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LA Rev Stat § 30:542 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§542. Administration and enforcement

RS 542 - Administration and enforcement A. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the provisions of R.S. 30:6, 30:8, 30:13, and 30:15 shall apply to the administration and enforcement of this Chapter.  B. The legal counsel employed or retained by the commissioner, when authorized by the commissioner, shall be entitled to represent the state and the commissioner and to appear in the courts and before agencies of this state or the agencies and courts of the United States and of other states, to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.  C. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has engaged, is engaged, or is about to engage in any acts or practices constituting a violation of this Chapter or of any regulation, rule or order issued hereunder, the commissioner may bring an action in the court having jurisdiction, to enjoin such acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this Chapter or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder, and upon a proper showing a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction shall be granted without bond. The relief sought may include a mandatory injunction commanding any person to comply with this Chapter or any such regulation, rule or order issued hereunder, and to make restitution of money received in violation of any such regulation, rule or order. The commissioner may transmit such evidence as may be available concerning such acts or practices or concerning apparent violations to the district attorney having jurisdiction over same who, in his discretion, may institute necessary criminal proceedings.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:543 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§543. Suit by party in interest upon commissioner's failure to sue

RS 543 - Suit by party in interest upon commissioner's failure to sue If the commissioner fails to bring suit within ten days to restrain a violation as provided in Subsection C of R.S. 30:542 any person in interest adversely affected by the violation who has notified the commissioner in writing of the violation or threat thereof and has requested the commissioner to sue, may bring suit to prevent any or further violations, in the district court of any parish in which the commissioner could have brought suit. If the court holds that injunctive relief should be granted, the commissioner shall be made a party and shall be substituted for the person who brought the suit and the injunction shall be issued as if the commissioner had at all times been the complaining party.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:544 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§544. Violation; penalties, civil and criminal

RS 544 - Violation; penalties, civil and criminal  A.(1) Any person who shall be determined by the assistant secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have violated any provision of this Chapter or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated or issued under this Chapter shall be liable to the office of conservation for a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars for each violation for each day that the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed two million dollars for any related series of violations.  (2) The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the assistant secretary by written notice.   (3) In determining the amount of the penalty, the assistant secretary shall consider the nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation and, with respect to the person found to have committed the violation, the degree of culpability, any history of prior violations, the effect on ability to continue to do business, any good faith in attempting to achieve compliance, ability to pay the penalty, and such other matters as justice may require.   B. The legal counsel employed or retained by the assistant secretary may recover the assessed civil penalty by bringing action against the person so assessed in the court having jurisdiction. The assistant secretary may compromise the civil penalty.   C. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this Chapter or any rule, regulation, or order issued under this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for each violation.   Acts 1990, No. 599, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 2018, No. 57, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:545 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§545. Noncompliance not excused by contractual obligations

RS 545 - Noncompliance not excused by contractual obligations Noncompliance with the provisions of this Chapter, or with rules, regulations, or orders issued by the commissioner under this Chapter may not be excused on the basis of any private contractual obligation. No person who complies with the provisions of this Chapter or with the rules, regulations or orders of the commissioner issued under this Chapter shall be liable in damages either ex contractu or ex delicto by reason of such compliance.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:547 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§547. Extraction of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons not prohibited; not regulated as natural gas

RS 547 - Extraction of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons not prohibited; not regulated as natural gas The commissioner shall not have the authority to prohibit the extraction of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from natural gas, nor shall these hydrocarbons be regulated as intrastate natural gas under this Chapter. Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:548 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§548. Exercise of powers

RS 548 - Exercise of powers The assistant secretary of conservation shall exercise his powers so as to provide, under the priorities hereinafter set forth, to the maximum extent practicable, for: (1) Protection of public health, safety, and welfare (including maintenance of hospitals, juvenile and adult correctional institutions, nursing homes, dormitories, hotels, motels, and residential heating, such as individual homes, apartments, and similar occupied dwelling units); (2) Maintenance of agricultural operations, and the processing of agricultural products, including farming, ranching, dairy, water conservation and commercial fishing activities, and services directly related thereto, and maintenance of food processing plants, businesses and facilities processing products for human consumption; (3) Operations and encouragement of exploration, production, processing, and refining efforts to attain maximum production or extraction of oil, intrastate natural gas and other hydrocarbons; (4) Maintenance of all public services (including facilities and services provided by municipal, cooperative, or investor owned utilities or by any state or local government or authority, and including transportation facilities and services which serve the public at large); (5) Maintenance of commercial and industrial, business, plant and facility operations, particularly to minimize economic dislocation of business, and industry, and employment therein; (6) Preservation of an economically sound and competitive petroleum, petro-chemical and chemical industry; (7) Assistance to private industry in obtaining the most efficient and safe transportation of intrastate natural gas from the sources of supply and reserves to the different parts of the state through intrastate pipelines, regardless of the ownership of the intrastate pipelines, to obtain maximum utilization of all existing intrastate pipelines within the state of Louisiana, the intent of this Chapter being to encourage, direct, mandate and enforce the use of excess capacity of intrastate pipelines to foster the movement of intrastate gas about the state of Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 501, §2; Acts 1977, No. 547, §1, eff. July 15, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 30:549 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§549. Accounting

