect to give notice by personal service, such service may be made by any officer authorized to serve process, or by any agent of the council, in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of original notices in civil actions in the circuit courts of the state. Proof of the service by such agent shall be by the affidavit of the person making personal service.  5. All orders issued by the council shall be in writing, shall be entered in full and indexed in books to be kept by the state geologist for that purpose, and shall be public records open for inspection at all times during reasonable office hours. A copy of any rule, regulation, or order certified by the state geologist or any officer of the council shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state with the same effect as the original.  6. The council may act upon its own motion, or upon the petition of any interested person. On the filing of a petition concerning any matter within the jurisdiction of the council, the council shall promptly fix a date for a hearing thereon, and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given. The hearing shall be held without undue delay after the filing of the petition. The council shall enter its order within thirty days after the hearing. In the event that the matter is submitted on a question or questions of fact, the council shall enter its order within thirty days after the finding of facts is submitted to the council. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 259.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.150 - Questions of fact submitted to public service commission — costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.150. Questions of fact submitted to public service commission — costs. — 1. Whenever either party to a contested matter avers that there is a question or questions of fact involved, the matter shall be submitted to the public service commission for hearing on the question or questions of fact.  2. The rules and regulations governing practice before the public service commission shall be in effect on such hearing to determine a question or questions of fact.  3. Costs in said action may be set and taxed by the commission as it may see fit. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 259.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.160 - Rehearing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.160. Rehearing. — Any person adversely affected by any order of the council may within thirty days after its effective date apply to the council in writing for a rehearing. The application for rehearing shall be acted upon within fifteen days after its filing, and if granted, the rehearing shall be held without undue delay. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 259.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.180 - Prohibited acts — knowledge — certificate of clearance.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.180. Prohibited acts — knowledge — certificate of clearance. — The sale, purchase, acquisition, transportation, refining, processing, or handling of illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product is hereby prohibited. However, no penalty by way of fine shall be imposed upon a person who sells, purchases, acquires, transports, refines, processes, or handles illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product unless:  (1) Such person knows, or is put on notice, of facts indicating that illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product is involved; or  (2) Such person fails to obtain a certificate of clearance with respect to such oil, gas, or product where prescribed by order of the council, or fails to follow any other method prescribed by an order of the council for the identification of such oil, gas or product. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 259.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.200 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.200. Penalties. — 1. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day that such violation continues, unless the penalty for such violation is otherwise specifically provided for and made exclusive in this chapter.  2. If any person, for the purpose of evading this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council, shall make or cause to be made any false entry or statement in a report required by this chapter or by any such rule, regulation, or order, or shall make or cause to be made any false entry in any record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter, or by any such rule, regulation, or order, or shall omit, or cause to be omitted, from any such record, account, or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by this chapter, or by any such rule, regulation, or order, or shall remove from this state or destroy, mutilate, alter or falsify any such record, account, or memorandum, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law.  3. Any person knowingly aiding or abetting any other person in the violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council shall be subject to the same penalty as that prescribed by this chapter for the violation by such other person.  4. The penalties provided in this section shall be recoverable by suit filed by the attorney general in the name and on behalf of the council, in the circuit court of the county in which the defendant resides, or in which any defendant resides, if there be more than one defendant, or in the circuit court of any county in which the violation occurred. The payment of any such penalty shall not operate to legalize any illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product involved in the violation for which the penalty is imposed, or to relieve a person on whom the penalty is imposed from liability to any other person for damages arising out of such violation. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 20)
