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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-701 Waste of natural gas prohibited.

55-701.
Waste of natural gas prohibited.
The production of natural gas in the state of Kansas in such manner and under such conditions and for such purposes as to constitute waste is hereby prohibited.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 1; March 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-702 Definitions.

55-702.
Definitions.
The term "waste", in addition to its ordinary meaning, shall include economic waste, underground waste and surface waste. Economic waste shall mean the use of natural gas in any manner or process except for efficient light, fuel, carbon black manufacturing and repressuring, or for chemical or other processes by which such gas is efficiently converted into a solid or a liquid substance. The term waste shall not include the use or flaring of natural gas if permitted pursuant to an order issued or rule and regulation adopted under the provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 55-102, and amendments thereto. The term "common source of supply" shall include that portion lying within this state of any gas reservoir lying partly within and partly without this state. The term "commission" shall mean the state corporation commission of the state of Kansas, its successors, or such other commission or board as may hereafter be vested with jurisdiction over the subject matter of this act.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 183, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-703a Well spacing and orderly development.

55-703a.
Well spacing and orderly development.
The drilling and completion of a gas well shall not of itself entitle said well to an allowable for production; and the commission may, in its discretion, provide for well spacing in any such common source of supply and provide for the orderly development thereof.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 233, § 4; March 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-704 Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.

55-704.
Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.
The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the prevention of waste as defined by this act, the protection of all water, oil or gas-bearing strata encountered in any well drilled in such common source of supply, ascertaining the several factors entering into the determination of the productive capacity of each well, the total productive capacity of all wells in the common source of supply, the establishment of such other standard or standards as the commission may find proper to determine the productive capacity of each well and of all wells in such common source of supply, and as the commission may find necessary and proper to carry out the spirit and purpose of this act: Provided, however, That notice, as provided in K.S.A. 55-706, shall be served upon or given to the producers and purchasers of natural gas and all other persons, firms or corporations interested, of any hearing or hearings which may be called for the purpose of establishing any facts upon which any proposed rule or regulation may be based.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 5; March 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-705b Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure.

55-705b.
Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure.
An allowable may be granted by the commission for any gas well in such a manner and under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the commission in a basic proration order adopted for a common source of supply or otherwise by any rule and regulation, order or decision of the commission under the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 233, § 7; L. 1994, ch. 98, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-706 Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings; powers; findings and recommendations.

55-706.
Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings; powers; findings and recommendations.
(a) Proceedings may be instituted before the commission upon petition of any interested party, or by the attorney general on behalf of the state, or on the motion of the commission, upon any question relating to the enforcement of this act or the promulgation, revocation, amendment, renewal, interpretation, extension, or the enforcement of any rule, regulation or order, or the determination of any right thereunder, in the manner provided in K.S.A. 55-605, and amendments thereto.
(b) The state corporation commission is hereby authorized to designate or appoint its director of petroleum conservation or its assistant director of petroleum conservation or one of its attorneys as an examiner or referee to make investigations and conduct hearings that are required of the commission by this act. Such investigations and hearings shall be made and conducted in the same manner as by the commission. Such examiners and referees shall have the power to administer oaths and to subpoena witnesses. The commission may provide for a record to be made of any hearing or investigation. Such examiners and referees shall submit their findings and recommendations in writing to the commission.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 6; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 8; L. 1957, ch. 317, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 203, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-707 Judicial review of commission's actions.

55-707.
Judicial review of commission's actions.
Actions for judicial review of any action of the commission under the provisions of this act may be brought and proceedings respecting them shall be governed by and appeals may be taken as provided in K.S.A. 55-606 and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 7; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 77; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-708 Penalties for violations.

55-708.
Penalties for violations.
In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by the state corporation commission, any person, firm or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, violating the provisions of this act, or any valid order or rules and regulations of the commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 8; L. 1998, ch. 122, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-709 Injunction and other remedies.

55-709.
Injunction and other remedies.
The state corporation commission shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state to enforce by injunction, mandatory injunction and any other appropriate or legal or equitable remedy any valid rule, order, or regulation made by the state corporation commission or promulgated under the provisions of this act, and said court shall have the authority to make and render such judgments, orders and decrees as may be proper to enforce any such rules, orders, and regulations made and promulgated by the state corporation commission.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-710 Receivership upon violation of act.