RS 549 - Accounting The commissioner shall be empowered to promulgate and enforce a uniform system of accounting by intrastate natural gas transporters, where deemed advisable by the commissioner, to assure that intrastate natural gas transporters accurately report the results of their operations thereby facilitating rate regulations in those instances where the commissioner is called upon to establish reasonable rates for the transportation and sale of gas.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:550 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§550. Compilation and publication of information by commissioner

RS 550 - Compilation and publication of information by commissioner The commissioner shall be empowered to gather, analyze, maintain, and publish information on intrastate natural gas pipelines and producers, transporters, distributors, and users of intrastate natural gas and may serve as a clearinghouse to provide information to users of natural gas regarding the availability of supplies of natural gas.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:552 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§552. Regulation by commissioner of gas transporter exempt from FPC

RS 552 - Regulation by commissioner of gas transporter exempt from FPC The commissioner shall have the power and authority to regulate the rates, services and facilities of any person certified as an intrastate natural gas transporter, and the commissioner, or his delegate, may certify to the Federal Power Commission that the commissioner has regulatory jurisdiction over the rates and services of such person and facilities and is exercising such jurisdiction, with the intent that such certificate shall constitute conclusive evidence of such regulatory power or jurisdiction as permitted by 15 U.S.C.A. Section 717(c).  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:556 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§556. Lease and sublease of pipelines by commissioner

RS 556 - Lease and sublease of pipelines by commissioner To encourage the construction, expansion, improvement or betterment of intrastate natural gas pipelines, particularly pipelines and related facilities necessary, incidental or useful to the connection of existing intrastate natural gas pipeline systems with gas producing wells or gas fields, gas wells or gas fields capable of producing gas in commercial quantities, and to assist in the gathering of either private "in-kind" royalty or state-owned "in-kind" royalty, or both, the commissioner may lease from any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association, under the best terms and conditions as the commissioner may be able to prudently negotiate, a pipeline system or systems, or parts thereof, presently existing or hereinafter being built, including pipelines, pumps, storage and all other facilities, structures, and projects incidental, necessary or useful in the production, transportation, distribution and delivery of intrastate natural gas and hydrocarbons, which, in the judgment of the commissioner may provide necessary facilities to make available supplies of intrastate natural gas to the residents, commercial businesses, and/or industries of Louisiana. The commissioner may also sublease to any person any pipeline which he may so acquire, upon the best terms and conditions as the commissioner may be able to prudently negotiate, including a rental based upon a scheduled payment to be made for each 1000 cubic feet of gas transported through the subleased line in amounts determined by the commissioner to reasonably assure payment of the rental under the lease from the anticipated supply of gas to be transported during the term of the lease. The commissioner is not authorized to enter into a lease as authorized herein until he has first determined that no other pipeline is or will be available to transport the particular supply of intrastate natural gas in question to the residents, commercial businesses, and/or industries of Louisiana, for the reason that this special power of the commissioner is to be utilized only for the purpose of making available to the residents, commercial businesses and/or industries of Louisiana supplies of intrastate natural gas which might otherwise not be made available for production and distribution or which might otherwise not be available for input into the intrastate pipeline distribution or transportation systems within the state of Louisiana.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:559 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§559. Registration and information required by the assistant secretary

RS 559 - Registration and information required by the assistant secretary A. The assistant secretary may prescribe rules and regulations requiring that all persons operating, managing, or otherwise administering natural gas transmission pipelines or natural gas transmission pipeline companies register with the assistant secretary.  B. It is declared that the business of transporting natural gas in or through the state of Louisiana is affected with a public interest and that state regulation of matters relating to the transportation of said natural gas is necessary in the public interest to conserve natural resources of the state and to prevent physical and economical waste.  C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter or any other law to the contrary, the assistant secretary may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relative to natural gas transmission pipeline safety, including requirements for the performance of periodic hydrostatic pressure tests to confirm or revise maximum allowable operating pressures.  Added by Acts 1977, No. 661, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:560 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§560. Pipeline safety inspection fees

