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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:153. Agencies may lease or administer through State Mineral and Energy Board

RS 30:153 - Agencies may lease or administer through State Mineral and Energy Board
A. Any agency may by resolution direct the State Mineral and Energy Board to lease its land in the manner provided in Subpart A of this Part. The bonus money, if any, received for the lease shall be transmitted by the State Mineral and Energy Board to the agency. After the execution of the original lease, all rights and authority in connection therewith shall be vested in the agency to the same extent as if the agency had itself leased the land.
B. Upon request, the State Mineral and Energy Board may administer and manage the leases of any levee district, state university, state college, state penal or charitable institution, or agency, unit, or institution of the state. If the State Mineral and Energy Board agrees to administer and manage such leases, the parties shall enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement to accomplish this purpose.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 290, §3; Acts 2008, No. 93, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:154. Signing of papers and disposition of funds when agency leases own lands; deposit

RS 30:154 - Signing of papers and disposition of funds when agency leases own lands; deposit
A. When an agency chooses not to avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 30:153 but leases its own lands, the agency shall sign all necessary or customary division orders or other documents incident to the production and sale of products under the lease.
B. When an agency leases its own lands it shall receive and receipt for all sums accruing to it and shall deposit these funds to its account.
C. In all cases where sixteenth section or school indemnity lands are leased, either by the State Mineral and Energy Board or the school board, all funds realized from these leases shall be paid to the school board of the parish where the lands are situated and credited to the current school fund of that parish, except that in the case of school indemnity lands, the lease shall be made by the State Mineral and Energy Board only and the funds credited to the parish school board entitled thereto.
D.(1) In all cases where title to land exclusive of sixteenth section or school indemnity lands has been acquired by a school board for the benefit of a particular school or school district by grant or purchase without the incurring of any obligation, including but not limited to bonded indebtedness, by the residents of such school district, funds realized from a lease of such lands by either the school board or the mineral board, shall be paid to the school board. The school board shall have the option of either crediting all or part of these funds to either a special account to be applied to the uses of the particular school or school system for whose benefit the grant or purchase was made, or of crediting all or any part of such funds to the general fund of the school board to be used for purposes for which such fund may be used.
(2) In all cases where the acquisition of such lands involves the incurring of an obligation, including but not limited to bonded indebtedness, by the residents of a particular school district, the board shall have the same option as provided in R.S. 30:154(D)(1); however, if no other funds, including the tax revenues of such district, are available to pay such obligation, then the school board shall use all funds from such leases necessary to pay the obligation incurred to acquire such lands.
(3) If the particular school or school district specified in the grant no longer exists, the funds shall be placed in the general fund of the school board.
E. Deposit that may be required to be submitted with each bid shall be in the form of certified check, cashier's check or bank money order.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 353, §1; Acts 1973, No. 123, §1; Acts 1983, No. 219, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:155. Alternative procedures

RS 30:155 - Alternative procedures
If an agency does not avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 30:153, it may lease its lands for mineral purposes on its own motion, or on written application, by advertising and letting in the manner provided by this Subpart, subject however to approval of the State Mineral and Energy Board as provided in R.S. 30:158.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 687, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:156. Procedure when agency leases its own lands

RS 30:156 - Procedure when agency leases its own lands
A person desiring to lease from a state agency shall make application with deposit to the agency in the same manner as is set forth in R.S. 30:125 for application with deposit to the mineral board. The agency shall itself advertise, receive bids at its domicile, and lease in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions applicable to leases by the State Mineral and Energy Board under R.S. 30:126 and 127. The agency has the same powers over leases granted by it as are granted the State Mineral and Energy Board in R.S. 30:129.
Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:158. Approval of lease by board

