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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-114 - Suits by Commission for Violation or Threatened Violation of Act; Restraining Violation; Recovery of Penalties.

30-5-114. Suits by commission for violation or threatened violation of act; restraining violation; recovery of penalties.
Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this act or any rule, regulation, or order of the commission, the commission shall bring suit in the name of the state against such person in the district court in the county of the residence of the defendant, or in the county of the residence of any defendant if there be more than one (1) defendant, or in the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred, or is threatened, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the commission may seek to recover penalties for violations. Upon the filing of any such suit, summons issued to such person may be directed to the sheriff of any county in this state for service by such sheriff or a deputy. In any such suit, the court may grant injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions. Appeals may be taken from any judgment, decree or order in any such suit as provided in the code of civil procedure and all proceedings in the trial and appellate court shall have precedence over any other proceedings then pending in such courts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-115 - Notice of Intention and Permit Required to Drill Well; Fee.

30-5-115. Notice of intention and permit required to drill well; fee.
A person desiring to drill a well in search of oil or gas shall notify the commission of such intent on a form prescribed by the commission, and shall pay a fee established by the commission in accordance with W.S. 30-5-104(a) for a permit for each well. Upon receipt of notification and the fee, the commission shall promptly issue such person a permit to drill, unless the drilling of the well is contrary to law, or to a rule, regulation, or order of the commission. The drilling of a well is prohibited until a permit to drill is obtained in accordance with the provisions of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-117 - Construction of Act Generally.

30-5-117. Construction of act generally.
It is not the intent or purpose of this law to require, permit, or authorize the commission or supervisor to prorate or distribute the production of oil and gas among the fields of Wyoming on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be construed to require, permit or authorize the commission, the supervisor, or any court to make, enter or enforce any order, rule, regulation or judgment requiring restriction of production of any pool or of any well except to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-118 - Applicability of Act.

30-5-118. Applicability of act.
The state of Wyoming being a sovereign state and not disposed to jeopardize or surrender any of its sovereign rights, this act shall apply to all lands in the state of Wyoming lawfully subject to its police powers; provided, it shall apply to lands of the United States or to lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only to the extent that control and supervision of conservation of oil and gas by the United States on its lands shall fail to effect the intent and purposes of this act and otherwise shall apply to such lands to such extent as an officer of the United States having jurisdiction, or his duly authorized representative, shall approve any of the provisions of this act or the order or orders of the commission which affects such lands; and, furthermore, the same shall apply to any lands committed to a unit agreement approved by the secretary of the interior or his duly authorized representative, except that the commission may, under such unit agreements, suspend the application of this act or any part of this act so long as the conservation of oil and gas and the prevention of waste as in this act provided is accomplished thereby but such suspension shall not relieve any operator from making such reports as are necessary or advised to be fully informed as to operations under such agreements and as the commission may require under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-120 - Additional Forfeiture or Civil Penalty for Flaring of Gas in Excess of Amounts Permitted by Order of Commission.

30-5-120. Additional forfeiture or civil penalty for flaring of gas in excess of amounts permitted by order of commission.
(a) Whenever under the provisions of W.S. 30-5-119 a forfeiture or civil penalty is imposed for the flaring of gas in excess of the amounts permitted by an order of the commission there shall also be imposed an additional forfeiture or civil penalty which shall be the greater of either (i) ten percent (10%) of the amount of the forfeiture or civil penalty, or (ii) six and one-quarter percent (6 1/4%) of the value of the amount of gas so flared or vented. Value shall be determined by the average price being paid at the nearest point of connection.
(b) Out of said additional forfeiture or civil penalty there shall be paid to the department of revenue of the state of Wyoming an amount equal to the mineral severance tax which would have been payable if the gas had been saved and sold, and the remainder thereof shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which said gas was produced in lieu of any taxes which would have been payable to said county if the gas had been saved and sold.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-121 - Waste of Natural Gas Prohibited.

