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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.22. Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission - Creation.

A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2015, the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission which shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. The purpose of the Commission is to coordinate marketing and research activities of the LP gas industry and to promote safety through programs and education.
B. The Commission shall be subject to review and termination under the Oklahoma Sunset Law prior to July 1, 2012, if at least fifty-one percent (51%) of all Class I LP gas permit holders in the state sign a petition requesting such a review. The petition shall be submitted to the House of Representatives and State Senate committees responsible for sunset review.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 22, § 1; Laws 2006, c. 41, § 1; Laws 2012, c. 273, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.24. Commission powers and duties.

The Commission shall have the power and duty to:
1. Administer and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act;
2. Establish an office for the Commission within the State of Oklahoma;
3. Elect a chairperson and whatever other officers may be necessary to direct operations of the Commission;
4. Employ personnel as shall be deemed necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;
5. Establish and administer the LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund;
6. Approve or disapprove the budget of the Commission;
7. Promulgate rules as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act;
8. Enter into contracts or agreements for studies, research projects, safety programs, experimental work, supplies or other services to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act, and incur those expenses necessary to carry out those purposes. Any contract or agreement shall provide that:
a.
the person entering the contract or agreement on behalf of the Commission shall develop and submit to the Commission a plan or project together with a budget that shows estimated costs to be incurred for the plan or project, and
b.
the person entering the contract or agreement shall keep accurate records of all of its transactions, account for funds received and expended, and make periodic reports to the Commission of activities conducted, and any other reports as the Commission may require;
9. Keep accurate records of all financial transactions performed pursuant to the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act. These records shall be audited annually by an independent auditor and an annual report shall be compiled and presented to the Governor;
10. Cooperate with any private, local, state or national commission, organization, agency or group and to make contracts and agreements for joint programs beneficial to the LP gas industry;
11. Accept donations, grants, contributions and gifts from any public or private source and deposit the money in the LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund;
12. Approve or disapprove the investment of any monies in the LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 7 of this act; and
13. Keep an accurate record of all assessments collected.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.25. Commission meetings - Appointment of Director.

A. There shall be an annual meeting of the Commission at which the annual report and proposed budget will be presented. The Commission shall, at the call of the chairperson, hold at least three other regular meetings each year. The chairperson shall establish the time, a manner and place of all meetings and shall provide notice of such meetings. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. In addition, the Commission shall determine the circumstances under which additional meetings of the Commission may be held.
B. The Commission may appoint a Director who shall carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act. The Director shall not be one of the appointed Commission members.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 6, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.26. LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission to be designated the "LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received by the Commission from assessments received and collected pursuant to Section 420.27 of this title, and donations, grants, contributions and gifts from any public or private source and any monies appropriated by the Oklahoma State Legislature. The Commission may expend funds as provided for by law. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 7, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 277, § 3, emerg, eff. May 25, 1995; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 219.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.27. Assessment on first sale or import of odorized LP gas - Records of remitted fees - Entry upon business premises - Suspension or revocation of registration permit.

A. To fund the activities of the Commission an assessment shall be imposed on the first sale of odorized LP gas or at the time of import of odorized LP gas into the State of Oklahoma. Each operator of a loading rack on delivery into any cargo container shall collect from the person who purchases the odorized LP gas an assessment in an amount of one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon. Each owner of odorized LP gas, at the time of import into this state, shall be responsible for the payment of the one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon assessment on the volume of LP gas at the time of import.
B. The assessment shall be computed on the net amount of odorized LP gas delivered into a cargo container.
C. Loading rack operators and importers shall maintain sufficient records regarding their LP gas operations to enable the Commission to determine whether the loading rack operators and importers have remitted all fees due under the provisions of subsection A of this section. Loading rack operators and importers shall make such records available to the Commission for inspection and shall maintain such records for the minimum period of time that business records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Service.
D. Upon a determination by a majority vote of the Commission that just cause exists, a representative of the Commission may, at reasonable times and after reasonable notice to the loading rack operator and importer, enter an office, premises or place of business of a loading rack operator or importer to inspect, examine and obtain copies of the LP gas operation records maintained pursuant to subsection C of this section, for the purpose of conducting an audit or investigation or enforcing or administering this act. The loading rack operator or importer or their representative is entitled to be present when the Commission representative enters to make inspections and examinations on the premises of the loading rack operator or importer.
E. The Commission shall serve notice to the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator regarding any importer who fails to remit the assessment as required under the provisions of this section. Upon notice and hearing, the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board may suspend or revoke any registration permit issued to the loading rack operator or importer by the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board until all assessments and penalties are paid in full.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 8, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 303, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 91, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 202, § 7, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.28. Assessment collection - Penalties.

