Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part V - Office of Mineral Resources › Chapter 3 - Fees and Other Charges › Section V-301 - Fees and Other Charges

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mineral Resources, pursuant to the
				authority of Act 106 of the 2002 First Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana
				Legislature authorizing and setting fees and charges, has adopted the following
				fees and charges commensurate with costs incurred in the application for and
				administration of state oil, gas and mineral leases and operating agreements on
				state-owned lands and water bottoms. These fees and charges shall be
				periodically reviewed under applicable statutory authority and may be
				increased, subject to caps and guidelines within that authority, to maintain
				fiscal parity with economic conditions on an ongoing basis. The fees currently
				being charged and the amount thereof are as follows.
1. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:124, a fee from the successful bidder for
				obtaining a new mineral lease equal to 10 percent of the total cash bonus
				amount bid, in additions to the cash bonus paid, and paid by the successful
				bidder for the lease to cover the cost of the bid awarding process. A check or
				money order for this fee shall be contained in the sealed bid packet
				accompanying the cash bonus and bid form.
2. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:125, a non-refundable fee, presently in
				the amount of $400, submitted as a check or money order by the party nominating
				state owned lands and water bottoms accompanying said nominating application to
				cover the cost of processing and advertising the nomination.
3. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:126(A), a fee, presently
				in the amount of $20, to cover costs of providing on request a certified proof
				of publication showing that nominated tracts have been properly
				advertised.
4. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:126(B), fees in the
				present amount shown below for hard copies of items listed below:
a. yearly subscription for notice of
				publication-$120 per year;
b.
				copies of tract maps north of the thirty-first parallel-$10 per
				month;
c. copies of tract maps
				south of the thirty-first parallel-$20 per month;
d. certified proofs of no conflict or
				overlap-$5 each;
e. certified
				proofs of tracts within 3 mile limit of Louisiana coastline-$5 each.
5. If any item is requested in
				electronic form the fee shall be a yearly subscription payment presently in the
				amount of $200.
6. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:127(C), fee, presently in
				the amount of $5 each, to cover the cost of furnishing certified proof of the
				existence of a particular lease.
7.
				Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:128(A), fee, presently in
				the amount of $100 each, to cover the cost of preparing and docketing transfers
				or assignments of leases or other mineral rights.
8. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:129(A), following fees,
				presently in the amounts listed below, for particular administration of leases:
a. fee of $500 to cover the cost of
				advertising and docketing of each instrument related to the administration of
				leases having to do with pooling and unitization;
b. fee of $50 per hour for each hour or
				portion thereof spent by staff to verify claims, disputes, or questions
				pertaining to the terms, conditions, obligations and duties expressed or
				implied in the state mineral leases.
9. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:130, fee, presently in the amount of $1
				per copy, to cover the cost of certification of records.
10. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:143(C), fee, presently in
				the amount of $100, collected together with a bond for applications to transfer
				interest in a solid mineral lease to cover investigation by the state of the
				transfer.
11. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:148.3, fee deducted from $50 advance
				payment for application to secure a lease to erect transportation and/or
				storage facilities (including underground storage facilities) to cover cost of
				advertising for the said lease.
12.
				Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:126(B)(2)(g), a fee,
				presently in the amount of $1 per page, to transmit by facsimile mail or in any
				other electronic form any documents when requested to do so to cover the cost
				of such facsimile transmittal.
13.
				Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:126(B)(2)(g), a fee
				presently in the amount of $0.25 per page, to physically copy or print any
				document which it oversees upon request to cover the actual cost of copying
				same, as well as a fee, presently in the amount of $5, to copy any map or plat
				in a form no larger than 11 1/2' x 17' at customer request.
14. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:215(A), fee for obtaining
				a non-exclusive geophysical permit on state owned lands and water bottoms as
				authorized between a maximum of $30 per acre and a minimum of $5 per acre, and
				set by the most recent resolution of the State Mineral Board of record and on
				file in the Office of Mineral Resources, multiplied times the number of state
				owned land and/or water bottom acres located within the geographic boundary of
				the permitted area.
15. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				30:216, fee for exclusive geophysical
				agreements over state owned lands and water bottoms comprised of the per acre
				bid price, over the minimum per acre acceptable price set by the State Mineral
				Board, made by the successful bidder for the geophysical agreement multiplied
				times the number of state owned acres.