30-5-121. Waste of natural gas prohibited.
The use, consumption, burning or escape into the atmosphere of natural gas taken or drawn from any natural gas well or wells, or borings from which natural gas is produced for the products where such natural gas is burned, consumed or otherwise wasted without the heat therein contained being fully and actually applied and utilized for other manufacturing purposes or domestic purposes is hereby declared to be a wasteful and extravagant use of natural gas and it shall be unlawful to allow or permit such natural gas to pollute or contaminate the atmosphere to such an extent that injury or damage is sustained by growing crops, vegetation, livestock, wildlife, or domestic fowls, or to such an extent that the human health, welfare, or safety is in anywise impaired or damaged.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-122 - Sale of Natural Gas for Wasteful Purposes Prohibited.

30-5-122. Sale of natural gas for wasteful purposes prohibited.
No person, firm or corporation, having the possession or control of any natural gas well or wells, except as herein provided, or borings from which natural gas is produced, whether as a contractor, owner, lessee, agent or manager, shall use, sell, or otherwise dispose of natural gas, the product of any such well or wells, or borings for the purpose of manufacturing or producing carbon or other resultant products from the burning or consumption of such natural gas, without the heat therein contained being fully and actually applied and utilized for other manufacturing purposes or domestic purposes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-123 - Penalty for Violation of Sections 30-5-121 and 30-5-122.

30-5-123. Penalty for violation of sections 30-5-121 and 30-5-122.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense and each and every day in which any person, firm or corporation shall violate any of the provisions hereof shall constitute a separate offense hereunder and subject the offender to the penalty hereby provided.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-124 - Purchase or Taking Ratably Oil and Gas for Transportation Without Discrimination in Favor of Any Owner or Producer; Oil.

30-5-124. Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; oil.
Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation oil from any owner or producer, shall purchase or take ratably without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer over any other owner or producer in the same pool offering to sell his oil produced therefrom to such person. If any such person purchasing or taking for transportation oil shall not have need for all such oil lawfully produced within a pool, or if for any reason it shall be unable to purchase all of such oil, then it shall purchase from each producer in a pool ratably, taking and purchasing the same quantity of oil from each well to the extent that each well is capable of producing its ratable portion; without waste, provided however, nothing herein contained shall be construed to require more than one (1) pipeline connection for each producing well. In the event that any such purchaser or person taking oil for transportation is likewise a producer or owner, he is hereby prohibited from discriminating in favor of his own production, or production in which he may be interested, and his own production shall be treated as that of any other producer or owner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-125 - Purchase or Taking Ratably Oil and Gas for Transportation Without Discrimination in Favor of Any Owner or Producer; Gas.

30-5-125. Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; gas.
Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation gas produced from gas wells or from oil wells from any owner or producer shall purchase or take ratably without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer, over any other owner or producer in a pool. Such person shall not discriminate in the quantities purchased, the basis of measurement, or the gas transportation facilities afforded for gas of like quantity, quality, and pressure available from such wells. For the purpose of this act reasonable differences in quantity taken or facilities afforded shall not constitute unreasonable discrimination if such differences bear a fair relationship to differences in quality, quantity, or pressure of the gas available or to the acreage attributable to the well, market requirements, or to the relative lengths of time during which such gas will be available to the purchaser. In the event any such purchaser or person taking gas for transportation is likewise a producer or owner, he is hereby prohibited from discriminating in favor of his own production or production in which he may be interested, and his own production shall be treated as that of any other producer or owner producing from gas wells in the same pool.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-126 - Purchase or Taking Ratably Oil and Gas for Transportation Without Discrimination in Favor of Any Owner or Producer; Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to Administer.

30-5-126. Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; oil and gas conservation commission to administer.
In addition to the powers and authority, either expressed or implied, granted to the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission, by virtue of the statutes of the state of Wyoming, the commission is hereby authorized and empowered to administer and enforce the provisions of this act, in the same manner and in accordance with the same procedures provided by W.S. 30-5-101 through 30-5-119, as amended for the enforcement and violations of rules, regulations and orders of the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 1 - In General › Section 30-5-127 - Payment of Penalties.

30-5-127. Payment of penalties.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article shall be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalty was imposed occurred.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation › Section 30-5-201 - Governor Authorized to Join in Interstate Compact.

