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TN Code § 60-1-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-507. Supervisor to Correct Problems Upon Failure of Owner, Operator or Surety

 Whenever the supervisor has determined that an owner or operator has failed or neglected to drill, case, operate, repair or plug a mineral test hole in accordance with this part or the rules or orders adopted hereunder, notice of the determination shall be given to the owner or operator and to the surety executing the bond filed by such owner or operator, along with an order to correct the problem. If the owner or operator, or surety, fails to correct the specified conditions in accordance with the rule or order of the supervisor within sixty (60) days after service of notice, the supervisor may enter into or upon any private or public property on which the well is located, and across any private or public property to reach the mineral test hole, and repair or correct the specified condition, and the owner, operator and surety shall be jointly and severally liable for all expenses incurred. The supervisor shall certify to the owner, operator and surety the claim of the state, listing therein the items of expense in making the repair or correction. The claims shall be paid by the owner or operator, or surety, within thirty (30) days, and, if not paid within that time, the supervisor may bring suit in the circuit or chancery court against the owner, operator and surety, jointly and severally, for the collection.
TN Code § 60-1-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-508. Actions Prohibited

 It is unlawful for any person to:   Violate any of this part or any rule or order of the supervisor or board;   Make false entry or statement in any required report or record;   Omit or cause to be omitted from any required report or record full, true and correct entries as required by this part;   Fail in providing, within a reasonable time, a copy of any report or record requested by the supervisor; and   Cause surface or subsurface pollution in the drilling, operation, or plugging of mineral test holes subject to this part.
TN Code § 60-1-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-509. Civil and Criminal Penalties

  Any person or operator who violates any of this part or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or who fails to perform the duties imposed by these provisions or who fails or refuses to obtain a permit as provided herein, or who violates any determination or order promulgated pursuant to this part is liable to a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day during which such violation continues, and, in addition, may be enjoined from continuing such violation as hereinafter provided. The penalties shall be assessed and subject to appeal in accordance with § 60-1-401.   It shall be the duty of the district attorneys general in the various judicial districts throughout the state, or the attorney general and reporter, upon the request of the supervisor, to bring an action for the recovery of the penalties herein provided for and to bring an action for a restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction, against any operator or other person violating or threatening to violate any of this part or violating or threatening to violate any order or determination promulgated pursuant to this part.   Any person who willfully and knowingly falsifies any records, information, plans, specifications, or other data required by the board or the supervisor or who willfully fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with any of this part is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor; provided, that no process by warrant, presentment or indictment shall be issued except upon application of the board or commissioner or such application for process authorized by them.   Nothing in this part shall abrogate the right of any person who is materially or personally damaged or injured by the drilling of a mineral test hole to seek remedies against the responsible person in the courts.
TN Code § 60-1-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-510. Injunctions

  When there is reason to believe that a person is violating or is about to violate or has violated any of this part or any permits or orders issued thereunder, the supervisor may institute proceedings in the chancery court of the county in which the alleged violation occurred for injunctive relief to prevent continuance of such action or to correct the conditions resulting in or about to result therefrom, or both. The court shall grant the injunction without the necessity of showing a lack of adequate remedy at law upon a showing by the supervisor that such person is violating or is about to violate or has violated one (1) or more of the permanent or temporary injunctions, prohibitory or mandatory, and restraining orders.   The supervisor may bring suit for injunctive enforcement of any order made by the supervisor when such order has become final as a result of any person's failure to appeal to the board, and such person has failed to comply with the order. In such suits all findings of fact contained in the order and complaint shall be deemed to be final, and not subject to review except as to receipt of notice of the order, but the defendant may proffer evidence showing that the defendant has in fact complied with the supervisor's order. The order made by the supervisor in such cases shall be prima facie reasonable and valid, and it shall be presumed that the supervisor has complied with all requirements of the law. The board may likewise bring suit for enforcement of any order made by it, which has become final either by failure of any person to appeal the board's order or by an appellate court's decision against any person who fails to comply with such final order. In such suits, the board's decision shall not be subject to challenge as to matters of law or fact, but the violator may proffer evidence showing that the violator has in fact complied with the board's order.   Any suit for an injunction brought by the supervisor shall be filed in the chancery court of the county in which all or a part of the violation is or is about to occur, in the name of the department, by the district attorney general at the direction of the supervisor or the board and under the supervision of the attorney general and reporter. Such proceedings shall not be tried by jury. Appeals from judgments or decrees of the chancery court in proceedings brought under this part shall lie to the supreme court despite the fact that controverted questions of fact may be involved.
TN Code § 60-1-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-511. Part Supplemental

 This part shall not operate to repeal or affect any of the laws of the state relating to the pollution of the air or waters thereof, or any conservation or mining laws, but shall be held and construed as ancillary and supplemental thereto.
TN Code § 60-1-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known as and may be cited as the “Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation Act of 1984.”
TN Code § 60-1-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-602. Purpose