55-710.
Receivership upon violation of act.
In addition to any penalty imposed under the provisions of this act and to the remedy and relief heretofore set forth, any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act, valid order, rules or regulations of the commissions shall be subject to have his, her or its producing property placed in the hands of a receiver by a court of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of the state of Kansas through the attorney general, but such receivership shall only extend to the operating of producing wells and the marketing of natural gas under the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 10; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-711 Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A. 55-701 through 55-713; disposition of moneys.

55-711. Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A. 55-701 through 55-713; disposition of moneys.
(a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the state corporation commission is hereby directed to tax and assess against the parties involved in any hearing or application all or any part of the costs incurred therein, also all or any part of the costs to the commission incurred in making the necessary investigations and the enforcement of its orders under K.S.A. 55-701 to 55-713, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and divide such costs among the interested parties in such proportion as may be just and equitable.
(b) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.
(c) Assessments imposed on the basis of a volume measure of production under the authority of this section shall be reported and remitted in the manner provided in K.S.A. 79-4230, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 213, § 11; L. 1957, ch. 312, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 440, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 211, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 204, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 40; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 197; L. 2011, ch. 53, § 22; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-712 Enforcement of act; agents.

55-712.
Enforcement of act; agents.
The commission is hereby authorized to employ or designate such agents as may in its judgment be necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this act, and the rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder; such agents, with the exception of clerical help, to be experienced in and conversant with the business of the production of natural gas.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 233, § 11; March 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 7 - Production And Conservation Of Natural Gas › 55-713 Invalidity of part.

55-713.
Invalidity of part.
If any clause, sentence, section, provision, or part of this act shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not invalidate, impair, or affect the remainder of this act, which shall remain in full force and effect.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 233, § 12; March 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-801 Representative may be appointed to agree upon compact with petroleum-producing states; objectives of compact.

55-801.
Representative may be appointed to agree upon compact with petroleum-producing states; objectives of compact.
The governor is authorized to appoint a representative to meet with representatives of the governors of other petroleum-producing states, and of the United States, for the purpose of agreeing upon a compact among such states effecting the following objectives:
(a) Establishment of a joint state and federal fact-finding agency to consist of one representative of each compacting state, appointed by the governor, and one representative of the United States as congress or the president shall direct. Said agency shall make periodic findings, subject to approval and modification by the president, of the demand for petroleum to be produced within the United States, for withdrawals from storage, and for petroleum and products thereof to be imported. It shall thereupon, subject to concurrence of representatives of compacting states capable of together producing two-thirds of the demand for domestic production so found, and approval and modification by the president, determine the part thereof allowable as production within each petroleum-producing state.
(b) Voluntary regulation of production by each compacting state within its own borders in accordance with said determination of the joint fact-finding agency, to the extent that and in such manner as the laws of each state may authorize.
(c) Formulation by the joint agency of uniform conservation measures and tax laws which it shall recommend to the compacting states and exercise by said agency of such incidental powers as may be agreed upon.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 214, § 1; March 14.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-802 When compact binding.

55-802.
When compact binding.
No compact made under the authority of this act shall bind this state, unless and until:
(a) Said compact shall be ratified by the legislatures of two of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, and New Mexico, and the legislature of this state, and congress shall consent thereto;
(b) Congress shall make provision for the limitation of importations of petroleum and the products thereof, including natural asphalt, to not to exceed 4.5 percent of the domestic allowable production of crude petroleum as determined in accordance with the findings referred to in K.S.A. 55-801;
(c) Congress shall provide for the control of interstate movement of petroleum produced or withdrawn from storage in violation of the law and valid regulations of the several states, and products of such petroleum;
(d) Congress shall provide for the control of interstate movement of petroleum produced in any state in excess of the determination, referred to in K.S.A. 55-801, of allowable production within said state as approved by the president, and products of such petroleum.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 214, § 2; March 14.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-803 "Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" ratified.