30-5-201. Governor authorized to join in interstate compact.
The governor of the state of Wyoming is hereby authorized for and in the name of the state of Wyoming to join with the other states in the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, which was executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, on the 16th day of February, 1935, and has been extended to the 1st day of September, 1955, with the consent of congress, and that said compact and all extensions are now on deposit with the department of state of the United States.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation › Section 30-5-202 - Authority of Governor to Execute Agreements; Provision for Withdrawal From Compact.

30-5-202. Authority of governor to execute agreements; provision for withdrawal from compact.
The governor of the state of Wyoming is further authorized and empowered, for and in the name of the state of Wyoming to execute agreements for the further extension of the expiration date of said interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, and to determine if and when it shall be to the best interest of the state of Wyoming to withdraw from said compact upon sixty (60) days notice as provided by its terms. In the event that he shall determine that the state shall withdraw from said compact, he shall have the power and authority to give necessary notice and to take any and all steps necessary and proper to effect the withdrawal of the state of Wyoming from said compact.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation › Section 30-5-203 - Governor Designated Official Representative; Authority to Appoint Assistant; Authority and Oath of Assistant; Removal.

30-5-203. Governor designated official representative; authority to appoint assistant; authority and oath of assistant; removal.
The governor shall be the official representative of the state of Wyoming in the compact to conserve oil and gas, and shall exercise and perform for the state all of the powers and duties as such, provided he may appoint an assistant representative who shall act in his stead as the official representative of the state of Wyoming. His official representative, if not already a state official, shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and file the same with the secretary of state. The governor may remove the assistant representative as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation › Section 30-5-204 - Construction of w.s. 30-5-201 Through 30-5-204.

30-5-204. Construction of W.S. 30-5-201 through 30-5-204.
It is not the intent or purpose of this act to require, permit, or authorize the governor, commission or supervisor to prorate or distribute the production of oil and gas among the fields of Wyoming on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be construed to require, permit or authorize the governor, commission, the supervisor or any court to make, enter or enforce any order, rule, regulation or judgment requiring restriction of any production of any pool or of any well except to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production › Section 30-5-301 - Payment for Production; Time for Payment; Payor.

30-5-301. Payment for production; time for payment; payor.
(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of production from any well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons in the state of Wyoming shall be paid to all persons legally entitled thereto, except as hereinafter provided, commencing not later than six (6) months after the first day of the month following the date of first sale and thereafter not later than sixty (60) days after the end of the calendar month within which subsequent production is sold, unless other periods or arrangements for the first and subsequent payments are provided for in a valid contract with the person or persons entitled to such proceeds. Payment shall be made directly to the person or persons entitled thereto by the lessee or operator or by any party who assumes such payment obligation under any legal arrangement.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:
(i) Payments shall be remitted to the person or persons entitled to proceeds from production annually for the aggregate of up to twelve (12) months accumulation of proceeds if the total amount owed is one hundred dollars ($100.00) or less;
(ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (i) of this subsection, upon written request of the payee, payments shall be remitted to the payee within sixty (60) days following receipt of the request if the aggregation of the proceeds is twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or greater;
(iii) In no case shall payments be made under this section later than twelve (12) months following the date of cessation of production;
(iv) Payments shall be remitted to entitled persons within twelve (12) months following the date the payor is no longer responsible for the payments.
(c) The lessee or operator is exempt from the provisions of W.S. 30-5-301 through 30-5-303, and the purchaser shall assume the operator's responsibilities for making such payments if the operator and purchaser have entered into arrangements whereby the proceeds are paid by the purchaser to those legally entitled thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production › Section 30-5-302 - Payment for Production; Interest on Late Payments.