RS 30:158 - Approval of lease by board
No lease executed under the authority of this Subpart shall be valid unless the agency obtains its approval by the State Mineral and Energy Board. The authority of the State Mineral and Energy Board shall be ministerial with regard to whether or not the agency has correctly followed the procedural steps in granting the lease in question, and discretionary with regard to whether or not the terms of the agency lease are in the best interest of the agency and the public which it serves. A lease made under the provisions of this Subpart which is not approved by the State Mineral and Energy Board and countersigned by the duly authorized officer of that body is null and void.
Acts 2005, No. 449, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:159. State banks in liquidation, leases subject to approval, how

RS 30:159 - State banks in liquidation, leases subject to approval, how
All mineral leases entered into by state banks in liquidation shall be subject to the approval of the State Mineral and Energy Board and of the district court having jurisdiction of the liquidations.
Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:171. State departments and agencies; permits to lessees for directional drilling; permits to erect structures, etc.

RS 30:171 - State departments and agencies; permits to lessees for directional drilling; permits to erect structures, etc.
Any department or agency of the state may grant on lands of which it has title, custody, or possession:
(1) A permit, lease, or servitude to engage in directional drilling in search of minerals underlying adjacent water bodies. Directional drilling is drilling deviating from the vertical plane.
(2) A permit, lease, or servitude to erect structures and enjoy all privileges on the lands necessary or convenient in the development and transporting of minerals underlying adjacent water bodies.
The five year limitation of R.S. 41:1217 shall not apply to these grants.
No grantee shall exercise any rights without first obtaining a valid mineral lease of the adjacent water bottoms.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:172. Lessees may construct breakwaters, etc.

RS 30:172 - Lessees may construct breakwaters, etc.
Any person holding or acquiring a lease from the state for the development and production of minerals from lands including water bottoms belonging to the state, shall be authorized, in the conduct of the operations under the lease, to build, install and exclusively control, upon the shores, banks or water bottoms covered by the lease, breakwaters, platforms, fills, islands, (through excavation, pumping process or otherwise) and other constructions and facilities that he may find necessary or convenient for the exploitation, production, storing, treating, processing, refining, conveying, transporting and marketing of minerals produced under such lease and under leases covering other lands in the vicinity. Should any island or fill be made within navigable waters, a permit shall first be secured from the Register of the State Land Office and approved by the commissioner of conservation.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 74, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:173. Private rights not to be affected; United States government, permission of

RS 30:173 - Private rights not to be affected; United States government, permission of
Existing private rights shall not be affected in any way by the rights granted in R.S. 30:171. Permission must be obtained from the United States government to construct works in navigable waters.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:179.1. §§179.1 to 179.7 Repealed by Acts 1964, No. 311, §6

RS 30:179.1 - §§179.1 to 179.7 Repealed by Acts 1964, No. 311, §6
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:179.11. Authorization to enter into agreements during controversy relating to submerged lands

RS 30:179.11 - Authorization to enter into agreements during controversy relating to submerged lands
In regard to the controversy between the United States and the state of Louisiana as to whether any portion of any submerged land is owned and controlled by the state of Louisiana under the provisions of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.A. §1301 et seq.) (Public Law 31, 83rd Congress; 67 Stat. 29), or whether such lands are owned and controlled by the United States under the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.A. §1301 et seq) (Public Law 212, 83 Congress; 67 State. 462), or any amendment or revision thereof, the State Mineral and Energy Board is authorized, with the concurrence and approval of the Governor, to negotiate and enter into agreements for and on behalf of the state of Louisiana, with any lessee or future lessee of the state of Louisiana, to negotiate and enter into tentative agreements or stipulations with the United States, or any present or future grantee or lessee of the United States, respecting the ownership and boundaries of such lands and operations under any mineral lease on any other sums payable thereunder, including withdrawals from such deposits in escrow or impoundment, pending the settlement or adjudication of the controversy. Payments or deposits made pursuant to any such agreement shall be considered as being in compliance with the terms of the applicable lease. Upon the final settlement or adjudications of such controversy, all sums so impounded shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto. Any sums finally determined to be payable to the state of Louisiana shall be deposited with the proper state agency in accordance with the constitution and laws of this state.
Acts 1964, No. 311, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:179.12. Ratification by legislature of any final agreements or stipulations

