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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 1 - Administrative Organization and Operations › Section 385:1-1-4

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2091,
				eff 6-25-05; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1298, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 1 - Administrative Organization and Operations › Section 385:1-1-5 - Meeting location; quorum

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All meetings of the Commissioners shall be held at the State
				Capitol building or at a different location, as announced. Any three
				Commissioners present shall constitute a quorum. The Commissioners as an
				official body may be referred to as "The Board" or "The Commission."
Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2091,
				eff 6-25-05
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 1 - Administrative Organization and Operations › Section 385:1-1-6 - Land Office divisions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Land Office shall be divided into divisions at the
				discretion of the Secretary.
Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2091,
				eff 6-25-05; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1298, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 1 - Administrative Organization and Operations › Section 385:1-1-8 - Requests for information

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Land
			 Office shall keep and maintain records as required by law and shall release or
			 allow public inspection of records, which are not privileged or confidential,
			 in response to a properly submitted open records request.
(b) The Land Office shall permit the filing
			 of a petition for declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any rule or
			 order of the Land Office and shall consider such petitions at a regular or
			 special meeting of the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2091,
				eff 6-25-05
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 1 - Administrative Organization and Operations › Section 385:1-1-11

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2091,
				eff 6-25-05; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1298, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The rules of this chapter establish the procedures to lease
				oil and gas mineral interests on school lands and other public lands managed by
				the Land Office.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-3 - Awards and tabulations

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Awards and tabulations resulting from the public auction
				process shall be posted on the Land Office's official website and presented to
				the Board at the next regular meeting for ratification.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-4 - Lands available for leasing

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
			 The Land Office may offer any unleased tracts of school lands for oil and gas
			 leasing through the public auction process.
(b) Interested persons may request that
			 particular tracts of school lands be offered for oil and gas leasing by
			 submitting a written request containing the contact information of the
			 requestor and the complete legal description of the tracts requested.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1043, eff 5-13-04; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-5

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 633, eff 12-19-03 (emergency); Amended at 21
				Ok Reg 1043, eff 5-13-04
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-6 - Public auction process

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The public auction process for school land oil and gas lease
				sales shall be as follows:
(1)
Notice of Sale
.
(A) The Land Office shall publish a Notice of
			 Sale in the manner prescribed by law prior to conducting a public auction for
			 school land oil and gas leases.
(B)
			 The Notice of Sale shall list each tract offered for leasing
			 separately.
(C) The Notice of Sale
			 shall specify the tract number and legal description for each tract offered for
			 leasing.
(D) The Notice of Sale
			 shall specify the date and time of the sale and the date and time bidding will
			 be closed.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-7

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1043, eff
				5-13-04
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-8

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3171,
				eff 7-25-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745, eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-9 - Performance fee and bond

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Successful
			 bidders awarded oil and gas leases by the Land Office shall pay a performance
			 fee of $1.00 per net mineral acre leased.
(b) Performance fees paid with the award or
			 assignment of an oil and gas lease shall be deposited into the Land Office
			 Performance Fee Escrow Account.
(c)
			 The Secretary may apply funds from the Land Office Performance Fee Escrow
			 Account to recover unpaid royalties, plug wells, and/or restore the surface
			 when the lessee is unavailable to pay damages or a damage award against the
			 lessee is otherwise uncollectable.
(d) Payment of the performance fee shall not
			 relieve or shield a lessee of liability under the oil and gas lease nor limit
			 the legal or equitable remedies available to the Land Office to enforce the
			 terms of the oil and gas lease against the lessee.
(e) The Land Office shall retain any
			 performance bonds previously posted for the same purpose as the Land Office
			 Performance Fee Escrow Account until the associated oil and gas lease is either
			 released or cancelled. The performance bond, if any, shall be applied to unpaid
			 royalties, plugging, or surface damages before any funds from the Land Office
			 Performance Fee Escrow Account are applied such damages. The performance bond
			 or some portion thereof, as appropriate, shall be returned to the lessee upon
			 the release or cancellation of the oil and gas lease and the resolution of any
			 damage claims by the Land Office.
Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3171,
				eff 7-25-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745, eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 633,
				eff 12-19-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1043, eff 5-13-04; Amended at 29
				Ok Reg 1299, eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-12 - Lease operator forms for bonding purposes [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-13 - Release of lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Upon payment of all liabilities and damages including, but not
				limited to, unpaid royalties, well plugging, and surface restoration, a lessee
				may surrender an oil and gas lease by filing a formal release with the Land
				Office. However, if the oil and gas lease has been recorded with a County Clerk
				, the lessee shall record a release thereof in the county prior to filing a
				release with the Land Office.
Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3171,
				eff 7-25-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-14 - Seismograph permits

