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TN Code § 60-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 60-1-104. Records and Reports of Production and Sales — False Reports

  It is the duty of every person producing, selling, gathering, transporting, or storing crude petroleum or natural gas from any well or wells in this state to keep and preserve suitable records of the amount of all such crude petroleum or natural gas produced, sold, gathered, transported, or stored, and the price received and paid therefor.   Such person shall report such records to the oil and gas supervisor at such intervals as the board may direct and on forms provided by the supervisor.   Anyone who shall intentionally make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this chapter, or by any rule, regulation or order made hereunder, or who for such purpose shall make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record or memorandum kept by any person in connection with this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, or who for such purpose shall omit to make, or cause to be omitted, full, true and correct entries on such accounts, records or memoranda of all facts and transactions pertaining to the interest or activities in the oil and gas industry of such persons as may be required by the board under authority given in this chapter, or by any rule, regulation or order made hereunder, or who for such purpose shall remove out of the jurisdiction of the state, or mutilate, alter or by any other means falsify any book, record or other paper pertaining to the transactions regulated by this chapter, or by any rule, regulation or order made hereunder, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 60-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 60-1-105. Requested Status Under Federal Law — Applications and Fees

 Any person who files with the board an application requesting a determination by the board of whether natural gas produced from a well qualifies for a requested status under § 102, 103, 107 or 108 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, Public Law No. 95-621, 92 Stat. 3350 (including any act of congress which amends or supersedes those sections of that act) which determination the board is authorized to make under § 503 of that act, shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the state treasurer through the supervisor at the time such application is filed. A separate fee shall be paid for each such application. All funds paid to the state treasurer pursuant to this section shall be disbursed by the state treasurer upon warrants drawn by the commissioner of finance and administration to defray expenses incurred in acting upon such Natural Gas Policy Act determinations.
TN Code § 60-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 60-1-106. Spacing of Oil Wells

   Wells drilled in search of oil or gas to a depth of less than two thousand five hundred feet (2,500') shall not be located closer than four hundred feet (400') from any other well completed in, drilling to, or for which a permit shall have been granted to drill to the same pool. The distance of such oil and gas wells from any property line shall not be closer than two hundred feet (200').   This subsection (a) applies only in counties having a population of not less than seventeen thousand five hundred fifty (17,550) and not more than seventeen thousand six hundred fifty (17,650), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.      Wells drilled in search of oil and gas shall not be located closer than four hundred feet (400') from any other well completed in, drilling to, or for which a permit shall have been granted to drill to the same pool; and not closer than two hundred feet (200') from any property line.   This subsection (b) applies only in counties having a population of not less than four thousand three hundred (4,300) and not more than four thousand four hundred (4,400) or in counties having a population of not less than seven thousand six hundred fifty (7,650) nor more than seven thousand seven hundred (7,700), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 60-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 2 - General Provisions of the Board|§ 60-1-203. Quorum of Board

 Any three (3) members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but three (3) affirmative votes shall be necessary for the adoption of any rule or order of the board.
TN Code § 60-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 2 - General Provisions of the Board|§ 60-1-204. Rules, Regulations, and Orders of Board

  The board shall prescribe its rules of order, procedure in hearings or other proceedings before it under this chapter.   No rule or order, in the absence of an emergency, may be made by the board except after a public hearing upon at least ten (10) days' notice in a manner and form prescribed by the board. Such public hearing shall be held at such time, place, and manner as may be prescribed by the board and any person having any interest in the subject matter of the hearing shall be entitled to be heard.   If an emergency appears to the board to exist, it may act without a public hearing and the rule, regulation, or order shall be valid. This emergency rule or regulation shall remain in force not longer than fifteen (15) days after its effective date, and, in any event, shall expire when the rule or regulation made after due notice and hearing shall become effective.   All rules and regulations of the board shall be entered in writing by the supervisor in a book kept for such purposes, which shall be a public record and open to inspection. A copy of such rules and regulations certified by the supervisor shall be received in evidence in all courts in this state with the same effect as the original.
TN Code § 60-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 2 - General Provisions of the Board|§ 60-1-205. Power to Subpoena and Swear Witnesses

  The board, or any member thereof, is empowered to issue subpoenas for witnesses, to require their attendance and the giving of testimony before it, and to require the production of books, papers and records in any proceeding before the board as may be material upon questions lawfully before the board. Such subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books, papers and records before the board or a court, or from obedience to the subpoena of the board or a court, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of such person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as requiring any person to produce any books, papers or records, or to testify in response to any inquiry, not pertinent to some question lawfully before such board or court for determination. No natural person shall be subjected to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which the person may be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the board or court, or in obedience to its subpoena; provided, that no person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.   In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the board or any members thereof, or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify or answer to any matter regarding which the person may be lawfully interrogated, any circuit court in this state in the county where the board is sitting, on application of the board, may in term time or vacation, issue an attachment for such person and compel the person to comply with such subpoena and to attend before the board and produce such documents, and give testimony upon such matters, as may be lawfully required, and such court shall have the power to punish for contempt as in case of disobedience of like subpoenas issued by or from such court, or for a refusal to testify therein. The chair or any member of the board is authorized to administer oaths to witnesses, and any false swearing shall constitute perjury and be punished in accordance with the general criminal statutes relating to perjury.
TN Code § 60-1-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 2 - General Provisions of the Board|§ 60-1-206. Enforcement of Chapter