55-803.
"Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" ratified.
The "interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" entered into by the representatives of this state and the representatives of certain other oil-producing states at Dallas, Texas, on the sixteenth day of February, 1935, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed by the state of Kansas.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 215, § 1; March 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-862 Further extension of compact to conserve oil and gas to September 1, 1979; amendment of compact; notice, withdrawal.

55-862.
Further extension of compact to conserve oil and gas to September 1, 1979; amendment of compact; notice, withdrawal.
The governor of the state of Kansas is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name of the state of Kansas, to execute and deliver an agreement with other states now members or which may hereafter become members of the interstate oil compact commission, by the terms of which the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, on the sixteenth day of February, 1935, and now on deposit with the department of state of the United States, which was extended four (4) years under K.S.A. 1974 Supp. 55-857[*], shall be amended effective September 1, 1975, by amending the first paragraph of article VIII thereof to read as follows:
"This compact shall continue in effect until congress withdraws its consent. But any state joining herein may, upon sixty (60) days' notice, withdraw herefrom."; and shall also be extended and renewed effective September 1, 1975.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 286, § 1; July 1.
* Now repealed.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-863 Same; text of compact set out in K.S.A. 55-804 with exception of amendment.

55-863.
Same; text of compact set out in K.S.A. 55-804 with exception of amendment.
The interstate compact to conserve oil and gas referred to in the above section, and which was by statute regularly ratified, approved, confirmed and extended by the state of Kansas (K.S.A. 1974 Supp. 55-857 through 55-861 [*]) and which it is hereby proposed to amend, extend and renew by agreement, subject to the approval of Congress is with the exception of said amendment set out in full in K.S.A. 55-804.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 286, § 2; July 1.
* Now repealed.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-864 Same; substance of agreement executed by governor.

55-864.
Same; substance of agreement executed by governor.
The agreement to amend, extend and renew said interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, and which the governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to execute for and in the name of the state of Kansas shall be in substance as follows:
"It is hereby agreed that effective September 1, 1975, the compact entitled 'an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas' executed within the city of Dallas, Texas, on the 16th day of February, 1935, and now on deposit with the department of state of the United States, be and the same is hereby amended by amending the first paragraph of article VIII thereof to read as follows:
'This compact shall continue in effect until congress withdraws its consent. But any state joining herein may, upon sixty (60) days' notice, withdraw therefrom.'; and that said compact as so amended be, and the same is hereby renewed and extended. This agreement shall become effective when executed, ratified and approved as provided in article I of said compact as so amended."
History:
L. 1975, ch. 286, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-865 Same; official representative of Kansas; appointment, oath, expenses.

55-865.
Same; official representative of Kansas; appointment, oath, expenses.
The governor of Kansas is authorized to appoint a representative of the state of Kansas to the interstate oil compact commission who shall act as the official representative of the state of Kansas on such commission; and such representative shall meet from time to time with the representatives of the other compacting states for the purpose of enabling the state of Kansas to fully cooperate in accomplishing the objects of said compact. The representative of the state of Kansas to the interstate oil compact commission shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, which shall be filed with the secretary of state, and he or she shall be reimbursed for all actual expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the interstate oil compact commission. All expenses incurred in enabling the state of Kansas to fully participate in the accomplishment of the objects of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas shall be defrayed from the funds known as the oil and gas conservation funds.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 286, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 8 - Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil And Gas › 55-866 Same; withdrawal from compact; notice.

55-866.
Same; withdrawal from compact; notice.
The governor of Kansas is authorized and empowered for and on the behalf of the state of Kansas to determine if and when it shall be for the best interest of the state of Kansas to withdraw from said compact upon sixty (60) days' notice as provided by the terms of the compact. In the event that he or she shall determine that the state should withdraw from said compact, he or she shall have full power and authority to give necessary notice and to take any and all steps necessary and proper to execute the withdrawal of the state of Kansas from said compact.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 286, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 9 - Salt Water › 55-901 Disposal of salt water; rules and regulations; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.