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Land Office
			 may issue a non-exclusive seismic exploration permit allowing seismic
			 exploration for oil, gas, and other minerals, as follows:
(1) The applicant seeking the seismic
			 exploration permit shall submit an application in a form designated by the Land
			 Office.
(2) The applicant seeking
			 the seismic exploration permit shall remit an application fee.
(3) The applicant seeking the permit shall
			 remit a per net mineral acre fee to conduct seismic exploration.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-15 - Production and marketing infrastructure easements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Easements.
Except as
			 provided in subsection (b), all production and marketing infrastructure and
			 pipelines on or crossing school lands shall require and be subject to an
			 easement granted by the Land Office.
(b)
Construction.
Oil and gas
			 lessees may authorize operators, purchasers of oil and gas, and utility
			 companies furnishing electricity for lease operations to construct production
			 and marketing infrastructure necessary for operation of oil and gas wells
			 without an easement granted by the Land Office. Lessee shall remain liable for
			 any such construction and the removal of all production and marketing
			 infrastructure and restoration of surface area, unless such construction is
			 covered by an easement from the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-18

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 633, eff 12-19-03 (emergency); Amended at 21
				Ok Reg 1043, eff 5-13-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2093, eff 6-25-05; Amended at 29
				Ok Reg 1299, eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-20 - Bond requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Performance bond for oil and gas leases.
Successful bidders
			 awarded oil and gas leases by the Land Office shall not be required to post a
			 performance bond. Performance bonds previously posted shall remain effective
			 until released by the Land Office.
(b)
Performance bond for saltwater
			 disposal agreements.
A performance bond in the amount of Ten Thousand
			 Dollars ($10,000) shall be posted for each saltwater disposal agreement.
(c)
Release of bond.
Performance bonds shall be released upon written request of the lessee or
			 bonding company after all contracts covered thereby are satisfactorily
			 terminated, as determined by the Land Office.
(d)
Underwriter requirements.
All surety bonds must be made by a company authorized to do business in the
			 State of Oklahoma.
(e)
Performance bond, liability, and interest.
Performance bonds shall
			 not be a substitute for liability or liability limits but merely serve as
			 minimal security for the debts and obligations. The person posting the
			 performance bond shall not be entitled to interest while the performance bond
			 is held by the Land Office.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 633, eff 12-19-03 (emergency); Amended at 21
				Ok Reg 1043, eff 5-13-04; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-21 - Assignment of oil and gas leases

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Assignments
.
Each request for consent and approval
			 of an assignment of oil and gas lease shall be accompanied by a fully executed
			 copy of the assignment, payment of an application fee to be established by
			 resolution of the Board, and payment of a performance fee of ten cents ($0.10)
			 per net mineral acre. No assignment of an oil and gas lease on school lands
			 will be valid or vest any interest in the assignee until the Land Office
			 provides written consent to the assignment.
(b)
Assignment forms.
Assignments of oil and gas leases may be made on any assignment form in general
			 use in the oil and gas industry and, with proper consent on a form required by
			 the Land Office, may convey lesser interests in the lease, including fractional
			 interests, term interests, and horizontal interests.
(c)
Accompanying agreements.
Assignments presented for approval which are subject to other agreements, upon
			 request of the Land Office, shall be accompanied by a copy of such other
			 agreement.
(d)
Assignments of
			 overriding royalties.
Assignments, reservations, or grants of overriding
			 royalty interests do not require approval of the Land Office.
(e)
Outstanding financial
			 obligations.
The Land Office may require payment of any outstanding
			 financial obligations or liabilities of the assignor before providing consent
			 to an assignment. If the outstanding obligations or liabilities are not paid,
			 the Land Office may allow, in writing, the assignee to assume the outstanding
			 financial obligations or liabilities of the assignor.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-23 - Measurement standards for oil and gas removal