RS 560 - Pipeline safety inspection fees  A. As used in this Section:  (1) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the transportation, distribution, or delivery of jurisdictional gas.  (2) "Jurisdictional gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive.  B. There is hereby imposed upon all distributors of jurisdictional gas who own and operate any jurisdictional gas distribution system that comes under the supervision of the assistant secretary pursuant to R.S. 30:551(B) an annual safety and odorization inspection fee not to exceed one dollar per service line, or four hundred dollars per pipeline facility, whichever is greater. The commissioner shall annually review the fee amount and may revise it in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  C. There is hereby imposed upon all distributors of jurisdictional gas who own or operate any jurisdictional gas gathering or transmission system that comes under the supervision of the assistant secretary pursuant to R.S. 30:551(B) an annual safety inspection fee not to exceed forty-four dollars and eighty cents per mile of pipeline used in a jurisdictional gas pipeline system, or eight hundred dollars per pipeline facility, whichever is greater. The commissioner shall annually review the fee amount and may revise it in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  D. The annual inspection fees imposed by this Section are for the purpose of enforcing the natural gas pipeline safety standards and practice required by this Chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder. All fees collected by the commissioner shall be reasonably related to the services provided and shall be used by the office of conservation solely for the purposes of that program.  Acts 1985, No. 250, §2, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 86, §1; Acts 2003, No. 879, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 223, §1; Acts 2016, No. 435, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:561 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§561. Collection of inspection fees

RS 561 - Collection of inspection fees  A. The annual fees imposed by R.S. 30:560 shall be paid to the office of conservation no later than January fifteenth of each year on forms to be prescribed by the commissioner of conservation.  B. If any person fails to pay the fees imposed by R.S. 30:560, the commissioner of conservation may proceed to enforce the collection thereof by utilizing the remedies and procedures set forth in Chapter 1 of this Subtitle, specifically including any authority to obtain and audit information and authority to impose interest and penalties. NOTE: Subsection C eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.   C. All money received or collected by the commissioner of conservation under R.S. 30:560 and this Section shall be deposited immediately upon receipt in the state treasury and shall be credited to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Fund. NOTE: Subsection C as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.  C. All money received or collected by the commissioner of conservation under R.S. 30:560 and this Section shall be deposited immediately upon receipt in the state treasury and shall be credited to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Dedicated Fund Account.  Acts 1985, No. 250, §2, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1992, No. 984, §9; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2003, No. 879, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 30:562 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§562. Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.

RS 562 - Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.
LA Rev Stat § 30:571 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§571. Establishment, promulgation and implementation of plan

RS 571 - Establishment, promulgation and implementation of plan The governor of Louisiana shall have the authority pursuant to the police powers granted him by the constitution of this state, from time to time to declare a state of emergency as a result of extreme shortages of existing intrastate natural gas for human needs pursuant to Paragraphs (a) through (e) of Subsection (1) of R.S. 30:572. In connection therewith, as soon as practicable, the commissioner shall establish and promulgate a plan for statewide emergency intrastate natural gas conservation, allocation or rationing, which shall be implemented and enforced by the commissioner under controls and enforcement procedures hereinafter provided. The plan shall remain in effect as implemented and changed from time to time by the commissioner, until the governor, by proclamation, shall declare that a state energy emergency no longer exists. The plan shall maintain, preserve and protect all vital services in the state depending upon intrastate natural gas and, to the extent deemed practicable by the commissioner, shall provide for the curtailment of unnecessary and lesser priority uses of intrastate natural gas.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:573 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§573. Application of priorities; exceptions

RS 573 - Application of priorities; exceptions The priorities of end-use deliveries set forth above shall be applied to the deliveries to all intrastate natural gas transporters during periods of curtailment on each transporter's system; except, however, that, upon a finding of extraordinary circumstances by the commissioner, exceptions to those priorities may be permitted.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:574 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§574. Curtailment orders

RS 574 - Curtailment orders A. The commissioner is empowered to require intrastate natural gas transporters to curtail delivery of intrastate natural gas in conformance with the priorities for use of intrastate natural gas set forth in R.S. 30:572, and the commissioner shall be empowered to promulgate and enforce supply curtailment programs.  B. Notwithstanding the priorities for use of intrastate natural gas set forth in R.S. 30:572, the curtailment of deliveries of intrastate natural gas shall be accomplished by order by the commissioner whenever he determines that such curtailment is necessary in order to accomplish the purposes of this Chapter, provided that no such order for the curtailment, allocation, or redistribution of intrastate natural gas shall be issued by the commissioner unless and until the governor declares an extreme state of emergency pursuant to R.S. 30:571.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.
LA Rev Stat § 30:575 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§575. Curtailment of lower priority before curtailment of higher priority

RS 575 - Curtailment of lower priority before curtailment of higher priority The above list of priorities requires the full curtailment of the lower priority category volumes to be accomplished before curtailment of any higher priority volume is commenced, unless the commissioner finds exceptions to be in the public interest. Additionally, the above list required both the direct and indirect customers of a pipeline that use intrastate natural gas for similar purposes to be placed in the same category of priority.  Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.