A. Each operator of a loading rack or owner of LP gas at the time of import shall, on or before the 25th day of the month following the end of each calendar month, file a report with the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission and remit the amount of assessments required to be collected or paid during the preceding month to the Commission, which shall be deposited in the LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund.
B. Loading rack operators or owners of LP gas at the time of import filing a report or remitting fees later than the 25th day of the month in which fees are due, but within thirty (30) days of the deadline, shall remit a penalty in the amount of five percent (5%) of the amount of fees originally due and payable.
C. Loading rack operators or owners of LP gas at the time of import filing a report or remitting fees more than thirty (30) days after the deadline shall remit a penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the fees originally due and payable.
D. An additional penalty of seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount of the fees and penalties due and payable will be added to penalties set forth in subsections B and C of this section if the failure to file a report or to remit the fees collected is determined by the Commission to be a result of fraud or an intent to evade the provisions of this act or the rules of the Commission.
E. The Commission shall be responsible for taking appropriate legal actions to collect any assessment which is not paid or is not properly paid. At the request of the Commission, the Attorney General is authorized to take any necessary action to collect any fees or penalties due under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 9, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 303, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 91, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 202, § 8, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.29. Assessment refund.

A. Any person subject to the assessment levied by Section 420.27 of this title may request a refund, as provided for in this section, of the assessment paid on the first sale of odorized LP gas for the preceding calendar year. Upon compliance with the provisions of this section and rules promulgated by the Commission, the Commission shall refund to each person requesting a refund the amount of the assessment paid by or on behalf of such person during the preceding calendar year. Refunds made to persons subject to the assessment shall in turn be refunded by the person to each customer based on the percentage of the total volume of LP gas purchased by each customer. As used in this section, "customer" shall mean the end-user who consumes the LP gas.
B. The request for a refund of the assessment for the preceding calendar year must be made during the first calendar month following the calendar year for which the refund is requested. Failure to request a refund during this period shall terminate the right of any person to receive a refund for the assessment paid for the preceding calendar year. The Commission shall give notice of the availability of the refund through press releases or such other means as it deems appropriate.
C. Each person requesting a refund shall execute an affidavit showing the amount of refund requested and the volume of sales of LP gas made by the person to each customer. The Commission may require records to be submitted verifying the volume of sales and may verify the accuracy of the request for refund.
D. No person or company who requests a refund under this section shall be eligible to serve or have a representative serve as a member of the Commission.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 10, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 303, § 4, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.29-1. Exports exempted from assessment.

A. No fee shall be collected on any deliveries of odorized LP gas destined for export out of this state if the LP gas is in continuous movement to a destination outside of this state.
B. Purchasers or representatives of purchasers claiming an exemption under this section must complete a form, provided by the Commission, and return it to the loading rack operator making the exempt delivery. Any purchaser requesting an exemption for a particular load or for all LP gas purchased shall complete a form provided by the Commission. Each loading rack operator shall keep all exemptions forms filed with him or her on file and available for inspection by the Commission for a period of four (4) years.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 303, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.29-2. Application for refund by purchaser.

Any purchaser who pays a fee to a loading rack operator or owner of LP gas at the time of import on a load of LP gas that is exempt under the provisions of this act may apply to the loading rack operator or owner of the LP gas at the time of import for a refund of the amount paid. To apply for a refund, the purchaser must complete a refund request form provided by the Commission, and return it to the loading rack operator or owner of the LP gas at the time of import who collected the fee. Any loading rack operator or owner of LP gas at the time of import required to refund a fee to a purchaser shall report the amount of the refund to the Commission. All amounts refunded and reported according to the provisions of this act may be deducted from the total amount of fees collected to arrive at the total amount of fees to be remitted to the Commission. All refund amounts reported must be supported by refund request forms kept on file by the loading rack operator and be available for inspection by the Commission for a period of four (4) years.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 303, § 6, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 91, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.29-3. Petition to Commission for refund.

Any operator of a loading rack or owner of LP gas at the time of import may petition the Commission for a refund of fees remitted to the Commission in error by filing the proper form and returning to the Commission. The reason for the refund and supporting documentation must accompany the request.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 303, § 7, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 91, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-420.30. Certain programs not preempted - Designation of funds for payment of certain programs.