  The general assembly finds that the exploration for and development of oil and gas reserves must coexist with the equal right to the use, agricultural or otherwise, of the surface of land within this state.   It is the purpose of this part to provide constitutionally permissible protection and compensation to surface owners of land on which oil and gas wells are drilled for the burden resulting from such drilling operations. This part shall be interpreted to benefit surface owners regardless of when any particular oil and gas estate was separated from the surface estate and regardless of who executed that document.
TN Code § 60-1-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-603. Part Definitions

 For purposes of this part and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms listed below will have the following meaning:   “Drilling operation” means the actual drilling or redrilling of an oil or gas well and the related preparation of the drilling site and access roads, which requires entry upon the surface estate;   “Oil and gas developer” means the person who acquires the oil and gas estate by any legal means for the purpose of extracting therefrom oil or gas;   “Person” means any natural person, corporation, firm, partnership, venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary or other representative of any kind, and includes any government or any political subdivision or agency thereof;   “Surface owner” means a person who owns an estate in fee in the surface of land overlying an oil and gas estate being developed, either solely or as a co-owner.
TN Code § 60-1-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-604. Compensation of Surface Owners for Drilling Operations

 The oil and gas developer shall be obligated to pay the surface owner for:   Lost income or expenses incurred as a result of being unable to dedicate land actually occupied by the driller's operation or to which access is prevented by such drilling operation to the uses to which it was dedicated prior to commencement of the activity for which a permit was obtained, measured from the date the operator enters upon the land;   The market value of crops destroyed, damaged or prevented from reaching market;   Any damage to a water supply in use prior to the commencement of the permitted activity;   The cost of repair of personal property up to the value of replacement by personal property of like age, wear and quality; and   The diminution in value, if any, of the surface lands and other property after completion of the surface disturbance done pursuant to the activity for which the permit was issued, determined according to the actual use made thereof by the surface owner immediately prior to the commencement of the permitted activity.
TN Code § 60-1-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-605. Notice of Claim

 Any surface owner, to receive compensation under this part shall notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the oil and gas developer of the damages sustained by the person within three (3) years after the injury occurs.
TN Code § 60-1-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-606. Response to Persons Seeking Compensation

 Within sixty (60) days after the oil and gas developer receives notice of damages, the oil and gas developer shall make a written response to the person seeking compensation for the damages.
TN Code § 60-1-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-607. Arbitration

  If the person seeking compensation receives a written rejection, rejects any counter-offer of the oil and gas developer, or receives no reply, that person may bring an action for compensation in a court of proper jurisdiction or the parties may elect to proceed by arbitration as provided herein. If the amount of compensation awarded by arbitration or the court is greater than that which had been offered by the oil and gas developer, the person seeking compensation shall also be awarded reasonable attorney fees, costs of expert witnesses, any other costs which may be legally assessed, and interest on the amount of the final compensation awarded from the day drilling was commenced.   The person seeking compensation, in place of bringing an action in court, can request of the oil and gas developer in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, that compensation be determined by binding arbitration. If the oil and gas developer agrees to binding arbitration, the developer shall notify the person seeking compensation of consent to arbitration in writing within fifteen (15) days of receiving the request.    In the event of binding arbitration, compensation to be awarded the surface owner shall be determined by a disinterested arbitrator chosen by the surface owner and the oil and gas developer from a list of arbitrators approved by the American Arbitration Association.   Such hearings shall be conducted as provided in title 29, chapter 5, part 3.     Each party shall pay one-half (½) the compensation due the arbitrator.
TN Code § 60-1-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 6 - Oil and Gas Surface Owners Compensation|§ 60-1-608. Common Law Remedies Preserved

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to diminish in any way the common law remedies, including damages, of a surface owner or any other person against the oil and gas developer for the unreasonable, negligent or otherwise wrongful exercise of the contractual right, whether express or implied, to use the surface of the land for the benefit of the developer's interest.
TN Code § 60-1-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 7 - Environmental Protection|§ 60-1-701. Measures by Operator at Well Site

 At the well site, the operator shall take measures to prevent or minimize soil erosion and pollution of surface waters during the life of the operation. Such measures shall include sediment ponds, berms, diversion ditches, hay bales, and other measures designed to prevent erosion and discharge of pollutants from the well site.
TN Code § 60-1-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 7 - Environmental Protection|§ 60-1-702. Access Roads

  Access roads shall be constructed in such a manner as to reduce erosion to a practical minimum.   Any regulations promulgated pursuant to this part concerning access roads shall be guidelines only and shall not be mandatory.
TN Code § 60-1-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 7 - Environmental Protection|§ 60-1-703. Manner of Accomplishing Reclamation of Disturbed Areas

