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LA Rev Stat § 30:101.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§101.6. Powers of the assistant secretary

RS 101.6 - Powers of the assistant secretary  A. The powers of the assistant secretary shall include without limitation the power to do the following:  (1) Negotiate and execute contracts, upon such terms as he may agree upon for underwater obstruction identification, inventory, and removal, and other services necessary to meet the purpose of this Part.  (2) Publish an annual list of underwater obstruction sites, to include an inventory of the type, size and depth of the obstruction, and any other relevant information which would aid navigation and commercial fishing in the vicinity of the obstruction.  (3) Prepare, evaluate, and approve an annual priority list for underwater obstruction removal.  (4) Prepare, evaluate, and approve a list of contractors acceptable to conduct obstruction removal.  (5) Administer and manage the Underwater Obstruction Removal Program for identification, inventory, and removal of underwater obstructions in the navigable coastal waters of the state. NOTE: Paragraph (A)(6) eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.   (6) Administer and manage the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund. NOTE: Paragraph (A)(6) as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.   (6) Administer and manage the Underwater Obstruction Removal Dedicated Fund Account.  (7) Perform any function authorized or enumerated by this Part or which is consistent with its purpose.  B. The aforementioned powers shall be in addition to and shall not limit the powers conferred on the assistant secretary in other provisions in this Title or any other pertinent provision of any state or federal law or regulation.  Acts 1997, No. 666, §2; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 30:101.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§101.7. Contracts; parties

RS 101.7 - Contracts; parties A. A contract for obstruction removal shall require a cash bond, performance bond, or other equivalent surety instrument approved by the assistant secretary, and shall require a formal bid process. A project which the assistant secretary has declared in writing to be an emergency may employ a written and thoroughly documented informal bidding procedure in which bids are received from at least three bidders. All such contracts shall be reviewed prior to execution by the secretary, and all informally bid contracts shall be reviewed by the commissioner of the division of administration. B. No party contracting with the department under the provisions of this Part shall be deemed to be a public employee or an employee otherwise subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 of Parts I through IV of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Acts 1997, No. 666, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:101.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§101.8. Liability

RS 101.8 - Liability The secretary or the assistant secretary shall not be liable for any damages arising from an act or omission if the act or omission is part of a good faith effort to carry out the purpose of this Part. Acts 1997, No. 666, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:101.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§101.10. Assistant secretary's annual report to the legislature

RS 101.10 - Assistant secretary's annual report to the legislature A. The assistant secretary shall submit to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment before March first an annual report that reviews the extent to which the program has enabled the assistant secretary to better protect the navigable waters and commercial fishing of the state and enhance the income of the fund. B. The assistant secretary's annual reports shall include: (1) The number and location of underwater obstructions which have been identified and inventoried, and a list of those obstructions which have been successfully removed during the preceding year, to include the cost of removal of each. (2) The overall status of implementation of the provisions of this Part relating to identification, inventory, and removal of underwater obstructions. Acts 1997, No. 666, §2; Acts 2008, No. 580, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:101.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§101.11. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 70, §2, eff. May 11, 2012.

RS 101.11 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 70, §2, eff. May 11, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 30:102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§102. Lessees to notify lessors of the termination of mineral leases

RS 102 - Lessees to notify lessors of the termination of mineral leases Within ninety days after the expiration of: (1) Production under a mineral lease previously maintained by production and (2) all other rights to maintain that lease, the lessee or his assigns shall notify the lessor or his representative that the lease has terminated, unless such notification is already provided in the lease.  Acts 1984, No. 559, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:103 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§103. Operators to report to owners amount of oil or gas produced

RS 103 - Operators to report to owners amount of oil or gas produced Operators taking or producing oil or gas from lands who do not market through a pipeline company shall report monthly to each owner of an oil or gas interest in the lands. These monthly reports shall show the amount of oil or gas produced from the lands during the previous calendar month, the amount disposed of, and the amount which has not been disposed of. Reports shall be sent by certified mail to each owner of a royalty, oil or gas interest, who has furnished his name and address to the operator. Acts 2001, No. 973, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:103.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§103.1. Operators and producers to report to owners of unleased oil and gas interests

