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LA Rev Stat § 30:131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§131. Surveys, reports and investigations

RS 131 - Surveys, reports and investigations The Department of Public Works, parish surveyors, State Highway Engineers, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and any board, department or institution of the state and the governing authorities of political subdivisions shall make such surveys, reports and investigations, and furnish such records and information as may be required by the State Mineral and Energy Board for the purposes of determining boundaries, character, title, location and other matters relating to lands. Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:132 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§132. Attorney for the board

RS 132 - Attorney for the board The attorney general shall be the attorney for the board, but the board shall have authority to employ additional counsel and fix and pay the compensation for such additional counsel or counselors, subject, however, to the authority of the attorney general and the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources to approve such counsel whereupon the attorney general shall issue, under his power of appointment of assistants, a commission to such counsel as assistant attorney general. However, any contract for legal services which exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be subject to approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 384, §1; Acts 1962, No. 352, §1; Acts 1964, No. 312, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1293, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 30:133 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§133. Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 491, §1

RS 133 - Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 491, §1
LA Rev Stat § 30:134 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§134. Roads, etc.; payment to parishes; compromise of claims

RS 134 - Roads, etc.; payment to parishes; compromise of claims The provisions of this Subpart shall extend to the public roads, canals, and similar properties, the title to which is in either the state or the parishes. Where road beds belonging to the parishes are leased by the board, the leases shall provide for the payment of a royalty to the parish in which production occurs of at least one-sixteenth of the minerals produced, to be used by the police jury for public purposes. The governor, the attorney general and the executive counsel or any two of them, may settle and compromise with the parishes or other claimants, all matters relating to lands or rights referred to in this Section, upon terms and conditions any two of them decide. In connection with agreements these officers, or any two of them, may stipulate for the reconveyance of lands to the state and for payment of royalties and rentals and the division thereof between the state and the parishes or other claimants.
LA Rev Stat § 30:135 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§135. Secretary and other employees

RS 135 - Secretary and other employees The Department of Natural Resources, through the office of mineral resources shall provide the necessary staff functions to assist the board in its leasing, supervisory, and other activities and the assistant secretary thereof shall serve as secretary to the board.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 291, §1; Acts 1977, No. 667, §1, eff. July 20, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 30:136.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§136.2. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1182, §11, eff. July 1, 2001.

RS 136.2 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1182, §11, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 30:136.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§136.3. Mineral and Energy Operation Fund

RS 136.3 - Mineral and Energy Operation Fund  A. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "Mineral and Energy Operation Fund", hereinafter referred to as the "fund".  B. Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year as required by Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the treasurer in each fiscal year shall pay into the fund revenues and amounts from the following sources:  (1) An amount equal to one million six hundred thousand dollars received by the state through the office of mineral resources from nonjudicial settlements, including but not limited to settlements of disputes of royalty audit findings, and court-awarded judgments and settlements. For Fiscal Years 2021-2022 through 2024-2025, an additional amount equal to nine hundred thousand dollars received by the state through the office of mineral resources from nonjudicial settlements, including but not limited to settlements of disputes of royalty audit findings, and court-awarded judgments and settlements.  (2) All income received under the provisions of R.S. 30:212(D).  (3) All revenues received from fees levied under the provisions of Subpart A of Part II of Chapter 2 of Subtitle I of this Title, comprised of R.S. 30:121 through 144, both inclusive.  (4) Monies from any other source from which revenues are designated for deposit to the fund.  C. Monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the state general fund.  D. The monies in the fund shall be appropriated by the legislature to the Department of Natural Resources to be used solely for the administration and regulation of minerals, ground water, and related energy activities.  E. In every year in which the department expends monies appropriated from this fund for the purposes of legal costs and expenses, the secretary of the department shall provide the legislature with an itemized report detailing such expenditures, which shall include the name of any person or corporation receiving any such monies. The report shall be provided to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance no later than May first of each year.  Acts 1997, No. 673, §1; Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1182, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 106, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 993, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2017, No. 329, §1; Acts 2021, No. 268, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:137 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§137. Agreements to offset, compensate, and recover from future royalties

RS 137 - Agreements to offset, compensate, and recover from future royalties The State Mineral and Energy Board is hereby empowered to enter into agreements with lessees or other parties under state oil, gas and mineral leases or other agreement heretofore or hereafter issues to offset, compensate, and recover from royalty thereafter accruing to the state of Louisiana, amounts equal to any royalty or other payments (all herein called "royalty") which such lessees or other parties have paid to the state was, is, or may become lawfully entitled because of overpayment or action by the Federal Power Commission; provided, however, that with respect to any royalty based on amounts received by the lessee or other parties for sales of natural gas that may be subject to refund by order or directive of the Federal Power Commission, such agreements may require the immediate payment of such portion of such royalty that is determined to be proper by the State Mineral and Energy Board, such payment to be subject to the offsetting, compensation, and recovery provisions of R.S. 30:137 to 141. Acts 1963, No. 13, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:138 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§138. Agreements to offset, etc., to be made against any payable royalty

