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AR Code § 15-44-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 44 - Miscellaneous Wildlife Regulations|§ 15-44-114. Wildlife causing crop damage

 (a) Upon the request of any farmer with demonstrated damage to an agricultural crop from wildlife, the game warden shall assist the farmer by implementation of a control program to relocate or eradicate the wildlife which is causing injury to the crop of the farmer.  (b) The program developed by the game warden may authorize the farmer for limited use of nighttime hunting of the specific wildlife causing damage to the crop.  (c) Any program developed under the provisions of this section shall be exempt from all hunting laws of the State of Arkansas, except those federal and state laws which prohibit destruction of endangered or protected species.
AR Code § 15-46-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 4 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 46 - Control Of Predators And Pests|§ 15-46-106. Elimination of double-crested cormorants

 The double-crested cormorant is hereby declared a nuisance and the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission is requested to work with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arkansas congressional delegation to permit bona fide fish farmers and other owners of private lakes in Arkansas to eliminate depredating double-crested cormorants under such terms as may be agreed upon by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
AR Code § 15-60-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-101. Chapter cumulative

 This chapter is not intended to repeal any law now in force in this state except insofar as it is in direct conflict with the provisions hereof, but shall be cumulative thereto.
AR Code § 15-60-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-102. Penalty

 Any violation of this chapter, or any part thereof, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
AR Code § 15-60-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-103. License required

 It shall be unlawful for any person, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust to engage in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, refining, purchasing, or receiving for sale ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury without first procuring the license provided for by this chapter.
AR Code § 15-60-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-104. License application

 (a) The application for a license authorizing the carrying on of the businesses defined in § 15-60-106(a) and (b) shall be made to the county clerk of the county in which the business is to be conducted.  (b) The application shall be in writing and shall contain the full names and addresses of the applicants. In the case of associations, partnerships, copartnerships, and firms, it shall contain the full names and addresses of the members thereof and in the case of joint-stock companies, corporations, and trusts, the full names and addresses of the officers and directors thereof, together with the places within the county where the business is to be conducted.  (c) The application shall be sworn to by the person making it.
AR Code § 15-60-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-105. Contents of license

 Every license issued by the county clerk shall:   (1) Contain the full name and address of the licensee. In the case of a group of persons participating together, associations, partnerships, copartnerships, and firms, it shall contain the full names and addresses of the members thereof and in the case of joint-stock companies, corporations, and trusts, the full names and addresses of the officers and directors thereof;  (2) State the date issued and the expiration date thereof; and  (3) State the county in which the license is valid and effective.
AR Code § 15-60-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-106. License tax

 (a) Every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, refining, purchasing, or receiving for sale ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) a year to each county in which he, she, or it engages in business.  (b) Every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of purchasing for resale distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) a year to each county in which he, she, or it engages in business.  (c) The license tax provided for in this chapter is for the privilege of engaging in the businesses set out in the provisions of this chapter and entitles the licensee to a permit to carry on the business or occupation.
AR Code § 15-60-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-107. Receipt prerequisite to license issuance

 Before any county clerk shall issue a license to any applicant therefor, there shall be exhibited to the clerk a receipt from the sheriff of the county as evidence that the license tax has been paid.
AR Code § 15-60-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-108. License issuance and expiration

 Every license granted shall date from the first day of the month in which it is issued and expire on the following December 31.
AR Code § 15-60-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-109. Record of license application and issuance

 It shall be the duty of the county clerk to record each application and each license issued in the mining records of the county.
AR Code § 15-60-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-110. Payment of clerk and sheriff

 (a) The clerk shall be entitled to and receive from the county a fee of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for his or her services in receiving each application, issuing the license based thereon, and recording the application and license.  (b) The sheriff shall be entitled to and receive from the county five percent (5%) of each license fee collected.
AR Code § 15-60-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-111. Records to be kept by refiners and purchasers of ore

 It shall be the duty of every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, refining, purchasing, or receiving for sale ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury, to keep a record containing the following information:   (1) The full name and address of the person from whom ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury were purchased;  (2) The name of the person, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust on whose behalf the ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury were delivered;  (3) The weight, amount, and a short description of each lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury purchased;  (4) The date of delivery, the date of purchase, and the purchase price of each lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury;  (5) The name and location of the mine or claim from which each purchased lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury was mined or procured;  (6) The name and address of the purchaser on resale, in case of resale, of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury;  (7) The date of delivery and the weight, amount, and a short description of each such lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury resold, in case of a resale; and  (8) The date of delivery or shipment, the weight, the amount, the sale price received, and the name of the person, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust to whom any and all distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury was sold.
AR Code § 15-60-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-112. Records to be kept by purchasers of refined mercury for resale