RS 103.1 - Operators and producers to report to owners of unleased oil and gas interests A. Whenever there is included within a drilling unit, as authorized by the commissioner of conservation, lands producing oil or gas, or both, upon which the operator or producer has no valid oil, gas, or mineral lease, said operator or producer shall issue the following reports to the owners of said interests by a sworn, detailed, itemized statement: (1) Within ninety calendar days from completion of the well, an initial report which shall contain the costs of drilling, completing, and equipping the unit well. (2) After establishment of production from the unit well, quarterly reports which shall contain the following: (a) The total amount of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons produced from the lands during the previous quarter. (b) The price received from any purchaser of unit production. (c) Quarterly operating costs and expenses. (d) Any additional funds expended to enhance or restore the production of the unit well. B. No operator or producer shall be required under the provisions of this Section to report any information which is not known by such operator or producer at the time of a report. However, the operator or producer shall report the required information to the owner of the unleased interest within thirty days after such information is obtained by the operator or producer, or in the next quarterly report, whichever due date is later. C. Reports shall be sent by certified mail to each owner of an unleased oil or gas interest who has requested such reports in writing, by certified mail addressed to the operator or producer. The written request shall contain the unleased interest owner's name and address. Initial reports shall be sent no later than ninety calendar days after the completion of the well. The operator or producer shall begin sending quarterly reports within ninety calendar days after receiving the written request, whichever is later, and shall continue sending quarterly reports until cessation of production. D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, at the time a report is due pursuant to this Section, if the share of the total costs of drilling, completing, and equipping the unit well and all other unit costs allocable to an owner of an unleased interest is less than one thousand dollars, no report shall be required. However, during January of the next calendar year, the operator or producer shall report such costs to the owner. Added by Acts 1950, No. 387, §1; Acts 2001, No. 973, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:103.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§103.2. Failure to report; penalty

RS 103.2 - Failure to report; penalty Whenever the operator or producer permits ninety calendar days to elapse from completion of the well and thirty additional calendar days to elapse from date of receipt of written notice by certified mail from the owner or owners of unleased oil and gas interests calling attention to failure to comply with the provisions of R.S. 30:103.1, such operator or producer shall forfeit his right to demand contribution from the owner or owners of the unleased oil and gas interests for the costs of the drilling operations of the well. Added by Acts 1950, No. 387, §2; Acts 2001, No. 973, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:104 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§104. Failure to report punishable; fine

RS 104 - Failure to report punishable; fine Whoever fails to make the reports, required of him by R.S. 30:103 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for each failure to report to any individual royalty or mineral owner.
LA Rev Stat § 30:105 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§105. §§105 to 107 Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 50, §3

RS 105 - §§105 to 107 Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 50, §3
LA Rev Stat § 30:108 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§108. R.S. 30:105 to 30:106 not applicable to state lands

RS 108 - R.S. 30:105 to 30:106 not applicable to state lands R.S. 30:105 to 30:1061 shall not apply to minerals produced from lands belonging to the state. 1Repealed. See, now, R.S. 31:210.
LA Rev Stat § 30:109 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§109. Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 948, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

RS 109 - Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 948, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
LA Rev Stat § 30:110 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§110. Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 948, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

RS 110 - Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 948, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
LA Rev Stat § 30:111 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§111. Payment for materials furnished or used in drilling well; market price

RS 111 - Payment for materials furnished or used in drilling well; market price Owners of unleased mineral interests and lessees in any drilling unit authorized by the department of conservation of this state, shall not be liable or obligated to pay to the operator or producer for materials furnished or used in the drilling, completion, and production of any oil, gas, or mineral well drilled on said unit a sum in excess of the prevailing market price of such materials.  Acts 1950, No. 526, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:112 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§112. Mineral lessee's address, secretary of state as agent to receive notices