RS 30:179.12 - Ratification by legislature of any final agreements or stipulations
No final agreement or stipulation negotiated with the United States by the State Mineral and Energy Board with the concurrence and approval of the governor, respecting the ownership and boundary of such lands, which changes or modifies the historic seaward boundary of the state of Louisiana as established by Act 33 of 1954 (R.S. 49:1), or which leases to the United States any part of the bonuses, rents, royalties and other sums heretofore or hereafter deposited in escrow or impoundment under the provisions of the Interim Agreement of October 12, 1956, between the United States and the state of Louisiana, shall be binding on the state of Louisiana until such agreement or stipulation shall have been ratified by a majority vote of both Houses of the Louisiana Legislature.
Acts 1964, No. 311, §2; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:179.13. Necessity for payment prior to ratification

RS 30:179.13 - Necessity for payment prior to ratification
No agreement provided for in R.S. 30:179.11 shall be construed or considered as a ratification by the state of Louisiana of any mineral lease covered by such agreement unless the lessee shall, within ninety days after final settlement or adjudication of any such controversy, pay to the state of Louisiana, in addition to the funds deposited in escrow, any and all bonuses, rentals, royalties and other considerations due and payable under the terms of the said lease agreement and not theretofore paid to the state of Louisiana. The state of Louisiana, through the same authorities hereinabove set forth, shall, on receipt of such payments, enter into a ratification agreement with the said lessee or, at its option, execute a new lease agreement in favor of the lessee on the state form then currently in use, but containing the same expiration date, rental and royalty provisions and drilling obligations as those contained in the original lease contract; provided, that the terms and conditions of the lease and of the escrow agreement referred to in R.S. 30:179.11 have been fully complied with. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of the state in the event that the lessee shall fail to make payment of the bonuses, rentals, royalties and other considerations which may be due and payable to the state of Louisiana as provided in this Section.
Acts 1964, No. 311, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:179.14. Prior agreements not affected

RS 30:179.14 - Prior agreements not affected
No provision of R.S. 30:179.11 to 30:179.14 shall be construed to impair any obligation of any agreement made and entered into within the authority and pursuant to the provisions either of Act 38 of 1956 or 352 of 1958, or Act 9 of 1962, and any such agreement made pursuant to and within the authority of any of said Acts is hereby ratified, validated and confirmed.
Acts 1964, No. 311, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:181. §§181 to 185 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 358, §1, effective July 8, 1960

RS 30:181 - §§181 to 185 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 358, §1, effective July 8, 1960
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:186. Distribution of funds

RS 30:186 - Distribution of funds
A. Within a reasonable time after the receipt of any funds received under or on account of any such oil, gas or other mineral lease as rental, bonus, royalty or otherwise, the State Mineral and Energy Board shall deposit in the registry of the district court having jurisdiction in the parish wherein said property is situated in more than one parish, then in the registry of any district court having jurisdiction over any parish wherein a part of said immovable property is situated, all of the funds so received, less and except sums authorized to be deducted by the mineral board under R.S. 30:188, and shall thereafter be relieved of all liability for the payment of such funds upon complying with the requirements of R.S. 30:187.
B. Any such funds that the State Mineral and Energy Board presently possesses shall be deposited in the registry of the court as set out in Subsection A of this Section within a reasonable time after July 8, 1960.
Acts 1952, No. 513, §6. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 358, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:187. Judicial procedure