 It shall be the duty of every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of purchasing for resale distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury to keep a record containing the following information:   (1) The full name and address of the person from whom distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury was purchased;  (2) The name of the person, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust on whose behalf distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury was delivered;  (3) The weight, amount, date of delivery, date of purchase, purchase price, description of the container, and a short description of the metal, of the distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury purchased;  (4) The name and location of the mine or claim from which each purchased lot of distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury was mined or procured;  (5) The name and location of the mill, plant, retort, or other reduction apparatus from which distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury so purchased had been produced; and  (6) The name and address of the purchaser on resale, date of delivery or shipment, the weight, the amount, the sale price received, and a short description of the distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury.
AR Code § 15-60-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-113. Inspection and preservation of records

 The records required to be kept by §§ 15-60-111 and 15-60-112 shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times by the sheriff, Department of Arkansas State Police, and prosecuting attorney. The records of each transaction must be kept for a period of at least three (3) years.
AR Code § 15-60-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-114. Failure to preserve records or permit inspection — False statements in application

 Any licensee under this chapter shall forfeit his, her, or its licenses and be guilty of a misdemeanor if he, she, or it:   (1) Fails, neglects, or refuses to keep and preserve the records provided for in this chapter;  (2) Knowingly makes any false entries upon and within the records;  (3) Causes any false or fictitious names upon and within the records;  (4) Refuses to permit any authorized person to inspect the records or entries therein; or  (5) Makes false statements concerning the application for license.
AR Code § 15-60-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 60 - Mercury Refiners|§ 15-60-115. Disposition of funds

 All license taxes collected, forfeited bail received, and fines collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the county general fund.
AR Code § 15-71-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-101. Creation

 There is created the Oil and Gas Commission, hereinafter in this act called the “commission”, to be appointed by the Governor.
AR Code § 15-71-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-102. Members

 (a) The Oil and Gas Commission shall consist of nine (9) members, each to be appointed for a term of six (6) years, and, in event of a vacancy, the Governor shall by appointment fill the unexpired term.  (b) All of the members of the commission shall be residents and citizens of the State of Arkansas and at least twenty-one (21) years of age, at least a majority of whom shall be experienced in the development, production, or transportation of oil or gas.  (c) Each member shall qualify by taking an oath of office and shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.  (d) Each member may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 15-71-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-103. Organization — Meetings

 (a) The Oil and Gas Commission shall elect from its number a chair.  (b) The commission shall establish an office at the county seat of some county in Arkansas in which oil or gas is produced, which place shall be designated by resolution of the commission and at which the records of the commission shall be kept.  (c) The commission shall meet or hold hearings at times and places found by the commission to be necessary to carry out its duties.  (d)  (1) A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of those voting for and against the adoption or promulgation of any rule or order shall be necessary for the adoption or promulgation of the rule or order.  (2) However, in no event shall any rule or order be adopted or promulgated without receiving at least five (5) affirmative votes.
AR Code § 15-71-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-104. Counsel for the commission

 (a)  (1) The Oil and Gas Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment, may employ an attorney to provide specialized professional services in matters requiring legal representation.  (2) However, any contract for legal representation shall be subject to approval by the Attorney General, who shall otherwise be attorney for the commission.    (b) Any member of the commission or the secretary thereof shall have power to administer oaths to any witness in any hearing, investigation, or proceeding contemplated by this act or by any other law of this state relating to the conservation of oil or gas.
AR Code § 15-71-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-105. Director of Production and Conservation