 The supervisor is charged with enforcing this chapter and the regulations and orders of the board.
TN Code § 60-1-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 2 - General Provisions of the Board|§ 60-1-207. Employment of Personnel

 The oil and gas supervisor, with the concurrence of the board, shall have the authority, and it shall be the supervisor's duty to employ all necessary personnel to carry out this chapter.
TN Code § 60-1-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 2 - General Provisions of the Board|§ 60-1-208. Travel Expenses

 Board members and the supervisor shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 60-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 3 - Taxation|§ 60-1-301. Severance Tax Levied — Exceptions — Disposition of Revenues — Moratorium on Taxes

  There is levied a severance tax on all gas and oil removed from the ground in Tennessee. The measure of the tax for such gas and oil shall be three percent (3%) of the sale price of such gas and oil. Every person actually engaged in severing oil or gas, or actually operating oil or gas property under contracts or agreements requiring direct payments to the owners of any royalty interest, excess royalty or working interest, either in money or otherwise, shall be liable for the tax imposed by this section and shall, prior to making any such payments, withhold from any quantity or amount due the amount of tax due pursuant to this section.   The tax shall be levied for the use and benefit of the state, as well as the county governments and one third (1/3) of all revenues collected from the tax shall be allocated to the county which was the site of the wellhead for that gas or oil. The remaining two thirds (2/3) of such revenues shall be deposited to the credit of the state treasurer as a part of the general funds of the state.   No other tax shall be imposed on such gas and oil by the state, counties or any other political subdivision of the state; provided, however, that:  Free gas used by the property owner or tenant under the terms of the lease, unless it be in lieu of cash payment; and   Gas which has been injected into the ground for underground storage and thereafter withdrawn shall not be subject to this, or any taxation.
TN Code § 60-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 3 - Taxation|§ 60-1-302. Reports and Payment of Tax

 The severance tax imposed in this part shall be payable as follows:   On or before the twentieth day of each month the person liable for the tax shall file with the commissioner of revenue, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a report of all oil removed from the ground during the preceding month, and shall remit to the commissioner of revenue therewith the amount of tax due for the period covered by the report;   On or before the twentieth day of each month the person liable for the tax shall file with the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a report of all gas removed from the ground during the second preceding month and shall remit to the commissioner therewith the amount of tax due for the period covered by the report.
TN Code § 60-1-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 4 - Violations|§ 60-1-402. Restraining Violations

 Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provisions of this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order made hereunder, and unless the board without litigation can effectively prevent further violation or threat of violation, then the board, through the attorney general, who may call to the attorney general's assistance the district attorney general of the district in which suit is instituted, shall bring suit in the name of the state of Tennessee against such person in the circuit or chancery court in the county of the residence of the defendant, or if there be more than one (1) defendant, in the circuit or chancery court in the county of the residence of any of same, or in the circuit or chancery court in the county in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the board, in the name of the state of Tennessee, may obtain an injunction prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions as the facts may warrant.
TN Code § 60-1-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 4 - Violations|§ 60-1-403. Right to Damages Unimpaired

 Nothing in this chapter contained or authorized and no suit by or against the board and no penalties imposed or claimed against any person for violating any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order issued hereunder, and no forfeiture shall impair or abridge or delay any cause of action for damages which any person may have or assert against any person violating any provisions of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order issued hereunder. Any person so damaged by the violation may sue for and recover such damages as the person may show that the person is entitled to receive.
TN Code § 60-1-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 4 - Violations|§ 60-1-404. Tennessee Board of Water Quality, Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund. [See Contingent Amendment to Subsection (A) and the Compiler’s notes.]

 [Current version. See second version for contingent amendment and the Compiler's Notes.]   All sums received in payment of penalties assessed by the board pursuant to this part shall be placed in the state treasury in a separate account to be designated as the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas reclamation fund.  [Contingent amendment. See the Compiler's Notes.]    This fund shall be available to the board for expenditure for site protection and reclamation work on land and waters damaged by surface disturbances. The fund may be expended for such work following default and notice of forfeiture of bond, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of reclamation. It may also be expended for such work if the operations which caused the damage were not covered by the bond, including operations conducted before January 1, 1988.   This fund shall also be available to the board for expenditure for the plugging of dry or abandoned wells. The fund may be expended for such work, following default and notice of forfeiture, if the bond furnished by the operator is not sufficient to cover the cost of plugging. It also may be expended to plug dry or abandoned wells not covered by a bond, including wells drilled before January 1, 1988.   Any unencumbered or unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year together with any interest earned thereon shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended for the purpose of site protection and reclamation or the plugging of dry or abandoned wells, as provided in this section.    All sums received in payment of penalties assessed by the board pursuant to this part shall be placed in the state treasury in a separate account to be designated as the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources reclamation fund.
TN Code § 60-1-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act.”
TN Code § 60-1-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-502. Purpose

 The purpose of this part is to:   Regulate the drilling of mineral test holes in order to prevent the pollution of potable water resources, both surface and subsurface, as the result of the introduction of undesirable substances, including natural brines, oil, gas, or mineralized waters through the process of the drilling of mineral test holes; and   Provide basic geologic data to the state relating to oil, gas and water occurrences.
TN Code § 60-1-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-503. Part Definitions. [See Contingent Amendment to Subdivisions (1) and (9)(d) and the Compiler’s notes.]