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Measurement standards for oil and gas removal shall be as
				follows:
(1)
Oil tanks and tank
			 batteries.
(A) Oil shall be gauged in
			 tanks located on the leased premises.
(B) Tanks shall be properly set, free from
			 leakage, sufficiently gas tight, and maintained to preserve the full gravity of
			 the oil, and to prevent evaporation losses.
(C) The lessee shall be accountable for all
			 oil lost by leakage, overflowing, or for other reasonably preventable reasons.
(D) Oil produced from more than
			 one lease may be stored in a common tank battery only with written approval of
			 a common tank battery agreement by the Land Office.
(E) Lessee requests for approval of a common
			 tank battery shall be accompanied by proof of settlement for surface damages
			 with the Land Office's surface lessee, if applicable, and payment of a common
			 tank battery approval fee to be set by resolution of the Board.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-24 - Oil and gas royalty price computation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Marketable condition and sale.
Lessee shall place oil, gas,
			 recoverable natural gas liquids, and non-hydrocarbon gas in a marketable
			 condition. Lessee shall pay all direct and indirect costs incurred to place the
			 oil, gas, recoverable natural gas liquids, and non-hydrocarbon gas in a
			 marketable condition. Lessee shall market and sell such oil, gas, recoverable
			 natural gas liquids, and non-hydrocarbon gas products at no cost to the Land
			 Office.
(1) Oil recovered by mechanical
			 separators shall be deemed to be in a marketable condition only after the oil
			 products are separated, treated, dehydrated and placed into a storage tank or
			 other facility for delivery to a purchaser or refinery and without cost to the
			 Land Office.
(2) Gas delivered to
			 a gas plant for processing shall be deemed to be in a marketable condition only
			 after the gas products meet the location, quality, and pressure specifications
			 for transmission by an interstate pipeline for sale to an independent,
			 non-affiliated, third-party purchaser.
(3) Gas sold at the wellhead or gas that is
			 not delivered to a gas plant for processing shall be deemed to be in a
			 marketable condition only after the gas products meet the location, quality,
			 and pressure specifications for transmission into an interstate pipeline for
			 sale to an independent, non-affiliated, third-party purchaser.
(4) Natural gas liquids shall be deemed to be
			 in a marketable condition only after the natural gas liquid products have been
			 either:
(A) recovered at a processing plant
			 and separated and fractionated into discrete products (e.g., ethane, propane,
			 butane, and natural gasoline) and placed into a storage tank or other facility
			 for delivery to a purchaser, or
(B)
			 recovered at a processing plant and sold at the tailgate of the plant to an
			 independent, non-affiliated, third-party purchaser without further separation
			 and fractionation into discrete products, provided the royalties due and
			 payable thereon to the Land Office shall be based upon the gross proceeds
			 received for such product, including any credit or payments received by lessee
			 based on any further downstream processing.
(5) In the event the gas stream contains
			 commercial quantities of non-hydrocarbon gas, such non-hydrocarbon gas shall be
			 deemed to be in a marketable condition only after the non-hydrocarbon gas
			 products have been recovered, separated, treated, purified and otherwise placed
			 in a form and condition suitable for commercial sale, exchange, and
			 use.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-25 - Monthly production reports

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
On or before the last day of the month following the month of
				production, the lessee shall file a monthly report of oil, gas, recoverable
				natural gas liquids, and non-hydrocarbon gas produced and sold from the leased
				premises. Lessee shall file the monthly report using a paper or electronic form
				provided by the Land Office.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-26 - Purchase statements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Lessee shall
			 provide third-party purchase statements for oil and gas to the Land Office.
(b) Third-party purchase
			 statements for oil and gas shall be submitted electronically in a .pdf format
			 with the following naming convention: YYYYMM-WELLNAME-API NUMBER. The year
			 (YYYY) and month (MM) used in the file name shall reflect the sales month.
(c) Electronic files of
			 third-party purchase statements shall be submitted to the Land Office not later
			 than sixty (60) days after the referenced oil and gas sale is final.
(d) Each submission containing electronic
			 files of third-party purchase statements shall include the name, company
			 affiliation, and telephone number of the sender.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-27 - Notice of intent to drill or recomplete

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Lessee shall file a notice of intention to drill or recomplete
				any well for oil and gas with the Land Office prior to the commencement of
				operations. The notice of intent shall include the location of the well, the
				name and A.P.I. number of the well, the approximate date operations will begin,
				and the estimated depth of the well.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-28 - Notice of intent to plug oil and gas well; plugging report

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Notice of
			 intent to plug oil and gas well.
Lessee shall file a notice of intention
			 to plug with the Land Office not less than five (5) days prior to plugging any
			 producing oil or gas well on a form prescribed by the Oklahoma Corporation
			 Commission.
(b)
Plugging
			 reports.
Lessee shall file a copy of the plugging record with the Land
			 Office not less than thirty (30) days after the completion of plugging
			 operations.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-29 - Lessee's annual summary of operations [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 14 Ok Reg 3171,
				eff 7-25-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-30 - Special reports