30-5-302. Payment for production; interest on late payments.
Any delay in determining any person legally entitled to an interest in the proceeds from production shall not affect payments to all other persons entitled to payment. In instances where payment cannot be made for any reason within the time limits specified in W.S. 30-5-301(a), the lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment shall deposit all proceeds credited to the eventual interest owner to an escrow account in a federally insured bank or savings and loan institution in Wyoming, using a standard escrow document form approved by the attorney general of Wyoming, which deposit shall earn interest at the highest rate being offered by that institution for the amount and term of such deposits. The escrow agent may commingle monies received into escrow from any one lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment. Payment of principal and accrued interest from such accounts shall be paid by the escrow agent to all persons legally entitled thereto within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt by the escrow agent of final legal determination of entitlement thereto. If the escrow agent is unable to deliver the payment to the legally entitled person within three (3) years from the end of the month in which the escrow agent first received notice of the person legally entitled to the payment, the payment shall be considered unclaimed for purposes of W.S. 34-24-101 through 34-24-139. Applicable escrow fees shall be deducted from the payments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production › Section 30-5-303 - Payment for Production; Penalty for Violation; Jurisdiction; Costs and Fees.

30-5-303. Payment for production; penalty for violation; jurisdiction; costs and fees.
(a) Any lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment who violates the provisions of this article is liable to the person or persons legally entitled to proceeds from production for the unpaid amount of such proceeds, plus interest at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum on the unpaid principal balance from the due date specified in W.S. 30-5-301(a).
(b) The district court for the county in which a well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons is located has jurisdiction over all proceedings brought pursuant to this article and the prevailing party in any proceedings brought pursuant to this article shall be entitled to recover all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
(c) Any person who fails to provide royalty information as provided in W.S. 30-5-305(b) is liable to the affected royalty, overriding royalty or other nonworking interest owner in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month that complete reporting is not provided to the interest owner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production › Section 30-5-304 - Definitions.

30-5-304. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Lessee" means the person entitled under an oil and gas lease to drill and operate wells, paying the lessor a royalty and retaining the remainder, known as the working interest. The lessee pays all costs of production out of his interest, the lessor's interest being free and clear of all those costs;
(ii) "Lessor" means the mineral owner who has executed a lease and who is entitled to the payment of a royalty on production, free and clear of the costs of production;
(iii) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of drilling and producing wells for oil and gas;
(iv) "Other nonworking interest" means any interest in an oil and gas lease or well which is not a royalty, overriding royalty or working interest;
(v) "Overriding royalty" means a share of production, free of the costs of production, carved out of the lessee's interest under an oil and gas lease;
(vi) "Costs of production" means all costs incurred for exploration, development, primary or enhanced recovery and abandonment operations including, but not limited to lease acquisition, drilling and completion, pumping or lifting, recycling, gathering, compressing, pressurizing, heater treating, dehydrating, separating, storing or transporting the oil to the storage tanks or the gas into the market pipeline. "Costs of production" does not include the reasonable and actual direct costs associated with transporting the oil from the storage tanks to market or the gas from the point of entry into the market pipeline or the processing of gas in a processing plant;
(vii) "Royalty" means the mineral owner's share of production, free of the costs of production;
(viii) "Working interest" means the interest granted under an oil and gas lease, giving the lessee the right to work on the leased property to search for, develop and produce oil and gas and the obligation to pay all costs of production;
(ix) "This act" means W.S. 30-5-301 through 30-5-305.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production › Section 30-5-305 - Collection; Reporting and Remittance of Royalties.

30-5-305. Collection; reporting and remittance of royalties.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided for by specific language in an executed written agreement, "royalty", "overriding royalty", "other nonworking interests" and "working interests" shall be interpreted as defined in W.S. 30-5-304. A division order may not alter or amend the terms of an oil or gas lease or other contractual agreement. A division order that alters or amends the terms of an oil and gas lease or other contractual agreement is invalid to the extent of the alteration or amendment and the terms of the oil and gas lease or other contractual agreement shall take precedence.
(b) Whenever payment is made for oil or gas production to an interest owner, all of the following information shall be included and labeled on the check stub or on an attachment to the form of payment, unless the information is otherwise provided on a regular monthly basis:
(i) The lease, property or well name or any lease, property or well identification number used to identify the lease property or well;
(ii) The month and year during which sales occurred for which payment is being made;
(iii) The total number of barrels of oil or thousands of cubic feet of gas sold;
(iv) The price per barrel of oil or the price per thousand cubic feet of gas;
(v) The total amount of state severance, ad valorem and other production taxes;
(vi) An itemized list of any other deductions or adjustments;
(vii) The net value of total sales after deductions;
(viii) The owner's interest in sales from the lease, property, or well expressed as a decimal;
(ix) The owner's share of the total value of sales prior to any deductions;
(x) The owner's share of the sales value less deductions; and
(xi) An address where additional information pertaining to the owner's interest in production may be obtained and questions answered. If information is requested by certified mail, an answer must be mailed by certified mail within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-401 - Definitions.