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   [Current version. See second version for contingent amendment and Compiler's Notes.]   “Board” means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas;  [Contingent amendment. See the Compiler's Notes.]    “For exploratory purposes” means drilling of mineral test holes for the specific purpose of exploring for mineral resources;   “Mineral” means any substance with economic value whether organic or inorganic that can be extracted from the earth, but excluding oil and gas;   “Mineral test hole” means any hole in excess of one hundred feet (100') drilled during the exploration for minerals but excludes auger drilling in surficial or otherwise unconsolidated material, drilling in conjunction with mining or quarrying operations, drill holes for the exploration of oil and/or gas, water, structural foundations, and seismic surveys;   “Natural brine” means naturally occurring mineralized water other than potable or fresh water;   “Operator” means the person, whether owner or not, supervising or responsible for drilling, operating, repairing, abandoning or plugging of mineral test holes subject to this part;   “Owner” means the person who has or attains the right to drill, convert or operate any mineral test hole subject to this part;   “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, association, joint venture, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, personal representative or private organization of any kind;   “Pollution” means such alteration of the physical, chemical, biological, bacteriological, or radiological properties of the waters, soils, animal, fish and aquatic life or surface property of this state as will:  Result or will likely result in harm, potential harm, or detriment to the public health, safety, or welfare;   Result or will likely result in harm, potential harm, or detriment to the health of animals, birds, fish, or aquatic life;   Render or will likely render the waters, soils, animal, fish and aquatic life or surface property substantially less useful for domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other reasonable uses; or  [Current version. See second version for contingent amendment and Compiler's Notes.]    Leave or will likely leave the waters in such condition as to violate any standards of water quality established by the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas; and  [Contingent amendment. See the Compiler's Notes.]    Leave or will likely leave the waters in such condition as to violate any standards of water quality established by the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104; and     “Supervisor” means the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.    “Board” means the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104;
TN Code § 60-1-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-504. Administration of Part — Powers of Supervisor

  The supervisor shall administer and enforce this part.   The supervisor shall exercise the following powers to:  Adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this part in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5;   Make inspections of drilling operations and require the keeping of accurate records;   Require that the location, drilling, deepening, reworking, reopening, casing and plugging of mineral test holes subject to this part be accomplished in a manner which prevents surface and underground pollution;   Require on all mineral test holes the keeping of data and the filing of such data with the supervisor which are appropriate to the purposes of this chapter. Oil, gas and hydrologic data obtained from the drilling of mineral test holes are deemed appropriate to the purposes of this part. This information shall be held confidential by the supervisor for a period of six (6) months at the request of the operator;   Release to the board for meetings and hearings only data which are necessary to the administration of this part;   Order by written notice, the immediate suspension or prompt correction of any operation, condition, or practice found to exist which is causing or resulting in, or threatening to cause or result in, surface or underground pollution. Orders shall remain in force until cancelled by the supervisor, or modified by the board, or the courts;   Require the filing of adequate surety or security bonds and to provide for the release thereof;   Qualify persons for blanket permits; and   Bring proceedings at law or in equity for the enforcement of this part and rules, regulations or orders promulgated thereunder in the circuit or chancery court of the county in which a violation is alleged to have occurred.
TN Code § 60-1-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-505. Permit Required — Fees

  A person shall not drill a mineral test hole for exploratory purposes until the owner, directly or through the owner's authorized representative, files a written application for a permit to drill, files an approved surety or security bond, and receives a permit in accordance with the rules of the supervisor. A fee shall be submitted with the application in an amount to be set in rules to be promulgated by the supervisor not to exceed the amount stated in § 68-203-103(h) for a mineral test hole permit fee. Within ten (10) days after receiving the application and fee, the supervisor shall issue or deny the permit. No permit shall be issued to any owner or owner's authorized representative who is in violation of this part or any rules promulgated thereunder.   Upon request, the supervisor may issue a blanket permit to qualified persons to drill mineral test holes within a limited or local area where an extensive drilling exploration program is planned.   All information pertaining to the application for and issuance of permits for mineral test holes subject to this part shall be held confidential.
TN Code § 60-1-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 60 - Oil and Gas|Chapter 1 - Production of Oil and Gas|Part 5 - Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act|§ 60-1-506. Application of Administrative Procedures Act

 All administrative functions, proceedings and duties of the board relating to this part shall be subject to and conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.