Nothing in the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act may be construed to preempt or supersede any other program relating to LP gas promotion or marketing organized and operated under the law of the State of Oklahoma or the United States. The provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act applicable to the rules shall be applicable to amendments to the rules. In the event of the establishment of a national program for an assessment on propane sales, the Commission, by majority vote, may elect to designate up to a maximum of twenty percent (20%) of the funds collected pursuant to the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Act to the national program in lieu of an additional assessment as may be required by the national program.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 146, § 11, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-421.1. Liquefied petroleum gas emergency - Declaration by Governor.

A. The Governor of Oklahoma is hereby authorized, for and on behalf of the state, to join with the governor of any other state in declaring a liquefied petroleum gas emergency. When the declaration is issued, trucks and operators carrying liquefied petroleum gas and meeting all certification, permit, and licensing requirements of the federal government and their home state shall be permitted to transport liquefied petroleum gas in and through Oklahoma without obtaining any license, permit, or certification required by this state.
B. This exception and waiver of Oklahoma licensing, permitting, and certification requirements regarding trucks and operators transporting liquefied petroleum gas shall be valid only during the period of the declared emergency.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 46, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-472. Terms defined - Pressure - Conversion to standard conditions.

The term "cubic foot of gas" or "standard cubic foot of gas" means the volume of gas, including both natural gas and casing head gas, contained in one cubic foot of space at a standard pressure base and at a standard temperature base. The standard pressure base shall be fourteen and sixty-five hundredths (14.65) pounds per square inch absolute and the standard temperature base shall be sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit. Whenever the conditions of pressure and temperature differ from the above standard, conversion of the volume from these conditions to the standard conditions shall be made in accordance with the Ideal Gas Laws corrected for deviation from Boyle's Law, which correction must be made unless the pressure at the point of measurement is two hundred (200) pounds per square inch gauge or less; all in accordance with methods and tables generally recognized by and commonly used in the natural gas industry.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 133, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-473. Determination of factors by Commission - Determination and report of volumes.

(a) It shall be the duty of the Corporation Commission and said Commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to determine the average temperature of gas, as produced in each oil and gas field in Oklahoma, and to determine the other variable factors necessary to calculate the metered volumes in accordance with the Ideal Gas Laws and the variable factors to correct for deviation from the Ideal Gas Laws in each of the oil and gas fields in the State of Oklahoma. Upon request of any interested party the Corporate Commission shall give notice and hold a public hearing before making such determination. Promptly upon such determinations the Corporation Commission shall make and publish such findings and promulgate such reasonable field rules as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
Any person, association of persons, or corporations shall be permitted to use the findings and field rules of the Commission for all purposes under this act, but if such findings or field rules are not so used in determining volumes under this act, the volumes so otherwise determined shall be corrected to the basis of the "standard cubic foot of gas" as defined in Section 2 of this act.
(b) Any person required to report volumes of gas under the laws of this state, shall report such volumes in number of standard cubic feet calculated and determined under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 133, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-474. Sales, purchases and deliveries - Adjustment of contract prices.

Each and every sale, and each and every purchase, delivery and receipt of gas by volume hereafter made in this state by, for or on behalf of an oil and gas lease owner, royalty owner thereunder, or other mineral interest owner, shall be made and such gas shall be measured, calculated, purchased, delivered and accounted for on the basis of "a standard cubic foot of gas" as defined in Section 2, and as determined under this act. Whenever the provisions of this act operate to change the basis of measurement provided for in existing contracts, then the price for gas, including royalty gas, provided for in such contracts shall, if either the purchaser or seller so desires, be adjusted to compensate for the change in the method of measuring the volume of gas delivered thereunder. This provision is intended to protect parties to contracts now in existence, so that after this act becomes effective the total amount of money paid for a volume of gas purchased, or required to be accounted for, under existing contracts shall remain unaffected by this act.
Nothing in this section shall affect or apply to purchases or sales made on any basis other than a volume basis.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 133, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-475. Penalty for violations - Civil actions.

Any person, association of persons, or corporation who, as purchaser thereof, shall knowingly fail or refuse to so measure, calculate or account for any such gas so purchased, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense recoverable in the name of the state in any district court in Oklahoma County, wherein service may be had by the Corporation Commission, and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. But it shall be a defense to any claim for such penalty that the Corporation Commission has not made and published the findings provided for in Section 3a, as to the particular field in question.
Nothing herein shall prevent an aggrieved party from maintaining a civil suit for damages in the county or counties in which the gas is produced.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 134, § 5, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-476. Partial invalidity.