30-5-401. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Commission" means the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission and its authorized employees;
(ii) "Compensate" and "compensation" mean monetary payment or other consideration that may include, but is not limited to, the furnishing of materials, labor or equipment;
(iii) "Oil" and "gas" mean as defined in W.S. 30-5-101(a)(vii);
(iv) "Oil and gas operations" means the surface disturbing activities associated with drilling, producing and transporting oil and gas, including the full range of development activity from exploration through production and reclamation of the disturbed surface;
(v) "Oil and gas operator" means a person engaged in oil and gas operations, his designated agents, contractors and representatives;
(vi) "Reclamation" means the restoring of the surface directly affected by oil and gas operations, as closely as reasonably practicable, to the condition that existed prior to oil and gas operations, or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the oil and gas operator and the surface owner;
(vii) "Surety bond or other guaranty" means as defined in W.S. 30-5-101(a)(x);
(viii) "Surface owner" means any person holding any recorded interest in the legal or equitable title, or both, to the land surface on which oil and gas operations occur, as filed of record with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located. "Surface owner" does not include any person or governmental entity that owns all of the land surface and all of the underlying oil and gas estate, or any person or governmental entity that owns only an easement, right-of-way, license, mortgage, lien, mineral interest or nonpossessory interest in the land surface;
(ix) "This act" means W.S. 30-5-401 through 30-5-410.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-403 - Application for Permit Drill; Additional Notice.

30-5-403. Application for permit drill; additional notice.
(a) Before an application for a permit to drill is approved by the commission, the oil and gas operator shall file a statement with the commission, including the surface owner's name, contact address, telephone number and any other relevant and necessary contact information known to the oil and gas operator, certifying that:
(i) Notice of proposed oil and gas operations was provided to the surface owner;
(ii) The parties attempted good faith negotiations as required under W.S. 30-5-402(f) to reach a surface use agreement;
(iii) The oil and gas operator has met the conditions of W.S. 30-5-402(c), specifying how the conditions have been met.
(b) The surface use agreement between the oil and gas operator and the surface owner shall not be filed with the oil and gas conservation commission and the terms of the agreement shall not be required as a condition of approval of an application for a permit to conduct oil and gas operations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-405 - Surface Damage and Disruption Payments; Penalty for Late Payment.

30-5-405. Surface damage and disruption payments; penalty for late payment.
(a) The oil and gas operator shall pay the surface owner as follows:
(i) A sum of money or other compensation equal to the amount of damages sustained by the surface owner for loss of production and income, loss of land value and loss of value of improvements caused by oil and gas operations;
(ii) The amount of damages and method of compensation may be determined in any manner mutually agreeable to the surface owner and the oil and gas operator. When determining damages, consideration shall be given to the period of time during which the loss occurs;
(iii) The payments contemplated by this subsection shall only cover land directly affected by oil and gas operations. Payments under this subsection are intended to compensate the surface owner for damage and disruption. No person shall sever from the land surface the right to receive surface damage payments.
(b) An oil and gas operator who fails to timely pay an installment under any annual damage agreement negotiated with a surface owner is liable for payment to the surface owner of twice the amount of the unpaid installment if the installment payment is not paid within sixty (60) days of receipt of notice of failure to pay from the surface owner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-406 - Surface Damage Negotiations; Notice of Damages to Oil and Gas Operator; Right to Bring Action.