 Reclamation of all disturbed areas shall be accomplished in the following manner:   The vegetative cover must be diverse, effective, and permanent. It must be capable of long-term stabilization of the soil and must not impede natural vegetative succession or interfere with surrounding vegetative cover;   The permanent reclamation plant species must be capable of self-regeneration and must have the same seasonal characteristics of growth as the original vegetation. A different plant species not having these characteristics may be used to establish a quick-growing, temporary cover to stabilize the disturbed area;   Suitable mulch and soil nutrients shall be applied where necessary to stabilize a regraded area and to establish the vegetative cover;   Except for active work areas, a temporary vegetative cover shall be planted on all disturbed areas within thirty (30) days of the initial disturbance;   Within thirty (30) days of the plugging of a well, the permanent vegetative cover shall be planted on all disturbed areas;   Access roads are subject to all the above reclamation requirements unless the landowner establishes by sworn affidavit that a road will continue to be used for other legitimate purposes and maintained in usable condition, which condition reduces erosion to a practical minimum, by the surface owner. An access road may continue to be used by the operator to gain access to the well site in order to determine the adequacy of the vegetation cover or to perform additional revegetation;   Revegetation success shall not be determined until after two (2) successfully completed growing seasons have occurred; and   Revegetation shall be considered successful if a ground cover of at least ninety percent (90%) herbaceous and/or woody species is achieved, so long as at least eighty percent (80%) are perennial species.
TN Code § 60-1-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 7 - Environmental Protection|§ 60-1-704. Release of Reclamation Bond

  Upon satisfactory completion of regrading and revegetation of all disturbed areas except active work areas and access roads needed for oil or gas production, the supervisor shall release one third (1/3) of the reclamation bond. After plugging, and upon final reclamation and satisfactory survival of the vegetation through two (2) growing seasons, the supervisor shall release the remainder of the reclamation bond.   For the purposes of this section, “active work area” means that portion of the initially disturbed area necessary for production-related equipment, materials and facilities, as determined by the supervisor.
TN Code § 60-1-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 7 - Environmental Protection|§ 60-1-705. Failure to Perform — Forfeiture of Bond — Securing Performance

 Upon failure of any operator to perform site protection or reclamation activities, as required by this chapter, and notice of default, if the default is not cured within a reasonable time by the operator or the surety, if any, on the operator's bond, the board shall declare the bond forfeited, collect the bond and use the proceeds for the required site protection or reclamation work. The supervisor may contract with any person or public agency to perform the reclamation work. Any portion of the bond not thus expended shall be refunded to the operator or the operator's surety if the conditions of the bond are fully satisfied. If the conditions of the bond are not fully satisfied, because the bond is a blanket bond or otherwise, the unexpended proceeds shall be held or applied in a manner to secure the performance of the remaining obligations secured by the bond. If the bond is a blanket bond and the unexpended portion is less than is required for the remaining wells covered by the bond, a supplementary bond shall be required.
TN Code § 61-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 61 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 61-1-102. Knowledge and Notice

  A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of it.   A person has notice of a fact if the person:  Knows of it;   Has received a notification of it; or   Has reason to know it exists from all of the facts known to the person at the time in question.     A person notifies or gives a notification to another by taking steps reasonably calculated to inform the other person in ordinary course of business, whether or not the other person learns of it.   A person receives a notification when the notification:  Comes to the person's attention; or   Is duly delivered at the person's place of business or at any other place held out by the person as a place for receiving communications.     Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), a person other than an individual knows, has notice, or receives a notification of a fact for purposes of a particular transaction when the individual conducting the transaction knows, has notice, or receives a notification of the fact, or in any event when the fact would have been brought to the individual's attention if the person had exercised reasonable diligence. The person exercises reasonable diligence if such person maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the individual conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an individual acting for the person to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.   A partner's knowledge, notice, or receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as knowledge by, notice to, or receipt of a notification by the partnership, but is not effective as such if the partner committed or consented to a fraud on the partnership.
TN Code § 61-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 61 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 61-1-103. Effect of Partnership Agreement — Nonwaivable Provisions

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, this chapter governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership.   The partnership agreement may not:  Vary the rights and duties under § 61-1-105 except to eliminate the duty to provide copies of statements to all of the partners;   Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under § 61-1-403(b);   Eliminate the duty of loyalty under § 61-1-404(b)(1) and (2) or § 61-1-603(b)(3), but:  The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not manifestly unreasonable; or   All of the partners or a number or percentage specified in the partnership agreement may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty;     Unreasonably reduce the duty of care under § 61-1-404(c) or § 61-1-603(b)(3);   Eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under § 61-1-404(d), but the partnership agreement may prescribe the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured, if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable;   Vary the power to dissociate as a partner under § 61-1-602(a), except to require the notice under § 61-1-601(1) to be in writing;   Vary the right of a court to expel a partner in the events specified in § 61-1-601(5);   Vary the requirement to wind up the partnership business in cases specified in § 61-1-801(4), (5), or (6); or   Vary the law applicable to a limited liability partnership under § 61-1-106(c).
TN Code § 61-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 61 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 61-1-104. Supplemental Principles of Law

  Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.   If an obligation to pay interest arises under this chapter and the rate is not specified, the rate is the applicable federal rate as determined from time to time by the United States treasury pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 1274(d) or any successor law.   The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this chapter.