Subject to the provisions to Section 4, hereof, if any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word contained in this act shall be held by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act, and the Legislature hereby declares that it would have been enacted, and does here now enact, such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 134, § 6, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-477. Jurisdiction of Commission not restricted.

Nothing in this act shall in any wise limit or restrict the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma to fix the price of natural gas in any common source of supply in the State of Oklahoma or the terms and conditions of the sale and purchase of natural gas in any common source of supply in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 134, § 7, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-521. Leasing of mineral interests of owners who cannot be located.

In an action filed by any person, firm or corporation owning an interest in the minerals in any tract or tracts of land in the State of Oklahoma or owning an oil and gas lease on such an interest wherein it is made to appear that the defendant or defendants in such action own or appear to own in the aggregate a minority interest in said minerals thereunder but that the residence, business address or whereabouts of one or more of the defendants cannot be ascertained, the district court of the county wherein such tract or tracts of land are situated shall have the power to appoint a receiver over the mineral interest of such defendants whose residence, business address, or whereabouts are unknown, upon compliance with the procedure set forth in Section 2 hereof.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 264, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-523. Negotiations by receiver - Deposit of funds - Discharge - Costs.

Such receiver shall proceed immediately to enter into negotiations with prospective purchasers and shall sell an oil and gas lease on the interest of the defendant or defendants, said lease to be for a primary term of not to exceed five (5) years from date and as long thereafter as oil and gas, or either of them, is produced in paying quantities from said land by the lessee. Said lease shall not be sold for less than the minimum bonus, rentals and royalties specified in the order of the court. All monies paid to the receiver shall be by him deposited in the registry of the court for the use and benefit of the defendants and thereupon the court shall immediately discharge such receiver, and any future payments paid under said oil and gas lease shall be paid directly into the registry of the court and held for the use and benefit of the defendant or defendants. The cost of the receiver and the court cost shall be affixed by the court and shall be paid by the plaintiff.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 264, § 3, emerg. eff. April 29, 1968. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 114, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-524. Natural gas - Preferred use.

The use of natural gas, on the premises in which it is produced or in gathering pipelines located on lands in a proven gas field, to pump water to the surface for irrigation on such premises, is a preferred use, prior in order to all other uses to which such gas may be devoted.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 38, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-525. Agricultural use of natural gas - Price - Installation of lines - Cessation of delivery.

Subject to prior contractual rights, every person, firm or corporation owning or operating any gas well from which natural gas is produced, sold or used off the premises on which such well is located shall make available, upon request, to any person engaged in agricultural activities upon such premises, sufficient gas from the production of such well for the operation of pumps necessary for the pumping of such amount of water, produced from wells on such premises, as may be necessary and proper for the irrigation of such portion of said premises as may be devoted to the growth of agricultural products or to pasture or orchard uses. The person at whose request the gas is furnished shall receive the gas at the wellhead and pay therefor the price not to exceed that at which the gas is sold at the wellhead. All cost of installation, including the gas meter, shall be borne by the person at whose request the gas is furnished. Provided, however, that the owner or operator of the well may cease deliveries of gas upon fifteen (15) days' written notice if the person requesting delivery fails to make payments for delivered gas within forty-five (45) days after billing is made by the owner or operator. The owner or operator shall be permitted a reasonable surcharge for the cost of meter maintenance, determination of volumes, accounting and other operational costs incurred by the owner and operator in connection with the furnishing of the gas.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 38, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-526. Irrigation pumps - Providing natural gas - Price - Installation of lines - Cessation of delivery.

Subject to prior contractual rights, every person, firm or corporation owning or operating a natural gas gathering pipeline located on lands in a proven natural gas field, shall furnish to owners or operators of natural gas engines used for pumping irrigation water on such lands and to these same owners or operators of irrigation wells, if requested to do so, natural gas for the operation of engines used for pumping irrigation water. The price charged to the owner or operator of such irrigation wells shall not be more than twenty-five percent (25%) above the prevailing wellhead price. The owners or operators of such gathering line shall make connection and furnish the gas meter, but all costs of installation, including this cost of the gas meter, shall be borne by the owner or operator of such irrigation well. Provided, however, that the owner or operator of the pipeline may cease deliveries of gas upon fifteen (15) days' written notice if the person requesting delivery fails to make payments for delivered gas within forty-five (45) days after billing is made by the owner or operator. The owner or operator shall be permitted a reasonable surcharge for the cost of meter maintenance, determination of volumes, accounting and other operational costs incurred by the owner and operator in connection with the furnishing of the gas.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 38, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-527. Method of measuring amount of gas.