30-5-406. Surface damage negotiations; notice of damages to oil and gas operator; right to bring action.
(a) If the oil and gas operator has commenced oil and gas operations in the absence of any agreement for compensation for all damages, a surface owner shall give written notice to the oil and gas operator and the commission of the damages sustained by the surface owner within two (2) years after the damage has been discovered, or should have been discovered through due diligence, by the surface owner.
(b) Unless both parties provide otherwise by written agreement, within sixty (60) days after the oil and gas operator receives notice of damages pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the oil and gas operator shall make a written offer of settlement to the surface owner as compensation for damages. The surface owner seeking compensation for damages under this section may accept or reject any offer made by the oil and gas operator.
(c) If the surface owner who submits a notice as required under subsection (a) of this section receives no reply to his notice, receives a written rejection or counter offer or rejects an offer or counter offer from the oil and gas operator, the surface owner may bring an action for compensation for damages in the district court in the county where the damage was sustained.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-407 - Remedies Cumulative.

30-5-407. Remedies cumulative.
The remedies provided by this act do not preclude any person from seeking other remedies allowed by law, nor does this act diminish rights previously granted by law or contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-408 - Waiver.

30-5-408. Waiver.
A surface owner may waive any rights afforded under this act by providing a written waiver of rights to the oil and gas operator, identifying which rights have been waived.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations › Section 30-5-409 - Statute of Limitations for Civil Action.

30-5-409. Statute of limitations for civil action.
A surface owner entitled to bring an action for damages under this act, or to seek any other remedy at law for damages caused by oil and gas operations, shall bring such action within two (2) years after the damage has been discovered, or should have been discovered through due diligence, by the surface owner. The limitation on bringing an action under this section shall be tolled for a period of four (4) months, if a written demand for compensation for damages is timely submitted by the surface owner under W.S. 30-5-406.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 5 - Geologic Sequestration Activities › Section 30-5-501 - Oil and Gas Activities at Geologic Sequestration Sites.

30-5-501. Oil and gas activities at geologic sequestration sites.
Nothing in W.S. 35-11-313 shall be deemed to affect the otherwise lawful right of a surface or mineral owner to drill or bore through a geologic sequestration site as defined by W.S. 35-11-103(c)(xxi), if done in accordance with the commission rules for protecting the geologic sequestration site against the escape of carbon dioxide.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas › Article 5 - Geologic Sequestration Activities › Section 30-5-502 - Certification of Carbon Dioxide Incidentally Stored During Enhanced Recovery Operations.

30-5-502. Certification of carbon dioxide incidentally stored during enhanced recovery operations.
(a) If there is production of oil, gas or both from enhanced recovery operations under a commission order entered pursuant to W.S. 30-5-110 utilizing the injection of carbon dioxide, the commission upon voluntary application by the unit operator, and after review of the operator s plan for accounting for the incidentally stored carbon dioxide, may enter an order recognizing the incidental storage of carbon dioxide occurring through the enhanced recovery operation and certifying the quantity of carbon dioxide being stored. An application or certification under this section does not subject the enhanced recovery operation to the requirements of W.S. 35-11-313 through 35-11-318 or require the operator to obtain a permit under those sections.
Note: Effective 7/1/2023 this subsection will read as:
(a) If there is production of oil, gas or both from enhanced recovery operations under a commission order entered pursuant to W.S. 30-5-110 utilizing the injection of carbon dioxide, the commission upon voluntary application by the unit operator, and after review of the operator s plan for accounting for the incidentally stored carbon dioxide, may enter an order recognizing the incidental storage of carbon dioxide occurring through the enhanced recovery operation and certifying the quantity of carbon dioxide being stored. An application or certification under this section does not subject the enhanced recovery operation to the requirements of W.S. 35-11-313 through 35-11-320 or require the operator to obtain a permit under those sections.
(b) Prior to the commission entering an order pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall, in consultation with the department of environmental quality, promulgate rules establishing standards and procedures for the certification of incidental storage of carbon dioxide and the certification of quantities of carbon dioxide incidentally stored.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 6 - State Miner's Hospital Board › Section 30-6-101 - State Miner's Hospital Board.