RS 138 - Agreements to offset, etc., to be made against any payable royalty The agreements referred to in R.S. 30:137 may provide for such offset, compensation and recovery by such lessees or other parties to be made against any royalty payable to the state of Louisiana by such lessees or other parties.  Acts 1963, No. 13, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 30:139 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§139. Validation of agreements

RS 139 - Validation of agreements All agreements of the character contemplated by R.S. 30:137 which have heretofore been entered into by the State Mineral and Energy Board are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated; however, such agreements may be modified or amended in accordance with the terms of R.S. 30:137 to 141. Acts 1963, No. 13, §3; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:140 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§140. Compliance with agreement as compliance with lease

RS 140 - Compliance with agreement as compliance with lease The compliance by any mineral lessee or other party with the provisions of any agreement executed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 30:137 to 30:141, or ratified in R.S. 30:139, shall with respect to the subject matter of such agreement, be deemed a full compliance with the provisions of the mineral lease or other contract affected by said agreement.  Acts 1963, No. 13, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 30:141 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§141. Power of mineral board not derogated - Other rights and remedies not modified

RS 141 - Power of mineral board not derogated - Other rights and remedies not modified R.S. 30:137 to 141 are not intended in any way to derogate from or question the power and authority of the State Mineral and Energy Board to enter into any agreements of any type whatsoever pursuant to its power and authority heretofore expressly or impliedly granted by law; and the provisions hereof shall not modify in any way the right of any lessee or other party to invoke the rights and remedies available under existing laws. Acts 1963, No. 13, §5; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:145 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§145. Distribution of mineral royalties to parishes

RS 145 - Distribution of mineral royalties to parishes Effective January 1, 1975, and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 4(E) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the state treasurer of the state of Louisiana is hereby authorized and directed to remit an amount equal to one-tenth of the royalties accruing to the state in each month from mineral leases on state owned lands, lake and river beds, and other water bottoms belonging to the state or the title to which is in the public for mineral development to the governing authority of the parish in which severance or production occurs. In the calendar year beginning January 1, 1975 and thereafter, the distribution of the aforesaid royalties to the parish shall be made by the state treasurer on the twentieth day after the last day of every third month. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sentences, so long as any bonds issued by a parish payable from a pledge and dedication of moneys deposited in the Royalty Road Fund established by Article IV, Section 2, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 (the "Royalty Road Fund") or additional bonds hereafter issued on a parity therewith remain outstanding, or until irrevocable provision is made for their payment in principal and interest, the state treasurer, prior to remitting any such royalty payments directly to the parish in any calendar year shall make all payments required for debt servicing by the resolutions or other instruments providing for the issuance of such bonds in that calendar year.  Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 29, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 30:146 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§146. Transfer of funds

RS 146 - Transfer of funds The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the governing authority of the respective parishes in this state on or before March 31, 1975, those sums of money credited to said parishes and being held on deposit on December 31, 1974, in the Royalty Road Fund and moneys on account with the state treasurer on December 31, 1974, consisting of the unexpended and unencumbered proceeds from the sale of any bonds heretofore issued by a parish and which are secured by a pledge of moneys in the Royalty Road Fund, other than moneys in any funds dedicated to or held for the payment of any outstanding bonds or committed to the payment of any other contractual obligations. If the above funds are encumbered on December 31, 1974, and subsequently become unencumbered, the state treasurer shall transfer said funds to the parish for whose account they are held, to be used in the manner provided by law and in accordance with the requirements of any resolutions heretofore adopted in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds.  Added by Acts 1975, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 29, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 30:148.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§148.1. Lessor defined

RS 148.1 - Lessor defined For the purposes of this Subpart the term "lessor" shall refer to and include the State Mineral and Energy Board, any school district, levee district, drainage district, municipal or parochial subdivision of this state, any penal or charitable institution, any state university or college, and any other unit or institution deriving its authority and powers from the sovereignty of the state. Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:148.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§148.2. Lands which may be leased

RS 148.2 - Lands which may be leased A. Any lessor may, through its governing authority, lease any lands of which the lessor has title, custody, or possession, and the State Mineral and Energy Board may lease lands, bodies of any lakes, bays or coves, sea, arms of the sea, or other navigable waters and beds thereof belonging to the state or the title to which is in the public: (1) For the purpose of granting to the lessee the right to erect and use on the surface of the leased premises tanks and facilities for the receipt, storage, withdrawal, transportation, and shipment of oil, natural gas, liquid or liquified hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, goods, wares, and merchandise, and for other purposes necessary or incidental thereto, including the construction of houses for employees, warehouses, pipelines, separation and dehydration facilities, pump stations, compressor stations, loading stations, wharves, and docks. (2) For the purpose of injection, storage, transportation, shipment, and withdrawal of oil, natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, or carbon dioxide in any underground reservoir lying beneath such lands or water bodies, and beds thereof, and for other purposes necessary or incidental thereto, including drilling of any wells for injection, storage, or withdrawal of such product stored in such underground reservoir and the construction of houses for employees, warehouses, pipelines, separation and dehydration facilities, compressor stations, pump stations, loading stations, wharves, and docks. (3) For the purpose of making and using caverns in salt domes lying beneath such lands or water bodies, and beds thereof, for the injection, storage, transportation, shipment, and withdrawal of oil, natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, or carbon dioxide and for other purposes necessary or incidental thereto, including drilling of any wells for making such caverns and for injecting, storing, and withdrawing of such product in such caverns and the construction and maintenance of facilities for housing employees, pipelines, separation and dehydration facilities, compressor stations, pump stations, loading stations, wharves, and docks. B. In addition, where otherwise consistent with the provisions of this Subpart as applied to leased premises, the State Mineral and Energy Board may grant surface or subsurface agreements for the right to erect and use on unleased premises such facilities and equipment. Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 180, §1; Acts 2004, No. 104, §1, eff. May 28, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 30:148.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§148.3. Application for lease