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Land Office may request special reports describing
				production or operation of oil and gas leases. The lessee shall promptly
				furnish the Land Office with any special reports requested.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-31 - Well Information

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Lessee shall
			 file a completion report with the Land Office within thirty (30) days after
			 completion or recompletion of any well. Completion reports shall be on a form
			 prescribed by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and shall be signed by the
			 lessee or lessee's representative.
(b) Lessee shall furnish a copy of any
			 electric logs or other well records upon demand by the Land Office.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-32

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1745,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1043, eff 5-13-04; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1299,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-33 - Electronic funds transfer

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Land Office may accept payments of fees, royalties, or
				other financial obligations by electronic funds transfer.
Added at 14 Ok Reg 3171,
				eff 7-25-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 15 - Sale and Operation of Oil and Gas Leases › Section 385:15-1-34 - Royalty check detail

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Prior to the
			 sales month, January 2023, lessees shall, at the lessee's discretion, submit
			 royalty check detail data in a paper format consistent with the technical
			 instructions provided by the Land Office or in an electronic format using the
			 spreadsheet template provided by the Land Office and consistent with the
			 technical instructions provided by the Land Office.
(b) Beginning the sales month, January 2023
			 and for each sales month thereafter, lessees shall submit royalty check detail
			 data in an electronic format using the spreadsheet template provided by the
			 Land Office and consistent with the technical instructions provided by the Land
			 Office.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The rules of this chapter have been adopted to establish the
				requirements and procedures whereby an interested party may acquire a hard rock
				mining or other mineral lease from the State of Oklahoma upon School Land. Said
				rules describe the progressive steps that are required from permitting through
				leasing. These rules also describe the treatment of the lease from issuance
				through termination and release including bonding and reporting
				requirements.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-2 - Mailing list for notice of lease sale

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Notice of hard rock mining and other mineral lease sales will
				be posted on the Land Office's official website [See
				385:1-1-13
				]. Any person or entity who would like to receive Notices of Sale by electronic
				mail may do so by submitting a written request to the Land
				Office.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-3 - Prospecting permits

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
At the discretion of the Director of the Minerals Management
				Division, a geophysical/geochemical prospecting permit may be issued for the
				purpose of prospecting minerals without a lease. Cost and term of the permit
				are at the discretion of the Secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office.
				No prospecting permit shall exceed one year in length.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-4 - Lease contract required for removal of minerals in commercial quantities

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
No minerals in commercial quantities shall be removed from the
				premises covered by a prospecting permit without a mining lease
				contract.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-5 - Assignments of prospecting permits

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
No prospecting permit may be assigned in whole or part without
				the written approval of the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-6 - Report of valuable mineral discovery [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-7 - Land subject to other lawful uses

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All land owned by the Commissioners of the Land Office shall be
				subject at all times to any other lawful uses by the Commissioners of the Land
				Office, their lessees, permittees, licensees and assignees; provided, that such
				use shall not prevent, obstruct or unduly interfere with the permittees in the
				exercise of any privilege hereby granted.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-8 - Liability for damages

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The holder of a prospecting permit shall be liable to the State
				and its lessees or assigns for any and all damages to or destruction of
				property. The holder of a prospecting permit shall fill all excavations, remove
				and cover all debris and restore the surface of the land, as near as possible,
				to its former condition upon the expiration or termination of his permit. All
				property of the permittee shall be removed from said premises within 60 days
				after termination of this permit; provided, that no such property shall be
				removed until all damages, if any, to the property or property rights of the
				Commissioners, their lessees or assigns are paid.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-9 - Inspection of lands

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The State reserves the right to inspect all lands covered by a
				prospecting permit at all times and the right to cancel any permit upon
				violation of any terms or conditions of such permit or the laws of the State of
				Oklahoma relating to or affecting school or public lands, after the expiration
				of 10 days from date of mailing notice by Return Receipt Mail to the last known
				address of the lawful owner and holder of the prospecting permit or by posting
				notice in writing upon said premises, specifying the terms, conditions or laws
				violated.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-10 - Termination of prospecting permits upon issuance of lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All prospecting permits shall become null and void upon
				issuance of a hard rock mining or other mineral lease, by the Commissioners of
				the Land Office, covering area in said permit.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-11 - Fines

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Any person who violates any of the provisions of 64 O.S. §
								1090 et
				seq. will be subject to a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $50,000.00
				or imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than 10 years, pursuant to 64
				O.S. §
								1094.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-12 - Prospecting permit bonds