It shall be permissible, when agreeable to all parties mentioned in Sections 2 and 3 of this act, to substitute an hour meter on such engine in lieu of a natural gas meter as a method of measuring the amount of the gas so used.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 38, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-528. State Corporation Commission - Powers and duties - Duty of Operators.

The State Corporation Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction over the sales of natural gas pursuant to this section, and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary with respect thereto, but nothing in this act shall create in any manner an obligation or duty on the part of the operator of any well or gathering pipeline, who furnishes gas under the provisions of this act, to assume in any way public utility duties to the public at large, except as such duties may arise from such operator's acts separate and apart from any performance of obligations imposed under this act.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 38, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-529. Liability of operators - Jurisdiction - Venue.

Any owner or operator of a well who fails to comply with any duty imposed by this act shall be liable to the person or persons aggrieved for all damages suffered as a result thereof, including any diminution in yield from said land which may arise from inability to irrigate the same because of or arising out of the failure to perform such duty. Any person entitled to rights under the provisions of this act may bring an action or proceeding in the district court of the county wherein the natural gas well or natural gas gathering pipeline is situated to protect and enforce any or all such rights.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 38, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.4. Perfection of oil and gas lien.

PERFECTION OF OIL AND GAS SECURITY INTEREST
An oil and gas lien is granted and exists as part of and incident to the ownership of oil and gas rights and is perfected automatically without the need to file a financing statement or any other type of documentation. An oil and gas lien exists and is perfected from the effective date of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 4, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.5. Oil and gas commingling.

COMMINGLING
If oil or gas in which there exists more than one oil and gas lien is commingled with other oil or gas in such a manner that the identity of the specific oil or gas is lost, then the oil and gas lien continues without interruption into and attaches to any such resulting commingled product and is perfected automatically as of the date of its original perfection but only as to volumes out of the commingled product equal to the volume of product to which the oil and gas lien originally attached. In such event, the oil and gas lien in the commingled product has priority over any security interest or other lien that is not an oil and gas lien or permitted lien, whether or not the security interest or other lien has been properly perfected. If more than one oil and gas lien attaches to the commingled product, then the oil and gas liens rank equally in the proportion that the respective sales prices secured by each oil and gas lien bears as a percentage of the total of the sales prices secured by all oil and gas liens applicable to the production at the time the production was commingled. This section is intended to recognize the continuation of oil and gas lien rights of an interest owner in the commingled product stream only as to a volume of oil or gas proportionate to the volume of oil or gas that originated from such interest owner, with that volume of the commingled product being considered to have maintained a distinct identity as being available for sale or transportation under the specific contractual arrangements applicable to the production at the time it entered the commingled product stream.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 5, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.6. Rights of purchaser.

RIGHTS OF PURCHASERS
A purchaser takes free of any oil and gas lien otherwise applicable to the oil or gas so purchased, and shall be relieved of any obligations created by subsection A of Section 570.10 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, only in the event that either of the following occur:
1. The purchaser is deemed to be a buyer in the ordinary course of the first purchaser's business as defined in Article 9; or
2. The purchaser has paid all of the consideration due the first purchaser, including by exchange of oil or gas, net-out or set-off, under all applicable enforceable contracts in existence at the time of the payment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the oil and gas lien will continue uninterrupted in the proceeds paid to or otherwise due the first purchaser.
Except as specifically set forth in this section, an oil and gas lien has priority over the rights of any purchaser.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 6, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.7. Relative priority of oil and gas lien.

PRIORITY RELATIVE TO OTHER LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS
Except for a permitted lien, an oil and gas lien is a lien that takes priority over any other lien, whether arising by contract, law, equity or otherwise, or any security interest.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 7, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.8. Not affected by act.

TITLE
The provisions of this act shall not affect:
1. The time at which legal title to oil and gas may pass by agreement or operation of law subject to an oil and gas lien;
2. The right of a first purchaser to take or receive oil and gas under the terms of a division order, provided that such division order shall not modify, waive or abrogate in any respect the rights of an interest owner under this act; or
3. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 of this act, the right of a first purchaser to take or receive oil and gas under an agreement to sell.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 8, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.9. Waiver, relinquishment, release.