RS 30:187 - Judicial procedure
The State Mineral and Energy Board shall present to the said district court having jurisdiction an application drawn in the usual form of a petition in a civil case and said petition shall contain (a) the name and domicile of the applicant (b) a full and complete account of how the applicant came into possession of the funds deposited and (c) the list of co-owners required and described in R.S. 30:185. However, applicant may add any list of owners which were not included in the original application on behalf of any claimant received by the applicant. It shall not be a prerequisite to the filing of this petition that a dispute exists over the ownership of the funds. The State Mineral and Energy Board shall not be obligated to make any investigation of title whatsoever beyond said list furnished pursuant to R.S. 30:185. The State Mineral and Energy Board shall pray for service on all persons listed in the petition as claiming or having an interest in the funds deposited and shall pray further that all such persons named in the petition shall be cited to answer and make such claims to the funds as they may desire; and further, that all persons claiming or having an interest in such funds as they may desire; and further, that all persons claiming or having an interest in such funds, whether named in the petition or not, shall be cited by publication to answer and make such claim to the funds as they may desire. The notice by publication herein referred to shall be made six times during the sixty days immediately following the filing of the petition in the official journal of the parish in which the suit is filed and in the state official journal six times during said sixty day period. All parties however cited, whether personally or by publication, shall appear and answer the petition no later than seventy-five days from the date of the filing of the petition. The court after a full hearing shall determine the ownership of the funds and in the event the court should determine that part of the funds are owned by persons unknown, or missing, then the court shall direct that such funds be delivered to the Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana, except that in the parish of Orleans, said funds shall be delivered to the Public Administrator thereof.
Acts 1952, No. 513, §7. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 358, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:201. §§201 to 203 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 185, §1, eff. July 5, 1977

RS 30:201 - §§201 to 203 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 185, §1, eff. July 5, 1977
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:206. Publication of survey

RS 30:206 - Publication of survey
The results of the geological surveys shall be published by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:208. Exploration of public lands

RS 30:208 - Exploration of public lands
The State Mineral and Energy Board may explore and develop the mineral resources of lands belonging to the state which might lease under Subpart A of Part II of Chapter 2 of this Title.
Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:209.1. Acquisition of geological information

RS 30:209.1 - Acquisition of geological information
A. The right of the State Mineral and Energy Board under R.S. 30:209 to conduct or contract for geophysical and geological surveys and other operations on lands which the board might lease for the state in order to carry out the provisions of R.S. 30:208, relative to exploration and development of mineral resources shall include the right to acquire and receive, either as owner in its own right or licensee, from the company acquiring and processing the data under the geophysical or geological surveys, and geophysical, geological, and engineering information and data acquired or processed from the surveys or operations conducted on any lands, whether public or private, for evaluation, administration, and development of the mineral resources of state-owned properties.
B.(1) Information and data acquired as authorized by Subsection A of this Section shall be confidential for all purposes consistent with the terms of acquisition and shall be made available only to the State Mineral and Energy Board, and the commissioner of conservation at the sole discretion of the board, who shall keep such information and data confidential and may use such information and data only in the lawful, official administration and development of publicly owned lands. Whoever knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be punished by the penalties provided by R.S. 30:213(B).
(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1), the owner of the information and data with the right to license may give permission, under any restrictions and limitations which the owner may deem necessary, to release such information and data for specific purposes proposed by the state. Any release pursuant to this Paragraph and in compliance with the restrictions and limitations set forth by the owner shall not be a violation of this Subsection.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 288, §1; Acts 1997, No. 531, §1; Acts 2006, No. 520, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:209.2. Storage of carbon dioxide; distribution of funds

RS 30:209.2 - Storage of carbon dioxide; distribution of funds
A. For purposes of this Section, "specific area of interest" means an individual tract of property that is the subject of any contractual agreement entered into by the State Mineral and Energy Board for the purpose of injection, storage, sequestration, transportation, shipment, or withdrawal of carbon dioxide.
B. Any revenues collected by the office of mineral resources pursuant to any contractual agreement for the storage of carbon dioxide beneath state-owned land or water bottoms shall be immediately forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the state treasury. After complying with the provisions of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, the state treasurer shall remit the funds as follows:
(1) Thirty percent of the revenue shall be remitted to the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund. The revenue remitted to the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund under this Subsection shall be in lieu of any other revenues collected pursuant to any contractual agreement for the storage of carbon dioxide beneath the state-owned land or water bottoms that is required by law to be remitted to the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund.
(2) Thirty percent of the revenue shall be remitted to the governing authority of the parish located in a specific area of interest. If the specific area of interest is located in more than one parish, the monies shall be divided between the parishes in proportion to the amount of property located in each parish pursuant to the contractual agreement.
(3) The remaining revenue shall be deposited into the state general fund.
C. Nothing in this Section shall impact existing constitutional or statutory dedications from funds collected by the office of mineral resources on behalf of a state department or an agency as defined in R.S. 30:151.
Acts 2023, No. 378, §1, eff. June 14, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:211. Geophysical and geological survey, and public lands defined