RS 112 - Mineral lessee's address, secretary of state as agent to receive notices A. A mineral lease shall include the lessee's complete address. The lessee shall be responsible for informing the lessor of any subsequent change in address.  B. If a certified letter addressed to the lessee by the lessor is returned as undeliverable and no forwarding address is known, the secretary of state shall be notified by the lessor that the secretary of state will subsequently serve as the lessee's agent and receive all notices concerning the lease until such time as the lessee supplies the lessor with a current address.  Acts 1984, No. 303, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§121. State Mineral and Energy Board created; composition and powers

RS 121 - State Mineral and Energy Board created; composition and powers A. The State Mineral and Energy Board, as created by Act. No. 93 of the 1936 Regular Session, is hereby continued. The board shall be composed of the governor and the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, ex officio, and nine members appointed by the governor. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. Six members shall constitute a quorum. B. Each appointed member shall serve a term concurrent with that of the governor making the appointment. C. The governor shall be ex officio chairman or may designate the board to elect its chairman to serve for two years. The board shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the board shall be in Baton Rouge and it shall possess in addition to the powers herein granted, all the usual powers incident to corporations. If the governor serves as ex officio chairman, in case of a tie, the vote of the governor shall determine the issue. If the governor has designated the board to elect its chairman, the chairman may vote only once on any motion. The deputy secretary or the undersecretary of the Department of Natural Resources may serve as a proxy member of the board in the absence of the secretary with full authority to act for the secretary as a member of the board. D. The board shall administer the state's proprietary interest in minerals as herein provided. The governor may appoint to the board members engaged in the industry and related business activity which members and which board shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 42:1101 through R.S. 42:1168. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 59, §1; Acts 1956, No. 43, §1; Acts 1960, No. 453, §1; Acts 1962, No. 352, §1, emerg. eff. July 11, 1962; Acts 1977, No. 667, §1, eff. July 20, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 581, §1; Acts 1979, No. 649, §1; Acts 1980, No. 728, §1; Acts 2003, No. 774, §7; Acts 2006, No. 145, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§122. Compensation

RS 122 - Compensation The appointed members shall receive no salaries, but attending members shall receive seventy-five dollars for each day or part thereof while attending regular or called board meetings, committee meetings, or attending to official business of the board, plus actual expenses as provided for state employees.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 59, §1; Acts 1955, No. 115, §1; Acts 1981, No. 514, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§123. Meetings

RS 123 - Meetings The board shall meet at the call of the governor and may meet at places other than its domicile.
LA Rev Stat § 30:123.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§123.1. Registration of prospective leaseholders

RS 123.1 - Registration of prospective leaseholders A. All prospective leaseholders of leases awarded by the State Mineral and Energy Board shall register with the office of mineral resources. Registration shall be in the form and content as prescribed by the office of mineral resources. At a minimum, the registration shall include the current physical address, telephone number, e-mail address, and facsimile number of the prospective leaseholder. In addition, the prospective leaseholder shall submit written documentation from the Louisiana secretary of state indicating that the prospective leaseholder is registered and in good standing with the secretary of state. For such purposes, a copy of the detailed record from the secretary of state web site evidencing that the company is in good standing shall suffice. B. The registration with the office of mineral resources shall be renewed annually by January thirty-first each year by updating all information on the registration form on file at the office of mineral resources and by providing the required documentation of good standing from the Louisiana secretary of state. C. If at any time during the period for which a given mineral lease is in full force and effect, the office of the mineral resources finds that any current record lessee of that lease is not properly registered with the office of mineral resources, the office of mineral resources shall notify the record lessee in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, and request proper registration by a fixed date no more than thirty days after receipt of the notification. Should the record lessee, after being duly notified, fail to properly register by the date fixed in the notification, the State Mineral and Energy Board may levy liquidated damages against that lessee in the amount of one hundred dollars per day until the record lessee is properly registered with the office of mineral resources. The liquidated damage assessment may be waived, in whole or in part, by the State Mineral and Energy Board. Acts 2008, No. 283, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§125. Application for lease; fee