WAIVER
No interest owner shall be required, as a condition or term of an agreement to sell or otherwise, to waive, relinquish or release any oil and gas lien or any rights under this act other than upon payment in full of the sales price or agree to any provision that would apply the law of any state other than the State of Oklahoma insofar as the same relates to rights under this act, and any such purported waiver, relinquishment, release, or provision shall be void as a matter of the public policy of this state. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any interest owner or a representative acting on behalf of an interest owner, may waive, relinquish or release any oil and gas lien or any rights under this act or agree to a provision that would apply the law of any state other than the State of Oklahoma insofar as the same relates to rights under this act only as to such interest owner’s oil and gas rights provided the first purchaser either:
1. Posts a letter of credit in form and amount satisfactory to the interest owner, or a representative acting on behalf of an interest owner; or
2. Agrees to a binding contractual arrangement satisfactory in form and substance to the interest owner, or a representative acting on behalf of an interest owner to prepay or escrow the sales price under an agreement to sell in form and substance satisfactory to the interest owner and performs all of the first purchaser’s obligations thereunder.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 9, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.10. Expiration of oil and gas lien - Enforcement of lien.

EXPIRATION OF LIEN - ENFORCEMENT - JOINDER AND CONSOLIDATION -
COSTS - PERSONAL ACTIONS - OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
A. An oil and gas lien shall expire, as to an interest owner, one (1) year after the last day of the month following the date proceeds from the sale of oil or gas subject to such lien are required by law or contract to be paid to such interest owner but only as to the oil or gas sold during such month, unless an action to enforce the oil and gas lien is commenced within such time in a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition to any other court of competent jurisdiction, an action to enforce the oil and gas lien may be commenced in the district court of the county in which there is located the oil and gas well from which the oil or gas is produced, or wherever the oil or gas unpaid for or the proceeds may be found. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commencement of any proceeding by or against any person claiming an interest in any property subject to the oil and gas lien seeking to adjudicate such person as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of such person or such person’s debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for such person or for any substantial part of such person’s property shall toll the foregoing one (1) year period in which to commence an action to enforce the oil and gas lien for an additional period of ninety (90) days from the earlier of:
1. The final conclusion or dismissal of such proceedings; or
2. The date final relief is obtained from the applicable tribunal authorizing the commencement of such action.
Proceedings to enforce oil and gas liens involving more than one oil and gas well in one county can be joined by an interest owner in the same action. Any number of persons claiming oil and gas liens with respect to the oil or gas from the same oil and gas well or wells may join in the same action and where separate actions are commenced, the district court may consolidate them. The district court shall allow as part of the costs of the action all costs of collection including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees for the prevailing party in the trial and appellate tribunals.
B. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impair or affect the right of any interest owner to maintain a personal action to recover the debt against any person liable for payment of the sales price or to exercise any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 10, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.11. Rights of operator.

RIGHTS OF OPERATOR NOT IMPAIRED
This act does not impair an operator's right to be paid, set-off or withhold funds from another interest owner as security for or in satisfaction of any debt or security interest. In case of a dispute between an operator and another interest owner, a good-faith tender of funds by anyone operates as a tender of the funds to both in any of the following circumstances:
1. To the person who the operator and other interest owner jointly direct the first purchaser in writing to pay;
2. To a person who otherwise shows himself or herself to be the one entitled to the funds; or
3. To a court of competent jurisdiction in the event of litigation or bankruptcy.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 11, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-549.12. Cumulative rights.

RIGHTS CUMULATIVE
A. The provisions of this act and the rights granted under this act are intended to be cumulative with all other rights an interest owner may otherwise have at law or in equity. To the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of this act and any other rights an interest owner has at law or in equity, then the rights of the interest owner are to be liberally construed to the end that those rights which afford the interest owner the most comprehensive protection to secure the receipt by the interest owner of the sales price shall be given preference.
B. The rights of any interest owner accrued under the provisions of Section 548.1 et seq. of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes prior to the effective date of this act shall be preserved to the extent not in conflict with the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 142, § 12, emerg. eff. April 19, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-551. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. "Holder" means any person in possession of property subject to this act, when said property belongs to another person; and
2. "Persons" means any individual, partnership, joint stock association, trust, cooperative, unincorporated association or corporation.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 320, § 1, eff. July 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-552. Escrow accounts.