55-901. Disposal of salt water; rules and regulations; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.
(a) The owner or operator of any oil or gas well which may be producing and which produces salt water or waters containing minerals in an appreciable degree shall have the right to return such waters to any horizon from which such salt waters may have been produced, or to any other horizon which contains or had previously produced salt water or waters containing minerals in an appreciable degree, if the owner or operator of such well makes a written application to the state corporation commission for authority to do so, and written approval has been granted to the owner or operator after investigation by the state corporation commission.
(b) The state corporation commission is hereby directed to adopt such rules and regulations as may be just and equitable to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the state corporation commission shall assess all or any part of the cost that may be incurred under the provisions of this section against the applicant.
(d) The commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs assessed under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1935, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 265, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 211, § 8; L. 1986, ch. 202, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 17; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 198; L. 2011, ch. 53, § 23; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 9 - Salt Water › 55-903 Reporting violations to the commission; prosecution.

55-903.
Reporting violations to the commission; prosecution.
Any county or district attorney who finds that there is probable cause to believe that a violation of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 55-904, and amendments thereto, has occurred shall immediately notify the state corporation commission and shall also begin prosecution of the offender.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 223, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 18; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 9 - Salt Water › 55-904 Disposal of salt water; penalties for violations.

55-904.
Disposal of salt water; penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association of persons:
(1) To knowingly and willfully dispose of or cause the disposal of salt water produced in conjunction with the production of oil or natural gas except in the manner and locations prescribed by K.S.A. 55-901 and 55-1003, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to such sections, or as permitted by the commission;
(2) to dispose of any substance not exempt under 40 C.F.R. 261.4(b)(5), as revised July 1, 1997, in a class II disposal or injection well;
(3) to knowingly contract for the transportation of such salt water with a person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association of persons who is not licensed under the provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,114, and amendments thereto; or
(4) to own or operate any motor vehicle which, while being used for the transportation of such salt water, contains an operable "trip-lever" or similar device which is installed in such manner as to allow access to any person while riding in the passenger compartment of such vehicle.
(b) As used in this section "salt water" means water containing more than 5,000 milligrams per liter chlorides and produced in conjunction with the production of oil or natural gas.
(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the spreading of salt water on road beds under construction or maintenance if such spreading of salt water is performed in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of the department of health and environment. The secretary shall be responsible for enforcing, by appropriate proceedings, such rules and regulations and shall immediately notify the appropriate county or district attorney of any actual or suspected violation of this section.
(d) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association of persons who violates any provision of subsection (a) shall be guilty of:
(1) A severity level 9, nonperson felony; and
(2) a severity level 8, nonperson felony on a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a).
History:
L. 1981, ch. 223, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 229, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 19; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 230; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 76; L. 1998, ch. 122, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 10 - Disposal Of Brines And Mineralized Waters › 55-1004 Unlawful to dispose of certain waste in oil-field disposal wells at excessive pressures; penalties.

55-1004.
Unlawful to dispose of certain waste in oil-field disposal wells at excessive pressures; penalties.
It shall be unlawful for any person having possession, control or the use of any oil-field waste disposal well wherein salt water, mineralized brine, oil or refuse produced from any oil well is disposed of below the surface of the earth to inject such salt water, mineralized brine, oil or refuse from any oil well therein at a pressure in excess of the maximum pressure established by the state corporation commission and contained in the permit issued thereby except when noncompliance with this section is due to one or more causes beyond the control of such person and, once such person knows or should have known of such noncompliance, such person takes immediate and reasonable steps to gain prompt and full compliance with the applicable statutes and rules and regulations. The state corporation commission shall maintain a permanent record of the maximum pressure established by it on each such oil-field waste disposal well.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a severity level 9, nonperson felony. Each day any such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 270, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 67; L. 1986, ch. 201, § 21; L. 1998, ch. 122, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 10 - Disposal Of Brines And Mineralized Waters › 55-1005 Disposal wells for salt brines and other oil field wastes; minimum depth; penalty.