RS 30:211 - Geophysical and geological survey, and public lands defined
A. "Public lands" means lands belonging to the state or its agencies and which may be leased under Chapter 2 of this Title.
B. "Geophysical and geological survey" means magnetometer surveys, gravitymeter surveys, torsion balance surveys, seismograph surveys, using either the reflection or the refraction method, soil analysis surveys which tend to show the presence or absence of hydrocarbons, electrical surveys, using either the Eltran or some similar method and any method utilizing short wave radio.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 316, §18.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:212. Permits for surveys on public lands

RS 30:212 - Permits for surveys on public lands
A. The State Mineral and Energy Board shall have exclusive authority to grant exclusive and nonexclusive permits to conduct geophysical and geological surveys of any kind on state-owned lands, including water bottoms. No person shall conduct a geophysical or geological survey on state-owned lands, including water bottoms, without obtaining a permit. These permits shall be granted pursuant to rules promulgated under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. No permit shall be granted covering lands over which the state has a mere servitude without consent of the owner of the abutting property.
B. Any person desiring a permit to conduct geophysical and geological surveys of any kind on state-owned lands, including water bottoms, shall submit an application in writing to the office of mineral resources.
C. Any application that includes prospective areas on lands, including water bottoms, under the jurisdiction of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, including wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges, public shooting grounds, or outdoor recreation areas, may be rejected by the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for ecological reasons and the rights of lessors and donors.
D. After deposit to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as required under the provisions of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the following amounts shall be deposited as follows:
(1) An amount equal to the amount received from geophysical and geological survey on lands, including water bottoms, under the jurisdiction of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, including wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges, public shooting grounds, or outdoor recreation areas, shall be immediately deposited into the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund established by Article VII, Section 10-A of the Constitution of Louisiana, or other funds as may be required by law, deed, or acts of donation.
(2) Of the amount received from nonexclusive geophysical and geological surveys conducted on all other state-owned lands and water bottoms, twenty percent shall be deposited into the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund and the remainder deposited into the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund created by R.S. 30:136.3.
(3) Of the amount received from exclusive geophysical and geological surveys conducted on all other state-owned lands and water bottoms, five dollars per acre shall be deposited into the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund and the remainder deposited into the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund created by R.S. 30:136.3.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 175, §1; Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 2003, No. 993, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:214. Permit for survey entailing use of public waters or bottoms

RS 30:214 - Permit for survey entailing use of public waters or bottoms
Any person who makes or causes to be made a geophysical survey entailing the use of shot points in any lake, river, or stream bed or other bottoms, the title to which is in the public, shall obtain from the State Mineral and Energy Board a special permit therefor. This permit shall be granted under the rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the protection of oysters, fish, and wildlife.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 175, §2; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:215. Nonexclusive geophysical permits

RS 30:215 - Nonexclusive geophysical permits
A. A nonexclusive permit to conduct seismic, geophysical, or geological surveying upon state-owned lands, including water bottoms, shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. However, if operations commence within the year and are ceased due to unforeseen circumstances, the term may be extended for up to one year from the cessation of operations by the secretary of Department of Energy and Natural Resources. The permittee shall pay a fee to the office of mineral resources at the time of application for the seismic permit. The fee shall be determined by the State Mineral and Energy Board at least every twelve months or as often as necessary. The fee shall be based upon market value but shall be no more than thirty dollars and no less than five dollars per acre.
B. The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may object to an application for a nonexclusive permit to conduct seismic, geophysical, or geological surveying on lands, including water bottoms, under the jurisdiction of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, including wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges, public shooting grounds, or outdoor recreation areas. Upon the secretary's objections, the application shall be presented for final determination to the State Mineral and Energy Board.
Acts 1983, No. 662, §1; Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 2008, No. 283, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 58, §1, eff. May 30, 2013; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:217. Unauthorized geological surveying on lands of another; registration requirements; penalties

