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52 OK Stat § 52-605 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-605. Exempted transfers.

|The following transfers are exempted from the provisions of this act: |1. Transfers in the ordinary course of business. For the purposes of this act, transfers in the ordinary course of business shall include but not be limited to:a.the granting of a lease to explore and produce an energy resource asset,b.the assignment of a lease or leases to explore and produce an energy resource asset by or to a person engaged in the business of buying and selling such leases,c.the sale by a natural person of fee mineral rights,d.the transfer by conveyance or decree pursuant to a private trust, gift, will, or intestate succession,e.any transfer pursuant to a compulsory pooling order of the Commission,f.any transfer of hydrocarbons pursuant to a contract for the purchase, sale, or delivery of such hydrocarbons at or beyond the wellhead or other point of production,g.the transfer, sale, condemnation or conveyance of surface use rights for the purposes of ingress, egress, easement and right-of-ways, andh.sales in the ordinary course of business of pipeline equipment, oil and gas equipment and mineral equipment as defined in Section 371 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes;2. The granting or assignment of a mortgage, security interest or other contractual lien in an energy resource asset as security for an indebtedness or the foreclosure, enforcement or realization thereof;3. The granting or assignment of a royalty interest, overriding royalty interest, production payment, or other nonworking interest form of right to receive hydrocarbon production, or proceeds therefrom;4. A transfer, as defined in subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of Section 3 of this act, where, after giving effect to the proposed transfer, the transferee would beneficially own less than ten percent (10%) of the ownership interest in the transferor;5. A transfer, as defined in subparagraph a of paragraph 4 of Section 3 of this act, where the value of the energy resource assets at date of transfer is less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00);6. A transfer, as defined in subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of Section 3 of this act, where the value at date of transfer of the energy resource assets owned by the transferor is less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00);7. A transfer of a "domestic public utility" or an ownership interest in a "domestic public utility", as defined in Section 191.1 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and8. Any other exemptions as may be granted pursuant to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission reasonably prescribed in the furtherance of this act.Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 5, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-607 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-607. Fees and costs.

|A. Upon filing an application with the Commission for approval of a transfer under Section 6 of this act, the transferee shall pay to the Commission: |1. A nonrefundable fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); and2. After the hearing, the additional costs actually incurred in excess of the fee.B. All payments received from the transferee shall be paid into an agency special account and any unexpended portion other than the nonrefundable fee shall be refunded from the account pursuant to the provisions of Sections 7.1 et seq. of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 7, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.x
52 OK Stat § 52-608 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-608. Hearing relating to act or enforcement - Entities that may initiate - Jurisdiction - Time and place - Notice.

|Any transferee, transferor, the Attorney General on behalf of the state, or the Commission on its own motion may institute proceedings or apply for a hearing before the Commission upon any question relating to this act or its enforcement. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Commission to hear and determine the same. The Commission shall set a time and place when and where the hearing shall be had and give reasonable notice to all interested persons or classes by publication in a newspaper or newspapers having general circulation in the state, and in addition, shall serve reasonable notice in writing to any person complained against. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 8, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-609 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-609. Powers and authority of Commission.

|In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and enforcing of its orders, rules and regulations made under the provisions of this act, the Commission shall have and exercise, without limitation, all of the following additional powers and authority: |1. To enforce the provisions of this act, and compliance with any of its orders, rules, regulations or adjudications, by appropriate process and by orders otherwise necessary or proper, to carry into effect its orders, rules and regulations which may, without limitation, include the issuance of orders of restraint against any person participating in or about to participate in any violation of this act or any related orders, rules or regulations of the Commission; and2. To appoint a receiver to affect a rescission of a transfer made in violation of this act.Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 9, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-610 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-610. Violations - Fines and penalties - Collection of fines.