30-6-101. State miner's hospital board.
(a) The state miner's hospital board is created consisting of the following members:
(i) One (1) member resident of Sweetwater County appointed by a majority vote of the county commissioners. In making this appointment the county commissioners shall appoint a member of the Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital Board if a member of that board is willing and able to serve;
(ii) Seven (7) members representing miners, including at least one (1) member from Sweetwater county and at least one (1) member from Campbell county all appointed by the governor; and
(iii) One (1) member resident of Campbell County appointed by a majority vote of the county commissioners. In making this appointment the county commissioners shall appoint a member of the Campbell County Memorial Hospital Board if a member of that board is willing and able to serve.
(b) Except for initial terms pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, terms of members shall be for four (4) years. Any vacancy shall be filled by the designated appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term within not more than thirty (30) days following the date on which the vacancy occurred. Any voting member may serve not more than two (2) consecutive terms. However, a member may be reappointed after a two (2) year absence. Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and has been qualified. The governor may remove any member appointed by him pursuant to W.S. 9-1-202.
(c) For the initial board, two (2) members appointed by the governor shall serve a term of four (4) years and two (2) members appointed by the governor shall serve a term of two (2) years. Two (2) members appointed from the Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital Board shall serve a term of four (4) years and two (2) members shall serve a term of two (2) years. The member appointed from the Campbell County Memorial Hospital Board shall serve a term of four (4) years.
(d) The members shall receive per diem and travel expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for state employees when on or conducting official business.
(e) The board shall meet not less than two (2) times each year. At the initial meeting of the board, the board shall elect a chairman. The board is authorized to hire an executive director and up to two (2) additional full-time permanent employees to provide administrative support to the board, the legislative oversight committee and the miner's hospital. The executive director and additional employees shall be located in Sweetwater county unless otherwise directed by the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 30 - Mines and Minerals › Chapter 6 - State Miner's Hospital Board › Section 30-6-104 - Requirements for Obtaining Benefits.

30-6-104. Requirements for obtaining benefits.
(a) To obtain benefits from the account, a person shall:
(i) Be domiciled in Wyoming on the date of application for a benefit;
(ii) Make no claim of residency in any other state, territory or country for any other purpose at the time of application for a benefit or at any time during receipt of a benefit;
(iii) Maintain his domicile in Wyoming at the time of receipt of the benefit;
(iv) Provide to the board a copy of his current Wyoming driver's license, identification card issued by the Wyoming department of transportation, or other identification satisfactory to establish his identity as specified in board rule;
(v) Have not fewer than ten (10) years of employment as a miner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Administration › Section 31-1-202 - Records.

31-1-202. Records.
(a) County treasurers shall keep and maintain a permanent record of vehicle registrations. All applications and records other than the record of vehicle registrations may be destroyed by the treasurer after two (2) years from December 31 of each year.
(b) County clerks shall keep and maintain a record in which all certificates of title shall be recorded at the time of issue and which is open to inspection by the public during reasonable office hours.
(c) Within three (3) business days after issuance of a vehicle registration or certificate of title, county treasurers and county clerks shall forward a record thereof to the department. County treasurers shall notify the department and sheriff of his county of loss or mutilation of license plates.
(d) The department shall maintain records of vehicle registrations from all counties indexed by distinctive vehicle numbers assigned by the department, the name of the registered owner and vehicle identification numbers. The department shall maintain a record of all vehicle certificates of title from all counties. Records are public and open to inspection by the public during reasonable office hours. The department shall maintain a vehicle identification number index of all vehicles for which certificates of title have been issued. Upon receipt of a notice of issuance of a certificate of title from any county clerk the department may destroy all records relating to former transfers of title to the vehicle and shall retain only the notice of issuance of the certificate of title in effect at any time. The department may annually compile and publish a list of all registered vehicles and supplements thereto which shall be furnished to Wyoming peace officers and the Wyoming office of homeland security without charge.
(e) Records under this section shall be available to the public pursuant to current federal and state laws relative to the release of private information. Nothing in this section shall supersede federal law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Administration › Section 31-1-204 - Transportation Information System Account.

31-1-204. Transportation information system account.
(a) There is created the transportation information system account into which shall be deposited funds as provided by law. Earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the department of transportation and shall only be expended to replace the revenue information system that was in use on July 1, 2020. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 or 9-4-207, unexpended funds in the account shall not revert without further action of the legislature.
(b) The department of transportation may accept, and shall deposit in the transportation information system account, any gifts, contributions, donations, grants or federal funds designated for computer system modernization.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 2 - Title and Registration › Article 1 - Certificates of Title › Section 31-2-101 - Required Application; Resident and Nonresident Applications.