RS 30:217 - Unauthorized geological surveying on lands of another; registration requirements; penalties
A.(1) No person shall conduct geological surveys for oil, gas, or other minerals by means of a torsion balance, seismograph explosions, mechanical device, or any other method whatsoever, on any land, unless he has obtained the consent of either the owner or the party or parties authorized to execute geological surveys, leases, or permits as provided in the Louisiana Mineral Code.
(2) "Owner" as used herein shall not include a person or legal entity with only a surface or subsurface leasehold interest in the property.
(3) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.
B.(1) Prior to entering onto any property, the person wishing to conduct geological surveys for oil, gas, or other minerals, by means of a torsion balance, seismograph explosions, mechanical device, or any other method whatsoever, shall file with the office of the clerk of court of either parish where such geological surveying is to be conducted, along with the necessary filing fees, written notification of his intention to conduct such exploration operations, which shall include the surveyor's name and address, the parish, and a map clearly designating the area to be surveyed and the identity of the assessed landowner of such property and the person or entity granting the permit to survey such property as well as the estimated time period of such operation.
(2) Upon receipt of such notification of intention, the clerk of court in each parish shall maintain copies of same in the regular oil and gas record books. If no oil and gas records are kept, such intentions shall be filed in the mortgage record books.
(3) A copy of this information, along with a certified copy of the filing, shall be transmitted by certified mail or hand delivered, by the person wishing to prospect for oil, gas, or other minerals, to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and to the assessed landowner.
(4) If the geological surveyor is a corporation, partnership or other form of legal entity, filing shall be in the name of the legal entity, and the names and addresses of the employees shall not be required.
(5) Whoever violates the filing requirements of this Subsection shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 639, §2; Acts 1980, No. 435, §1; Acts 1983, No. 662, §1; Acts 1995, No. 296, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:218. Injunction not to lie in suits to restrain exploration for oil, etc., on state lands

RS 30:218 - Injunction not to lie in suits to restrain exploration for oil, etc., on state lands
No injunction shall issue against lessees of the state or state employees to restrain exploration for minerals on state lands. In all cases plaintiff's remedy shall be judicial sequestration of the product of the exploration or its proceeds until the rights of all claimants are determined.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:219. Release from sequestration

RS 30:219 - Release from sequestration
The defendant may obtain release of the sequestered product or proceeds by giving bond. This bond shall be payable to the clerk of court and in an amount fixed by the judge as being the value of the product at the time of its release, with legal interest from final judgment.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:220. Interlocutory decree for sale of sequestered oil

RS 30:220 - Interlocutory decree for sale of sequestered oil
Prior to the release on bond, the judge may on application by either party after hearing, issue an interlocutory decree ordering the sheriff to sell the minerals at the highest market price then obtainable and to deposit the proceeds in a separate account in a bank to be designated by the court. The bank paying the highest rate of interest pending the litigation shall be selected by the judge.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:221. Aerial photographs or mosaics; filing; copies; penalty

RS 30:221 - Aerial photographs or mosaics; filing; copies; penalty
Any person who takes photographs from the air in this state for the purpose of making aerial maps or mosaics must file a list of these photographs or mosaics within thirty days after their completion with the State Department of Conservation. On request of the department a copy shall be furnished on the same scale as it is offered for sale to the public. The cost of these copies shall be borne by the department.
This Section does not apply to any federal agency or to any person making aerial photographs or mosaics for any federal agency.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:251. Manner of measuring