|Any person who shall disobey or violate any of the provisions of this act or any of the orders, rules, regulations or adjudications of the Commission made pursuant to this act shall be punished for contempt. Punishment by the Commission in proceedings for contempt shall be imprisonment in the county jail of Oklahoma County for not more than one (1) year and/or a fine not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Each day the disobedience or violation continues shall constitute a separate and additional contempt and shall be punished by separate and additional fines each in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Any fine or penalty assessed under the provisions of this act shall constitute a lien upon all the property of the offender within the state, except the homestead of the offender. Before any fine or penalty shall become a lien upon any property of the offender as against third persons, a copy of the order or adjudication of the Commission assessing the fine or penalty, certified by the Secretary of the Commission, shall be filed in the offices of the court clerk and the county clerk of the county where the property of the offender is located and entered on the judgment docket of the court of said county. If the fine is not paid to the Commission within thirty (30) days after the final order or judgment of the Commission imposing the same, the Commission shall issue an execution directed to the Director of the Commission's Oil and Gas Conservation Division to levy upon any property of the offender found within the state, and to sell and dispose of the same in the manner now provided by law and required of sheriffs in this state in the levy upon and sale of property under an execution upon a judgment of a district court of the state. All costs incurred in the issuance, execution and sale under such levy shall be taxed against the offender and collected in the same manner provided herein for the collection of such fine. All monies collected as fines or penalties under the provisions of this act shall, when paid into or received by the Commission, be paid to the State Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the Corporation Commission Revolving Fund. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 10, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-611 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-611. Injunctions.

|The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma or any person entitled to institute proceedings or apply for a hearing under Section 8 of this act may in the name of the state bring an action in the district courts of this state for an injunction, enjoining and prohibiting any person from violating the provisions of this act or any order, rule or regulation of the Commission promulgated pursuant to this act. An action for an injunction instituted under this section shall not suspend or prohibit any proceedings instituted by the Commission pursuant to this act. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 11, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-612 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-612. Nonresident transferees - Service of process.

|A transferee who is a nonresident of this state, and any persons acting in concert or participating with or controlling such transferee, who makes or solicits an offer to effect a transfer, or who makes an agreement to effect a transfer, shall be deemed: |1. To have agreed to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission and the courts of the state with respect to any action or proceeding commenced under this act;2. To have designated the Secretary of State as the lawful agent for receipt of service of process with respect to any action or proceeding commenced under this act, if no such agent has previously been designated; and3. To have agreed that any summons or other notice of suit or proceeding served on the Secretary of State as agent for service of process shall have the same legal force and validity as if personally served in this state, provided that the addresses of the transferee, or persons acting in concert or participating with or controlling such transferee, are known to the Commission or the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State promptly sends notice of service and a copy of the process by registered mail to the transferee, and persons acting in concert or participating with or controlling such transferee, on or before the return day of the process, or within such further time as the Commission may allow.Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 12, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-613 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-613. Statute of limitations.

|No action or other proceeding shall be commenced under this act challenging the validity or effectiveness of any transfer later than three (3) years after the effective date of such transfer. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 13, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-614 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-614. Application of act.

|This act shall apply to any transfer consummated after the effective date of this act. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 14, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
52 OK Stat § 52-801 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-801. Exploration Rights Act of 2011.

|Sections 3 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Exploration Rights Act of 2011”. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 3.
52 OK Stat § 52-803 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-803. Surface estate – Interference with solar energy agreement – Notice

|A. Unless specifically provided otherwise in an instrument transferring or retaining title to the mineral estate separate from the surface estate, and subject to, and consistent with, the provisions of the surface damages statutes and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations, within a tract of real property, the mineral owner has had, and shall hereafter continue to have, the right to make reasonable use of the surface estate, including the right of ingress and egress therefor, for the purpose of exploring, severing, capturing and producing the minerals underlying the tract of real property or lands spaced or pooled therewith. |B. Notwithstanding any provision in a wind or solar energy agreement in effect on, or entered into after, May 10, 2011, or the provisions of the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act, as the same is in effect or hereafter amended, the lessee of a wind or solar energy agreement or the wind energy developer shall not unreasonably interfere with the mineral owner's right to make reasonable use of the surface estate, including the right of ingress and egress therefor, for the purpose of exploring, severing, capturing and producing the minerals.C. It is the intent of the Exploration Rights Act of 2011 to confirm the mineral owner's historical right to make reasonable use of the surface estate, including the right of ingress and egress therefor, for the purpose of exploring, severing, capturing and producing the minerals, and nothing in this act is intended to expand or diminish those historical rights. Further, nothing in this act shall amend or modify the surface damages statutes or be interpreted to grant, expand or diminish any person's rights therein.D. For any alleged breach or violation of the Exploration Rights Act of 2011, any affected person may petition the district court in the county in which the real property is located for either declaratory relief pursuant to Sections 1651 through 1657 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or injunctive relief pursuant to Sections 1381 through 1397 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both, in addition to any other remedies at law or in equity that may otherwise be available.Added by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 5. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 45, § 3, emerg. eff. April 17, 2017.
52 OK Stat § 52-804 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-804. Eminent domain.

|Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whether expressly or by implication, except as specifically authorized by Section 36.3 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, no mineral estate shall be subject to or taken by eminent domain proceedings, unless the owner of the mineral estate expressly consents to the mineral estate being included in an eminent domain proceeding. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 6.
52 OK Stat § 52-805 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-805. Cumulative rights.

|The provisions of the Exploration Rights Act of 2011, and the rights granted under the act, are intended to be cumulative with all other rights a person may otherwise have at law or in equity. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 7.
52 OK Stat § 52-901 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-901. Short title.

|Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Energy Litigation Reform Act". |Added by Laws 2012, c. 201, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012.
52 OK Stat § 52-902 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-902. Construction of oil and gas contracts, statutes and governmental orders.

|The sanctity of private agreements, and the consistent and predictable application and interpretation of statutes, governmental orders and common law, being essential to the oil and gas industry, the following are declared to be paramount rules of construction to be applied by the courts of this state in the construction of private agreements, statutes and governmental orders relating to the exploration for, operations for, producing of, or marketing oil or gas, or disbursing proceeds of production of oil or gas: |1. A person is bound as a reasonably prudent operator to operate the well on behalf of all owners in the well and perform any duties owed to any person under a private agreement, statute, governmental order or common law relating to the exploration for, operations for, producing of, or marketing oil or gas, or disbursing proceeds of production of oil or gas, and performance of the duties described herein is that performance which an operator acting reasonably would have undertaken given the circumstances at the time, without being required to subordinate its own business interests, but with due regard to the interests of all affected parties, including the operator; and2. There shall not be implied in the duties in paragraph 1 of this section or otherwise any fiduciary duty, quasi-fiduciary duty or other similar special relationship in any private agreement, statute or governmental order or common law relating to the exploration for, operations for, producing of, or marketing oil or gas, or disbursing proceeds of production of oil or gas.Nothing in this section shall either prohibit the parties to a private agreement from expressly agreeing in writing otherwise or prohibit the Legislature from expressly providing otherwise in any statute subsequently enacted or prohibit any governmental order from expressly providing otherwise to the extent within the power or authority of the issuer of such order. However, the provisions of paragraph 2 of this section shall not apply to Sections 287.1 through 287.15 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes and nothing in this act shall be interpreted to relieve an operator or owner from any obligation or duty set forth expressly in the Production Revenue Standards Act or the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act; provided the performance of such obligations or duties shall be subject to the same reasonably prudent operator standard set forth in paragraph 1 of this section.Added by Laws 2012, c. 201, § 2, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012.
52 OK Stat § 52-903 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-903. Failure to pay proceeds from production - Remedies.

|Except for the right to enforce lien rights under private agreement or under Sections 548 through 549.12 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes and except where specific remedies are provided by private agreement, and as long as paragraph 1 of subsection D of Section 570.10 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes provides for an interest rate equal to or greater than twelve percent (12%) compounded annually, the Production Revenue Standards Act shall provide the exclusive remedy to a person entitled to proceeds from production for failure of a holder to pay the proceeds within the time periods required for payment. The interest amounts set forth in subsection D of Section 570.10 and the remedies set forth in subsection C of Section 570.14 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, with the term “actual damages” as used therein being limited to the proceeds due and the interest as provided in subsection D of Section 570.10 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, are deemed to be adequate remedies for failure to pay proceeds within the time periods required for payment and no other penalty or damages shall be recoverable in any litigation involving a claim for unpaid or underpaid proceeds from production including, without limitation, punitive or exemplary damages or disgorgement damages, unless there shall be a determination by the finder of fact upon clear and convincing evidence that the holder who failed to pay such proceeds did so with the actual, knowing and willful intent: (a) to deceive the person to whom the proceeds were due, or (b) to deprive proceeds from the person the holder knows, or is aware, is legally entitled thereto. |Added by Laws 2012, c. 201, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012.
53 OK Stat § 53-1.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations|§53-1.1. Short title.