55-1005.
Disposal wells for salt brines and other oil field wastes; minimum depth; penalty.
It shall be unlawful to use wells for the disposal of salt brines or other oil field wastes which do not meet the requirements for minimum depth established by the rules and regulations of the corporation commission. The state corporation commission shall inspect such wells to ascertain whether they meet such requirements for minimum depth. Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a severity level 9, nonperson felony. Each day of violation shall be considered to constitute a separate offense.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 61, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 122, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 10 - Disposal Of Brines And Mineralized Waters › 55-1007 Same; injunctions, when.

55-1007.
Same; injunctions, when.
The attorney general or county attorney shall, at all times, have the power to enjoin any party from maintaining a disposal well if it shall appear that such party has violated the provisions of K.S.A. 55-1005.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 319, § 3; June 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 11 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas › 55-1101 Containers; definitions.

55-1101.
Containers; definitions.
The term "person" as used in this act shall mean and include any person, firm, or corporation. The term "liquefied petroleum gas" as used in this act shall mean and include any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and isobutane), and butylenes.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 332, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 11 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas › 55-1102 Same; identification; unlawful acts.

55-1102.
Same; identification; unlawful acts.
(a) If a liquefied petroleum gas container shall bear upon the surface thereof in plainly legible characters the name, mark, initials or other identifying device of the owner thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person except such owner or a person authorized in writing by him or her: (1) To fill or refill such container with liquefied petroleum gas or any other gas or compound; (2) to buy, sell, offer for sale, give, take, loan, deliver or permit to be delivered, or otherwise use, dispose of, or traffic in any such container; or (3) to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove or conceal or change any such name, mark, initials or other identifying device of the owner or to place the name, mark, initials or other identifying device of any person other than the owner on such container.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place the name, mark, initials or other identifying device of any person other than the owner on any liquefied petroleum gas container.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall make it unlawful for a manufacturer or supplier to place the name of such manufacturer or supplier and other markings as required by regulation or code under which the tank was constructed or the markings required by the interstate commerce commission on such liquefied petroleum gas container.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 332, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 11 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas › 55-1103 Same; unlawful to fill or refill unmarked containers if notified by owner.

55-1103.
Same; unlawful to fill or refill unmarked containers if notified by owner.
If the owner of any liquefied petroleum gas container, which is not marked as to ownership in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 55-1102, shall notify any person in writing that he or she is the owner thereof and objects to such person filling or refilling such container with liquefied petroleum gas or any other gas or compound, it shall be unlawful for such person to so fill or refill such container.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 332, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 11 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas › 55-1104 Same; evidence of unlawful use.

55-1104.
Same; evidence of unlawful use.
The use of a liquefied petroleum gas container marked and identified as described in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 55-1102, without the written consent of the owner or a person authorized in writing by the owner to give such consent, or the possession of such container by any person other than the owner having his or her name, mark, initials, or other identifying device thereon, or a person authorized in writing by such owner shall and is hereby declared to be presumptive evidence of the unlawful use, filling or refilling, or trafficking in of such liquefied petroleum gas containers.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 332, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 11 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas › 55-1105 Same; penalty.

55-1105.
Same; penalty.
Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 332, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1201 Definitions.

55-1201.
Definitions.
As used in this act
(a) "underground storage" shall mean storage in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth;
(b) "natural gas" shall mean gas either while in its original state or after the same has been processed by removal therefrom of component parts not essential to its use for light and fuel;
(c) "native gas" shall mean gas which has not been previously withdrawn from the earth;
(d) "natural gas public utility" shall mean any person, firm or corporation authorized to do business in this state and engaged in the business of transporting or distributing natural gas by means of pipelines into, within or through this state for ultimate public use;
(e) "commission" shall mean the state corporation commission.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 268, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1202 Public interest and welfare.

55-1202.
Public interest and welfare.
The underground storage of natural gas which promotes conservation thereof, which permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, which makes more readily available our natural gas resources to the domestic, commercial and industrial consumers of this state, and which provides a better year-round market to the various gas fields, promotes the public interest and welfare of this state.
Therefore in the manner hereinafter provided the commission may find and determine that the underground storage of natural gas as hereinbefore defined is in the public interest.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 268, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1203 Appropriation of certain property.