RS 148.3 - Application for lease Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to lease any land or bodies of any lakes, bays or coves, sea, arms of the sea, or other navigable waters and beds thereof under the provisions of this Subpart shall present to the lessor a written application, together with a cash deposit of fifty dollars. The application shall set forth the name, current physical address, telephone number, e-mail address, and contact person of the applicant, a reasonably definite legal description of the location in the form required by the lessor, the amount of acreage that the applicant desires to lease, and a request that the acreage described therein be leased to the applicant under the provisions of this Subpart. The application shall be held confidential by the lessor until advertisement. Applications shall be mailed or delivered to the lessor at its official office or business domicile or submitted by such other means as may be authorized by the lessor. The deposit of fifty dollars shall be returned to the applicant if he makes an unsuccessful bid after a sum sufficient to pay the advertising costs have been deducted. Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:148.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§148.4. Advertisement

RS 148.4 - Advertisement A.(1) Upon receipt of application for the lease, accompanied by deposit, the lessor shall publish an advertisement in the official journal of the parish wherein the land and bodies of lakes, bays or coves, sea, arms of the sea, or other navigable waters and beds thereof are located. The advertisement must appear not more than sixty days prior to the date for the opening of bids and at least once a week during three consecutive weeks within those sixty days and shall set forth therein a legal description of the land or water bodies and beds thereof to be leased, the time when and the place where bids therefor will be received and publicly opened, whether the bid must be for the whole or may be for any particularly described portion of the land or water bodies and beds thereof advertised, any particular minimum consideration deemed by the lessor in its best interest, and such other requirements or information as the lessor may deem necessary. If the lands or bodies of lakes, bays or coves, sea, arms of the sea, or other navigable waters and beds thereof are situated in two or more parishes, the advertisement shall be published in the official journal for each of the parishes in which a part of such lands or water bodies may be located. (2) In addition to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the applicant shall provide notice by regular or certified mail of the application for the lease to any residence or business located within one-half mile of the land and bodies of lakes, bays, or coves, sea, arms of the sea, or other navigable waters and beds to be leased. B. Upon receipt of an application for a lease under the provisions of this Subpart, the lessor shall provide notification of such to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:148.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§148.5. Submission and opening of bids; execution of leases

RS 148.5 - Submission and opening of bids; execution of leases A. Sealed bids shall be mailed or delivered to the lessor at the time and place designated in the advertisement and shall be held confidential by the lessor. B. On the date and at the time and place advertised, the bids shall be publicly opened by the lessor. The lessor may accept the bid or bids submitted that are determined to be the most advantageous to the lessor and may execute any lease granted under such terms and conditions as it may deem proper in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. The lessor, however, shall have the right to reject all bids in its sole discretion. All leases signed by the lessor or by the lessor's duly authorized representative shall be executed in as many copies as may be necessary to meet the following requirements: one copy shall be furnished to the lessee; one copy shall be furnished to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; one copy shall be recorded in the conveyance records of the parish or parishes wherein the land or water bodies lie; and one copy shall be retained in the records of the lessor. Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 30:148.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality|§148.6. Restrictions on area; term; consideration

RS 148.6 - Restrictions on area; term; consideration A. No lease shall cover an area larger than six hundred forty acres, provided, however, a lease for the underground storage of oil, natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, or carbon dioxide in an underground reservoir shall be limited only by the extent of the underground storage reservoir beneath the lands or water bodies and beds leased. All leases shall be for a term which may be determined by the lessor and advertised as such, but not exceeding twenty-five years. A lease may also provide to lessees an option to renew and extend the lease, or for a renewal and extension subject to approval by the lessor, upon such terms and conditions as may be advertised and stipulated in the lease, so long as the total of any such options, or renewals or extension do not exceed an additional period of twenty-five years. The lease shall grant to the lessee the right to remove from the leased premises at any time during the life of the lease any and all property placed thereon by the lessee. B. All leases executed under the provisions of this Subpart shall provide for reasonable consideration as set forth in the advertisement, which may include, among other consideration, any one or combination of the following: bonus, rental, or consideration for injection or withdrawal of stored product. C. Any contract entered into for the lease of state lands for any purpose shall require that access by the public to public waterways through the state lands covered by the lease shall be maintained and preserved for the public by the lessee. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the secretary of the agency having control over the property from restricting access to public waterways if he determines that a danger to the public welfare exists. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in cases involving title disputes. Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 1142, §1; Acts 2008, No. 315, §1.