RS 30:251 - Manner of measuring
To insure the accuracy of all orifice-type meters used to measure the production of gaseous mineral hydrocarbons the differential pressure recording device of said meters shall be zeroed each chart changing date, the record thereof to be disclosed on the chart of each meter.
Acts 1958, No. 510, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:252. Testing, repairing and correcting of measuring equipment

RS 30:252 - Testing, repairing and correcting of measuring equipment
All equipment used for the measuring of the production from the lease of gaseous mineral hydrocarbons sold or otherwise utilized off the lease shall be tested, and repaired and corrected, if necessary, not less than one time within each 6-month period.
Acts 1958, No. 510, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:301. Policy and purpose

RS 30:301 - Policy and purpose
It is the determination of the legislature that the production of natural resources, more particularly oil and gas, will within the years to come, decline steadily, and that the revenues generated by these resources will decline as well, thereby decreasing the amount of funds which the state shall have to operate and carry out the functions which it has been assigned to accomplish. In order to preserve the benefits of these natural resources for future generations and to prevent the wasteful expenditures of revenues produced from these natural resources and to prevent in the future a situation wherein the citizens of the state will be unduly burdened with excessive taxes, it is the purpose of this Chapter, to provide the establishment of a trust fund into which the revenues from the oil and gas production of the state shall be deposited and shall remain, to be invested by the treasurer of the state as provided by law, and the interest thereon made available to the general fund to be used for the operation of the state.
NOTE: §301 as repealed if and when the proposed amendment of Article VII and Article IX of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in Act No. 199 of the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective. See Acts 2023, No. 345.
RS 30:301 - Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §2, see Act.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 577, §1; Acts 1979, No. 791, §1, eff. July 18, 1979; Acts 2023, No. 345, §2, see Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:302. Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement (L.I.F.E.); established

RS 30:302 - Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement (L.I.F.E.); established
There is hereby established a fund in the state treasury to be known as the Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement (L.I.F.E.), hereafter referred to as the "fund", into which the state treasurer shall each fiscal year, and beginning with the 1981-82 fiscal year, deposit from the revenues produced from the production of oil and gas within the state, after those revenues have been deposited in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund and remittance has been made to political subdivisions as required by Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, a portion of windfall revenues from oil and gas price deregulation. Such windfall revenues shall be those monies accruing to the state above a "base" which, for the purposes of this Chapter, is defined as the estimated level of collections from oil, gas, and other severance taxes and oil and gas production royalties in fiscal year 1980-81, those collections to be specified as one billion and eighty-five million dollars ($1,085,000,000) and comprised of:
(1) seven hundred sixty million dollars ($760,000,000) from oil, gas, and other severance taxes, and
(2) three hundred twenty-five million dollars ($325,000,000) from oil and gas royalty payments, excluding bonuses and rentals.
The above defined "base" shall be used to calculate the windfall revenues for fiscal year 1981-82. The treasurer shall determine each fiscal year subsequent to fiscal year 1981-82 a new "base" which shall be determined by multiplying the "base" for the previous fiscal year by the most recent annual change in the Consumer Price Index and then adding that product to the "base" for the previous year.
NOTE: §302 as repealed if and when the proposed amendment of Article VII and Article IX of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in Act No. 199 of the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective. See Acts 2023, No. 345.
RS 30:302 - Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 345, §2, see Act.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 577, §1; Acts 1979, No. 791, §1, eff. July 18, 1979. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 728, §3; Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. Nov. 23, 1981; Acts 2023, No. 345, §2, see Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:313.1. Repealed by Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §6, eff. July 14, 1989.