|Sections 1.1 through 5.1 of Title 53 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Historical Preservation Act". |Added by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 3, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988.
53 OK Stat § 53-1.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations|§53-1.2. Oklahoma Historical Society - Membership - Powers - Expenditures of state funds - Disposition of collections of property.

|A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Historical Society consisting of members who have heretofore become and are now members of said Society, and such others as may be admitted and elected as members thereof, in accordance with the terms of the constitution and bylaws, or as otherwise provided by the the Oklahoma Historical Preservation Act. |B. The Oklahoma Historical Society is hereby declared to be an organized agency of the State of Oklahoma, with power to formulate and promulgate, rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act by means of its constitution and bylaws, and resolutions for its government and regulation subject to the laws of the state.C. The Oklahoma Historical Society shall faithfully expend and apply all money received from the state to the uses and purposes directed by law. The Society shall hold all its present and future collections of property for the state, and shall not sell, mortgage or dispose of any such property without authority of law.Added by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 4, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988.
53 OK Stat § 53-1.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations|§53-1.3. Duties.

|It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Historical Society to: |1. Collect, purchase, catalog, store, preserve, conserve and maintain books, maps, photographs, newspapers, records, reports, manuscripts, charts, paintings, three-dimensional artifacts and other materials germane to the history of Oklahoma, the Indian and the West;2. Gather and utilize collected materials to create interpretive exhibits illustrative of the history of Oklahoma, the United States and the world in the Oklahoma Museum of History and at other assigned museums and historic sites;3. Prepare and publish materials relative to the history of the State of Oklahoma. Such materials may be offered for sale to the public at museums and historic sites operated by the Society;4. Prepare and publish matters relating to the Society's transactions and research as may be useful to its membership and the public. Such publications shall include an annual report of its collections;5. Develop an oral history program for the State of Oklahoma designed to promote the preservation and utilization of oral history within the state concerning significant elements of the social, political, economic, cultural, educational, ethnic and military history of the geographical area now known as the State of Oklahoma; transcribe, index, catalog and maintain the results of these interviews to make them readily available to the public and historical researchers;6. Develop an educational program for the purpose of making available to schools and the public information pertaining to the history of Oklahoma through the utilization of collections and properties held by the Society. Reasonable charges may be made for the dissemination of any such facts or information; and7. Work with the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission to prepare a master report for the Governor and Legislature on promotion, enhancement and preservation of the military history of Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 5, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 253, § 4, operative July 1, 1991; Laws 2000, c. 111, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 289, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
53 OK Stat § 53-1.4a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations|§53-1.4a. Office of Tribal Relations.

|A. There is hereby created within the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society the Office of Tribal Relations. The Office of Tribal Relations shall: |1. Gather, preserve, and maintain all records, documents, and material related to negotiations and agreements between tribal governments and the state and political subdivisions;2. Maintain an archive of all compacts and agreements between tribal governments and the state and political subdivisions; and3. Organize the compacts, agreements and related documents and material in a manner that is accessible to the public.B. The Oklahoma Historical Society shall provide suitable office space for the Office of Tribal Relations.Added by Laws 2005, c. 392, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005.
53 OK Stat § 53-1.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations|§53-1.5. Arts and crafts programs, exhibits and shows on state property.

|The Oklahoma Historical Society may conduct arts and crafts programs, exhibits and shows on state property under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Historical Society. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 10, operative July 1, 1987. Renumbered from Title 53, § 2B by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 15, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988; Laws 2003, c. 289, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.