 (a)  (1) The Oil and Gas Commission may appoint one (1) Director of Production and Conservation.  (2) The appointment under subdivision (a)(1) of this section is with the approval of the Governor.  (3) The director serves at the pleasure of the Governor at the salary set by law.  (4) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment.    (b) The commission and the Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment may authorize the director to employ other assistants, petroleum and natural gas engineers, bookkeepers, auditors, gaugers, and stenographers and other employees as necessary to properly administer and enforce the provisions of this act.  (c) The director shall:  (1) Be the ex officio secretary of the commission;  (2) Keep all minutes and records of the commission;  (3) Collect and remit to the Treasurer of State all moneys collected by the commission;  (4) Be the executive officer and administrator for all oil and gas activities regulated by the commission;  (5) Initiate and settle a civil or an administrative action to compel compliance with:  (A) A law administered by the commission; or  (B) An order or rule issued by the commission;    (6) Administer the day-to-day activities of the commission, including without limitation the commission's fiscal and personnel activities; and  (7) Perform any other duty or act required or authorized by law or the rules or orders of the commission.
AR Code § 15-71-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-106. Hearing officer

 (a) The Oil and Gas Commission may appoint one (1) hearing officer to preside at all public hearings of the commission.  (b) The hearing officer may administer oaths and conduct hearings in conformity with the laws of this state applicable to hearings and proceedings before the commission and the rules of the commission.
AR Code § 15-71-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-107. Control or regulation of oil and gas production — Assessment on production — Use of money — Increase in assessment

 (a)  (1) All common sources of supply of crude oil discovered after January 1, 1937, if so found necessary by the Oil and Gas Commission, shall have the production of oil therefrom controlled or regulated in accordance with the provisions of this act.  (2)  (A)  (i) The commission is authorized to assess from time to time against each barrel of oil produced and saved a charge not to exceed fifty (50) mills on each barrel.  (ii) The charge that may be assessed pursuant to this subsection shall apply to each barrel of oil produced and saved, including that from common sources of supply discovered prior to January 1, 1937.    (B) All moneys so collected shall be used solely to pay the expenses and other costs in connection with the administration of this law.      (b)  (1) All common sources of supply of natural gas discovered after January 1, 1937, if so found necessary by the commission, shall have the production of gas therefrom controlled or regulated in accordance with the provisions of this act.  (2)  (A)  (i) The commission is authorized to assess from time to time against each one thousand cubic feet (1,000 cu. ft.) of gas produced and saved from a gas well a charge not to exceed ten (10) mills on each one thousand cubic feet (1,000 cu. ft.) of gas.  (ii) The charge that may be assessed pursuant to this subsection shall apply to each one thousand cubic feet (1,000 cu. ft.) of natural gas produced and saved, including that from common sources of supply discovered prior to January 1, 1937.    (B) All moneys collected under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section shall be used as follows:  (i) The first four and one-half (4½) mills of each gas assessment levied each fiscal year until July 1, 2021, shall be deposited as general revenues; and  (ii) The remainder shall be used to pay the expenses and other costs in connection with the administration of this law.        (c) Before the commission implements the collection process of any increase in the millage assessment that may be authorized by law on each barrel of oil or on each one thousand cubic feet (1,000 cu. ft.) of gas, the commission shall first seek review from the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee.
AR Code § 15-71-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-108. Purchaser to deduct and remit assessment to commission — Remission by producer

 (a) A person purchasing oil in this state at the well or a person selling gas at the first point of sale under a contract or agreement requiring payments for production to the respective owners thereof, in respect of which production any sums assessed under the provisions of § 15-71-107 are payable to the Oil and Gas Commission, is authorized, empowered, and required to deduct from any sum so payable to a person the amount due the commission by virtue of the assessment and remit that sum to the commission.  (b) A person taking oil or gas from a well in this state for use or resale, in respect of which production any sums assessed under the provisions of § 15-71-107 are payable to the commission, shall remit any sum so due to the commission in accordance with the commission's rules.
AR Code § 15-71-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission|§ 15-71-109. Oil and Gas Commission Fund — Payment of commission vouchers

 (a) All moneys collected under this act, except the first four and one-half (4½) mills on gas assessments levied each fiscal year until July 1, 2021, under § 15-71-107(b)(2)(A)(i), when paid to the Treasurer of State, shall be deposited to the credit of the Oil and Gas Commission Fund.  (b) The Auditor of State is directed to honor vouchers drawn by the Chair of the Oil and Gas Commission or the disbursing agent designated by the Oil and Gas Commission, and the Treasurer of State is directed to pay warrants so issued. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the payment of any voucher unless the voucher has been audited prior to payment, as provided by law.