55-1203.
Appropriation of certain property.
Any natural gas public utility may appropriate for its use for the underground storage of natural gas any subsurface stratum or formation in any land which the commission shall have found to be suitable and in the public interest for the underground storage of natural gas, and in connection therewith may appropriate such other interests in property as may be required adequately to examine, prepare, maintain and operate such underground natural gas storage facilities. The right of appropriation hereby granted shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said lands or of other rights or interests therein to drill or bore through the underground stratum or formation so appropriated in such manner as shall comply with orders, rules and regulations of the commission issued for the purpose of protecting underground storage strata or formations against pollution and against the escape of natural gas therefrom and shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said lands or other rights or interests therein as to all other uses thereof.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 268, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1204 Underground storage of natural gas; certificate of commission; notice and hearing; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.

55-1204.
Underground storage of natural gas; certificate of commission; notice and hearing; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.
(a) Any natural gas public utility desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain as to any property for use for underground storage of natural gas shall, as a condition precedent to the filing of its petition in the district court, obtain from the commission a certificate setting out findings of the commission:
(1) That the underground stratum or formation sought to be acquired is suitable for the underground storage of natural gas and that its use for such purposes is in the public interest; and
(2) the amount of recoverable oil and native gas, if any, remaining therein.
(b) The commission shall issue no such certificate until after public hearing is had on application and upon reasonable notice to interested parties in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the applicant shall be assessed an amount equal to all or any part of the costs of such proceedings and the applicant shall pay the amount so assessed.
(c) All provisions of K.S.A. 66-106, 66-118a, 66-118b, 66-118c, 66-118d, 66-118e, 66-118j and 66-118k, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable to all proceedings of the commission under K.S.A. 55-1201 to 55-1206, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
(d) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs assessed under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 268, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 211, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 202, § 6; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 173; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 199; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1205 Eminent domain procedure.

55-1205.
Eminent domain procedure.
Any natural gas public utility, having first obtained a certificate from the commission as hereinbefore provided, desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring property for the underground storage of natural gas shall do so in the manner provided in K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive. The petitioner shall file the certificate of the commission as a part of its petition and no order by the court granting said petition shall be entered without such certificate being filed therewith. The appraisers in awarding damages hereunder shall also take into consideration the amounts of recoverable oil and native gas remaining in the property sought to be appropriated and for such purposes shall receive as prima facie evidence of such amounts the findings of the commission with reference thereto.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 268, § 5; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 79; January 1, 1964.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1207 Leasing of state-owned lands for underground storage of natural gas; conditions.

55-1207.
Leasing of state-owned lands for underground storage of natural gas; conditions.
The director of the state department of administration, with the approval of the state finance council, may lease to a person, firm or corporation lands owned by the state of Kansas for the underground storage of natural gas by such person, firm or corporation. All such leases shall be on such terms and conditions as the director of the state department of administration, with the approval of the state finance council, shall prescribe, except that every such lease shall be for a period of 20 years and as long as such lands are actually used by the lessee or its assignees for the underground storage of natural gas. Every such lease shall describe the subsurface stratum or formation in such lands which is to be utilized for such storage. Any lease granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the rights of the state as the owner of such lands, or any lessee of the oil and gas rights thereof, to develop other subsurface strata or formations so leased in such manner as will comply with existing or hereafter promulgated rules and regulations of the state corporation commission issued for the purpose of protecting underground gas storage stratum or formation as provided by K.S.A. 55-1203, and amendments thereto.
All proceeds of such leases shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. The proceeds of any such leases which shall be derived from the lease of lands which are held by the state of Kansas for the use and benefit of a state institution shall be kept by the state treasurer in a separate fund for the use and benefit of such state institution under rules and regulations adopted by the state agency having control and management of such state institution.
History:
L. 1961, ch. 420, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 200; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1208 Abandonment of underground natural gas storage facility; notification; hearings by corporation commission.