A. The Corporation Commission shall require the establishment of an escrow account by each holder of monies in each case where:
1. Royalties, bonus payments, or other monies are directed to be paid under a pooling order, issued under the provisions of Section 87.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. Persons entitled to the receipt of such monies are unknown or cannot be located after exercise of due diligence.
B. The escrow account shall be for the benefit of the rightful recipient of the monies. Any person showing to the holder sufficient proof of identity and proof of ownership of the property shall be promptly paid the sum accumulated for his benefit in the escrow account.
C. The Corporation Commission shall require reports of each such account be filed within one (1) year after the pooling order. The reports shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The name and last-known address of the property owner;
2. The legal description of the property interest subject to the pooling order;
3. The location and account number of the escrow account;
4. The person authorized to order withdrawals from the account;
5. The date of the pooling order; and
6. Such other information as the Commission may require.
D. If any holder of monies is required to establish more than one escrow account by operation of any section of this act, then the monies accruing may all be commingled in a single account. Separate records of each deposit and withdrawal on behalf of specific persons shall be maintained.
E. One (1) year after the date of the pooling order, the holder shall submit the report of funds that have been held in escrow, and shall transmit to the Corporation Commission the funds that have been so held. If additional monies covered by this act are subsequently generated from mineral interests included in a pooling order, they shall likewise be held in escrow and transmitted annually by the holder, along with the names of mineral owners who have in the intervening year submitted proper claims of ownership to mineral interests covered by this act.
Provided, however, that payment of such monies shall be optional with the holder if the amount held for any one person is One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or less. This exemption does not relieve the holder of filing the required reports, regardless of the amount.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 320, § 2, eff. July 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-553. Mineral Owner's Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury the "Mineral Owner's Fund" the principal of which shall constitute a trust fund for persons claiming any interest in monies delivered to this state under this act. The fund shall be invested and shall not be expended except as provided in this act. All monies received under this act shall be promptly deposited into the Mineral Owner's Fund.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 320, § 3, eff. July 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-554. Transmission of funds - Escrow report - Claims against Mineral Owner's Fund.

A. The Corporation Commission shall, by the close of the second working day following the day on which the funds are received from holders, transmit the funds to the State Treasurer, who shall hold the funds in trust for the mineral owners in the Mineral Owner's Fund.
B. The Corporation Commission shall, within ninety (90) days of receipt, provide copies of escrow reports required by Section 551 et seq. of this title to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall include these names in the regular annual process to locate the owners of unclaimed property.
C. Claims against the Mineral Owner's Fund shall be submitted to the State Treasurer, and upon sufficient proof of ownership, the State Treasurer shall pay monies to the rightful owner or to the rightful owner’s heirs, devisees or assigns from the Unclaimed Property Fund, to be reimbursed quarterly from the Mineral Owner's Fund, for such claim.
D. The Corporation Commission shall retain ten percent (10%) of each amount of funds transferred to the State Treasurer to cover the Corporation Commission’s cost of administration of the requirements of Section 551 et seq. of this title.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 320, § 4. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 35, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 468, § 6, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-555. Investment of funds - Apportionment of interest.

The State Treasurer shall invest the monies in the Mineral Owner's Fund and shall annually apportion the interest earned as follows:
1. Twenty-five percent (25%) to the Corporation Commission to be used for plugging abandoned oil and gas wells, pursuant to Sections 308 et seq. of this title, not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) per year; provided, that any amount that would cause funds available for that purpose to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in any one (1) year shall remain in the Mineral Owner's Fund;
2. Fifty percent (50%) to the State Treasurer but not more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) per year, to be spent for advertising, personnel and other expenses incurred to search for the rightful owners of unclaimed intangible property generated by mineral interests; and
3. Any remaining interest shall be added to the principal of the Mineral Owner's Fund.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 320, § 5. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 36, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 468, § 7, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 52. Oil and Gas › §52-556. Custody of Mineral Owner's Fund - Transfer of monies to Unclaimed Property Fund.

The State Treasurer shall retain custody of the Mineral Owner's Fund and annually on a date established by the Treasurer shall transfer to the Unclaimed Property Fund those monies which have been in escrow accounts and the Mineral Owner's Fund five (5) years or more after the date of pooling. After that time, such monies shall be subject to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 320, § 6, eff. July 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2000, c. 136, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000.