31-2-101. Required application; resident and nonresident applications.
(a) Except as provided by W.S. 31-2-102 and pursuant to W.S. 31-1-101(a)(xxi)(A) through (G), any owner of a vehicle for which no Wyoming certificate of title has been issued to the owner or the transferee upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle for which a Wyoming certificate of title is required, shall apply for a certificate of title at the office of a county clerk, or if available, electronically, within the same time periods as required by W.S. 31-2-201(a)(ii) and (iii).
(b) Any owner, owner's agent or transferee upon transfer of ownership of any vehicle that has an identifying number pursuant to W.S. 31-1-101(a)(ix), including off-road recreational or multipurpose vehicles and, for the purpose of titling under this section, including snowmobiles and watercraft, shall apply for a certificate of title at the office of a county clerk.
(c) Any nonresident person registered as a business entity under the laws of another state in the United States and who operates a vehicle in this state for business or commercial purposes for which no Wyoming certificate of title has been issued may apply for a certificate of title for that vehicle at the office of a county clerk, or if available, electronically.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 2 - Title and Registration › Article 1 - Certificates of Title › Section 31-2-102 - Exemptions.

31-2-102. Exemptions.
(a) No certificate of title shall be issued for:
(i) Vehicles owned by the United States;
(ii) Implements of husbandry, except multipurpose vehicles that qualify as implements of husbandry;
(iii) Vehicles of nonresident owners titled in another state, except as authorized by W.S. 31-2-101(c);
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 16, 4.
(v) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 16, 2.
(vi) Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 16, 4.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 2 - Title and Registration › Article 1 - Certificates of Title › Section 31-2-106 - Definitions.

31-2-106. Definitions.
(a) As used in W.S. 31-2-106 through 31-2-112:
(i) "Flood vehicle" means any motor vehicle that has been submerged in water to the point that rising water has reached over the door sill and has entered into the passenger or trunk compartment of the vehicle and the actual dollar amount of the damage would not cause the vehicle to be titled as a salvage vehicle. Disclosure that a motor vehicle has become a flood vehicle shall be made at the time of transfer of ownership and the next certificate of title issued after the transfer shall be branded with the word "flood";
(ii) "Certificate of title, branded salvage" means a motor vehicle ownership document issued in this state to the owner of a salvage vehicle conspicuously branded with the word "salvage" across the front of the certificate;
(iii) "Rebuilt title" means the certificate of title issued in this state to the owner of a rebuilt salvage vehicle conspicuously branded "rebuilt" across the front of the certificate of title;
(iv) "Rebuilt salvage vehicle" means any motor vehicle which was previously issued a certificate of title branded "salvage" and has a decal stating "rebuilt salvage vehicle" affixed as required by W.S. 31-2-108(d);
(v) "Salvage vehicle" means any motor vehicle which has been wrecked, destroyed or damaged to the extent that it has been declared a total loss by the insurance company or, in the event an insurance company is not involved in the settlement of the claim, the total estimated or actual cost of parts and labor to rebuild or reconstruct the motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition exceeds seventy-five percent (75%) of the actual retail cash value of the motor vehicle, as set forth in the most current edition of any nationally recognized automotive appraisal guide or other source approved by the Wyoming insurance department. The value of repair parts for purposes of this paragraph shall be determined by using the current cost of the repair parts to be used in the repair. The labor cost of repairs for purposes of this paragraph shall be computed by using the hourly labor rate and time allocations that are reasonable and customary in the automobile repair industry in the community where the repairs are to be performed;
(vi) "Junk vehicle certificate of title" means the certificate of title issued in this state pursuant to W.S. 31-2-111 conspicuously branded "junk" across the front of the certificate of title;
(vii) "Glider kit vehicle" means every large truck manufactured from a kit manufactured by a manufacturer of large trucks that consists of a frame, a cab complete with wiring and instruments, fenders, hood and front axles, and consists of one (1) or more additional major components including an engine, transmission, rear axles, wheels and tires.