RS 30:313.1 - Repealed by Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §6, eff. July 14, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:401. Advisory Commission for Louisiana's Energy, Environment, and Restoration; purpose

RS 30:401 - Advisory Commission for Louisiana's Energy, Environment, and Restoration; purpose
There is hereby created the Advisory Commission for Louisiana's Energy, Environment, and Restoration within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. The commission shall support programs designed to demonstrate to the general public the importance of the Louisiana oil and natural gas exploration, production, and service industry; encourage the wise and efficient use of energy; promote environmentally sound production methods and technologies; develop existing supplies of Louisiana's oil and natural gas resources; support research and educational activities concerning the oil and gas exploration and production industry; cause remediation of historical oilfield environmental problems; and to have such other authority as provided by law.
Acts 2020, No. 62, §1, eff. June 5, 2020; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:402. Commission membership; domicile; chair; term; vacancies; quorum; compensation

RS 30:402 - Commission membership; domicile; chair; term; vacancies; quorum; compensation
A. The commission shall be composed of the following members:
(1)(a) One member appointed by the governor chosen from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Landowners Association board of directors.
(b) One member appointed by the governor chosen from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association board of directors.
(c) One member appointed by the governor chosen from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association board of directors.
(2) Two members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives chosen from a list of six names submitted by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association board of directors.
(3) Two members appointed by the president of the Senate chosen from a list of six names submitted by the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association board of directors.
B. The commission shall be domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish.
C. At the first meeting, to be held no later than September 1, 2020, the board shall elect a chair and any other officers it considers necessary for the effective operation of the commission.
D. The terms of the members shall be concurrent with that of the governor. Members may be reappointed.
E. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
F. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking any action. Actions of the commission may be taken by an affirmative vote of the members of the commission present.
G. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
Acts 2020, No. 62, §1, eff. June 5, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:403. Operational plan; legislative recommendations

RS 30:403 - Operational plan; legislative recommendations
A. The commission shall develop an operational plan and legislative recommendations for the 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature necessary to implement the operational plan by July 1, 2021.
B. Department and legislative staff shall assist the commission in developing the operational plan and legislative recommendations.
C. The operational plan of the commission and legislative recommendations shall be presented to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment no later than March 1, 2021.
Acts 2020, No. 62, §1, eff. June 5, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:412. Measure of damages for failure to supply

RS 30:412 - Measure of damages for failure to supply
When failure to supply natural gas pursuant to a contract is the result of compulsory reallocation or curtailment not otherwise excepted by this Part, the damages due to the former purchaser/recipient shall adhere to the following guidelines:
(1) The general rule is that damages are the amount of the loss the purchaser has sustained or the gain of which he has been deprived.
(2) Where applicable, the injured purchaser shall be entitled to recover the cost of alternate fuel based upon the cost of such alternate fuel suitably adjusted for loss of efficiency and increased maintenance costs.
(3) Where applicable, the injured purchaser shall be entitled to all reasonable costs of converting to any alternate fuel. This reimbursement for conversion shall cover charges for transportation, handling, storage, disposal, mechanical adjustments, and new equipment which the conversion necessitates.
(4) The injured purchaser shall be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable attorney's fees pursuant to any action hereunder.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 674, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality › §30:413. Certified emergencies; suspension of act

RS 30:413 - Certified emergencies; suspension of act
A. Whenever there is a compulsory reallocation or curtailment of natural gas resulting in a failure to supply natural gas in Louisiana pursuant to a contract, the assistant secretary, on call of the governor, shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of determining whether, as a result of extreme shortages of natural gas an emergency condition exists within a locality, municipality, parish or region of the state or elsewhere within the United States.
B. In the event that such an emergency is determined to exist, the assistant secretary shall certify such fact to the governor, who shall immediately thereafter issue an official order to that effect.
C. Upon issuance of such order the effect of this Part shall be suspended and inapplicable as regards any action for damages otherwise available herein and arising as a result of compulsory reallocation or curtailment pursuant to the emergency hereinabove declared.
D. This Section shall not preclude a purchaser of natural gas in Louisiana from instituting legal proceedings otherwise available in the event of failure of a supplier to deliver natural gas pursuant to a gas sales agreement with that purchaser if curtailment or reallocation of natural gas results in whole or part from the negligence of the supplier.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 674, §1.