55-1208.
Abandonment of underground natural gas storage facility; notification; hearings by corporation commission.
(a) When the owner of an underground natural gas storage facility has permanently abandoned the storage facility and that facility was certificated by the state corporation commission pursuant to K.S.A. 55-1201 et seq., the owner shall file with the commission a notice of abandonment. If any such storage facility was certificated pursuant to federal authority, the owner shall file a copy of any federal abandonment authority with the commission. Unless such notice of abandonment authority has been filed with the commission, there shall be a presumption that the storage facility and all rights associated with it remain as certificated. In either case the owner shall file an instrument with the register of deeds office in the appropriate county or counties, stating that such storage has ceased and, except in cases in which the owner of the storage facility has purchased the fee, that the ownership of all property acquired by the owner, both mineral and surface, has reverted to those who owned the property at the time of the acquisition or their heirs, successors or assigns.
(b) The state corporation commission may conduct an administrative hearing pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedures act upon application for abandonment of an underground natural gas storage facility if such facility was certificated by the commission.
History:
L. 1993, ch. 101, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1209 Plat map of location of underground natural gas facility required.

55-1209.
Plat map of location of underground natural gas facility required.
The owner of an underground natural gas storage facility shall provide to the state corporation commission a plat map identifying the location of such facility and a description of the geological formation or formations to be used for storage.
History:
L. 1993, ch. 101, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas › 55-1210 Property rights to injected natural gas established.

55-1210.
Property rights to injected natural gas established.
(a) All natural gas which has previously been reduced to possession, and which is subsequently injected into underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities, whether such storage rights were acquired by eminent domain or otherwise, shall at all times be the property of the injector, such injector's heirs, successors or assigns, whether owned by the injector or stored under contract.
(b) In no event shall such gas be subject to the right of the owner of the surface of such lands or of any mineral interest therein, under which such gas storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities lie, or of any person, other than the injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns, to produce, take, reduce to possession, either by means of the law of capture or otherwise, waste, or otherwise interfere with or exercise any control over such gas. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to affect the right of the owner of the surface of such lands or of any mineral interest therein to drill or bore through the underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities in such a manner as will protect such fields, sand, reservoirs and facilities against pollution and the escape of the natural gas being stored.
(c) With regard to natural gas that has migrated to adjoining property or to a stratum, or portion thereof, which has not been condemned as allowed by law or otherwise purchased:
(1) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns shall not lose title to or possession of such gas if such injector, such injector's heirs, successors or assigns can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that such gas was originally injected into the underground storage.
(2) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns, shall have the right to conduct such tests on any existing wells on adjoining property, at such injector's sole risk and expense including, but not limited to, the value of any lost production of other than the injector's gas, as may be reasonable to determine ownership of such gas.
(3) The owner of the stratum and the owner of the surface shall be entitled to such compensation, including compensation for use of or damage to the surface or substratum, as is provided by law, and shall be entitled to recovery of all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, if litigation is necessary to enforce any rights under this subsection (c) and the injector does not prevail.
(d) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns shall have the right to compel compliance with this section by injunction or other appropriate relief by application to a court of competent jurisdiction.
History:
L. 1993, ch. 102, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 13 - Unitization › 55-1301 Additional powers and duties of the state corporation commission.

55-1301.
Additional powers and duties of the state corporation commission.
In addition to the jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the state corporation commission, herein called "commission," by articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, with respect to the prevention of waste and the conservation of oil and gas and the protection of the correlative rights of persons entitled to share in the production thereof, the commission shall for said purposes have, and it shall be its duty to exercise, the further jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred or imposed upon it by this act.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 299, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas › Article 13 - Unitization › 55-1302 Definitions.

55-1302.
Definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) Except where the context otherwise requires, the terms used or defined in articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall have the same meaning when used in this act.
(b) "Pool" means an underground accumulation of oil and gas in one or more natural reservoirs in communication so as to constitute a single pressure system so that production from one part of the pool affects the pressure throughout its extent.
(c) "Oil and gas" means crude oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, condensate, or any combination thereof.
(d) "Waste," in addition to its meaning as used in articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, includes both economic and physical waste resulting from the development and operation separately of tracts that can best be operated as a unit.
(e) "Working interest owner" means the owner of tracts or interests who, in the absence of a unitization order, would have the right to drill and operate a well or wells on the separately owned tracts comprising a unit.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 299, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 115, § 1; July 1.