MO Rev Stat § 259.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.210 - Threatened violations — injunction.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   259.210. Threatened violations — injunction. — 1. Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council, the council or the department may request that the attorney general bring suit against such person in the circuit court of any county where the violation occurs or is threatened, to restrain such person from continuing the violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In any such suit, the court shall have jurisdiction to grant to the council, without bond or other undertaking, such prohibitory and mandatory injunctions as the facts may warrant, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, temporary, preliminary, or final orders restraining the movement or disposition of any illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product, any of which the court may order to be impounded or placed in the custody of an agent appointed by the court.  2. If the council shall fail to bring suit to enjoin a violation or a threatened violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council, within ten days after receipt of written request to do so by any person who is or will be adversely affected by such violation, the person making such request may bring suit in his own behalf to restrain such violation or threatened violation in any court in which the council might have brought suit. The council shall be made a party defendant in such suit in addition to the person violating or threatening to violate a provision of this chapter, or a rule, regulation, or order of the council, and the action shall proceed and injunctive relief may be granted to the council or the petitioner without bond in the same manner as if suit had been brought by the council. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 21, A.L. 2015 H.B. 92)
MO Rev Stat § 259.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.220 - Taxation of mineral rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.220. Taxation of mineral rights. — All rights and interests in or to oil, gas or other minerals underlying land, whether created by or arising under deed, lease, reservation of rights, or otherwise, which rights or interests are owned by any person other than the owner of the land, shall be assessed and taxed separately to the owner of such rights or interests in the same manner as other real estate. The taxes on such rights or interests which are not owned by the owner of the land shall not be a lien on the land. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 22)
MO Rev Stat § 259.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production|Section 259.230 - Political subdivisions authorized to execute oil and gas leases on public lands — proceeds to general revenue.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   259.230. Political subdivisions authorized to execute oil and gas leases on public lands — proceeds to general revenue. — The state, counties, cities and towns and other political subdivisions are hereby authorized to lease publicly owned lands under their respective jurisdictions for the purpose of oil or gas exploration and production. No such lease shall be entered into until it has been approved by the general assembly on behalf of the state; on behalf of counties by the county commission; on behalf of cities and towns by the council thereof and on behalf of other political subdivisions by the governing body thereof. Such leases shall be upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. All revenue derived from the leasing of state owned lands shall be paid into the general fund of the state. All revenue derived from the leasing of other public lands shall be paid into the general fund of the respective lessor political subdivision. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 23)
MO Rev Stat § 260.003 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.003 - All licenses, permits or grants of authority by department must be in compliance with local area's zoning, building, health codes or ordinances, procedure to determine compliance.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   260.003. All licenses, permits or grants of authority by department must be in compliance with local area's zoning, building, health codes or ordinances, procedure to determine compliance. — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the department of natural resources shall require that before any permit, license, or grant of authority is issued or renewed by the department of natural resources pursuant to this chapter, the local jurisdiction shall verify that the person and activity which is the subject of such permit, license, or grant of authority, is in compliance with all applicable local zoning, building, and health codes, ordinances, and orders with regard to the person and activity regulated pursuant to this chapter. Failure of the local jurisdiction to respond to a request from the department of natural resources for such verification within thirty days of such request shall be deemed to be verification of local compliance. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 60 & 112 § 1)  (1998) Amendment in SB 60 (1995) was unconstitutional to the extent that it applied to hazardous waste management because title of bill was underinclusive. National Solid Waste Management Association v. Director of the Department of Natural Resources, 964 S.W.2d 818 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 260.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.010 - Authority created.

Effective - 30 Apr 1982   260.010. Authority created. — There is hereby created and established as a governmental instrumentality of the state of Missouri, the "State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority", which shall constitute a body corporate and politic. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1041 § 2, A.L. 1982 S.B. 506)  Effective 4-30-82
MO Rev Stat § 260.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.015 - Purpose of authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   260.015. Purpose of authority. — The authority is authorized to provide for the conservation of the air, land and water resources of the state by the prevention or reduction of the pollution thereof and proper methods of disposal of solid waste or sewage and to provide for the furnishing of water facilities and resource recovery facilities and to provide for the development of the energy resources of the state, to provide for energy conservation and to provide for energy efficiency projects and increased energy efficiency in the state, and to further such programs the authority is authorized to acquire and construct, and finance projects and to issue bonds and notes and make loans as herein provided to pay the costs thereof. Any pollution control, sewage or solid waste disposal, resource recovery, energy conservation or energy efficiency projects shall be in furtherance of applicable federal and state standards and regulations. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1041 § 3, A.L. 1982 S.B. 506, A.L. 1985 H.B. 807, A.L. 1993 H.B. 195 merged with S.B. 80, et al.)