RS 125 - Application for lease; fee A. All proposals for mineral leases under this Section and R.S. 30:126 shall be submitted to and examined by the assistant secretary of the office of mineral resources who shall transmit them to the board for its action. All proposals shall be submitted by application as provided herein in the form required by the office of mineral resources, giving the description of the land, including a map, and submission of four hundred dollars, payable to the office of mineral resources, to satisfy the cost of processing the application. The fee shall not be returned, even in the event of a bid. B. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 283, §2. Acts 1989, No. 282, §1, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 177, §1; Acts 1995, No. 92, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 106, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 449, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 451, §1; Acts 2008, No. 283, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:128 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§128. Transfers; approval by board; fees; penalties

RS 128 - Transfers; approval by board; fees; penalties A. No transfer or assignment in relation to any lease of minerals or mineral rights owned by the state shall be valid unless approved by the State Mineral and Energy Board. The mineral board may charge a fee of one hundred dollars to cover the cost of preparing and docketing transfers or assignments of leases of mineral or mineral rights. All parties to transfers or assignments in relation to any lease of mineral or mineral rights from the state shall be registered prospective leaseholders with the office of mineral resources. Transfers or assignments shall not be granted to prospective leaseholders that are not currently registered with the office of mineral resources. B.(1) Failure to obtain approval of the board of any transfer or assignment of a lease within sixty days of execution of the transfer or assignment shall subject the transferor or assignor to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars per day beginning on the sixty-first day following the execution of the transfer or assignment. The penalty shall continue to accrue on a daily basis until the date on which the transfer or assignment is received by the office of mineral resources for submission to the board for approval or to a maximum amount of one thousand dollars. (2) The penalties shall be paid into the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund on behalf of the board. The board may waive all or any part of the penalties provided in this Section. C. A transfer for purposes of this Section shall not be deemed to occur by the granting of a mortgage in, collateral assignment of production from, or other security interest in a mineral lease or sublease or the transfer of an overriding royalty interest, production, payment, net profits interest, or similar interest in a mineral lease or sublease. Acts 1993, No. 114, §1, eff. May 26, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 1087, §4; Acts 1999, No. 169, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 106, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 449, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009. NOTE: SEE ACTS 1993, NO. 114, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:129.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§129.1. Public notice of approval of unitization, royalty or other agreements

RS 129.1 - Public notice of approval of unitization, royalty or other agreements The board shall give ten days public notice prior to exercise of its powers and duties in approving for execution unitization agreements, royalty agreements or agreements that could be assimilated to a conveyance involving minerals or mineral rights of the state, exclusive of agreements involving the state's royalty in kind entered into pursuant to R.S. 30:142, which royalty in kind agreements are already subject to advertisement and bidding as therein provided. The board shall give this notice by publication in either the official journal of the state or in the Louisiana Register created by R.S. 49:954.1(B) at the board's election. The notice shall be sufficient if it contains at least a digest or summary of the nature of the proposal, a general description of the state property interest affected thereby, and the time and place of the meeting at which such a proposal will be considered for execution, provided that a full copy of the instrument effecting the proposed agreement is otherwise made available for public inspection in the offices of the board during such notice period by any one desiring to examine the same. The notice provided herein shall constitute judicial advertisement and legal notice within the contemplation of Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 30:130 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§130. Records; execution of division orders and other documents

RS 130 - Records; execution of division orders and other documents The office of mineral resources shall keep the records of the board, including all leases and all bids, proposals, assignments, or transfers pertaining to leases. The office of mineral resources shall be the official custodian of such records and shall certify the contents when appropriate. The office of mineral resources may set and collect a fee of one dollar per copy to cover the cost of certification of records. The board may authorize a member of the board or of the staff of the office of mineral resources to sign for the state all division orders or other documents which are necessary or customary with respect to the production and sale of oil, gas, or other minerals by lessors and royalty owners. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 290, §1; Acts 1958, No. 353, §1; Acts 1977, No. 667, §1, eff. July 20, 1977; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 106, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.