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Bond amounts required for prospecting or hard rock mining or
				other mineral leases will be established by the Secretary of the Commission and
				incorporated into the lease permit.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-13 - Request to offer land for lease; advertising deposit and requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Any tract of
			 State School land not under a hard rock mining or other mineral lease will be
			 offered for lease at the earliest scheduled hard rock mining or other mineral
			 lease sale, at the discretion of the Director of the Minerals Management
			 Division. (The firm making the above request will have to pay actual cost of
			 advertising if it is the successful bidder or if no bids are received. The firm
			 making the request may be required to pay advertising cost if the bid is
			 rejected.)
(b) The law requires
			 that State School land offered for hard rock mining or other mineral lease must
			 be advertised for 30 days in a newspaper published in the County in which the
			 land is located and for a like period in a paper of general circulation in
			 Oklahoma, after which the bids received will be opened, tabulated, and
			 presented to the Commission at the next regular meeting.
(c) The successful bidder must pay the cost
			 of advertising.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-14 - Bidding process

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The bid process for school land hard rock mining and other
				mineral lease sales shall be as follows:
(1)
Separate tracts.
A separate
			 bid showing the tract number and legal description must be filed on each tract.
			 Each tract will be leased separately to the highest responsible
			 bidder.
(2)
Sealed
			 bids.
Bids must be written and enclosed in one sealed envelope and
			 placed in another envelope bearing notation on the outside front face of the
			 envelope "Bids for Hard Rock Mining or Other Mineral Leases" and the date of
			 sale. Such bids must be delivered to the office of the Commissioners of the
			 Land Office, and if sent by mail shall be addressed to the official business
			 residence of the Commissioners of the Land Office, as posted on the Land
			 Office's official website [See
			 385:1-1-13
			 ]. (No bid shall be considered that is not delivered prior to date and time of
			 sale, as set forth in the Notice of Sale.)
(3)
Bid opening.
Bids will be
			 received as provided in the Notice of Sale and are subject to the right of the
			 Commissioners of the Land Office to reject any and all bids. (All bidders are
			 invited to attend opening of bids which is held in the office of the
			 Commissioners of the Land Office.)
(4)
Bid deposit.
Each bid must
			 be accompanied by a remittance of earnest money as required in the notice of
			 sale, payable to the Commissioners of the Land Office. Upon acceptance of any
			 bid and the awarding of the lease to the bidder, the successful bidder shall be
			 liable for the full amount of the bid.
(5)
Forms.
Bid forms will be
			 furnished on request.
(6)
Assignment.
Hard rock mining and other mineral lease bids may not
			 be assigned.
(7)
Total
			 acres.
Each hard rock mining and other mineral lease will be limited to
			 a maximum of 160 acres.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-15 - Issuance of hard rock or other mineral lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Term of lease.
A successful
			 bidder will be issued a five-year hard rock mining or other mineral lease on
			 form prescribed by the Commissioners, providing for royalty as stated in the
			 Notice of sale.
(b)
Lease
			 executions.
All leases and bonds will be prepared by the Commission and
			 forwarded to the lessee for completion. The lessee shall have 30 days from date
			 of award to execute the lease, post a bond, and pay any moneys due.
(c)
Lease approval.
The
			 tabulation of each hard rock mining or other mineral lease sale will be
			 presented to the Commissioners at their next regular meeting for approval and
			 consideration of award of leases.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-17 - Lease release

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Upon payment of all liabilities then accrued and due the
				Commission the hard rock mining or other mineral lessee may, at any time
				surrender and terminate a Land Office lease by filing a formal relinquishment
				and release of said lease with the Secretary of the Commission, provided that
				if such lease has been recorded in the county, the release thereof must be
				recorded in the county prior to the filing with the Secretary of the
				Commission.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-18 - Commission records

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission will upon the payment of appropriate fee furnish
				a copy of Commission Records, certified copies of Commission minutes, proofs of
				publication, and copies of other records, only upon written request. (For
				charges, see
				385:15-1-32.)
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1752,
				eff 5-12-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-19 - Performance bond; release [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-20 - Assignments of leases

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Leases may be assigned at the sole discretion of the Secretary
				of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The Land Office reserves the right to
				refuse assignment of hard rock mining or other mineral leases for any reason it
				deems appropriate. The Land Office reserves the right to require additional
				surety in any form it deems appropriate.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-21 - Monthly reports

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
On or before the last day of the month following the month of
				production, the hard rock mining or other mineral lessee must file a sworn
				monthly report of uranium, coal, copper or other minerals produced and sold
				from the leased premises. This report must be filed on Commissioners of the
				Land Office form and must be completed in detail. (Forms furnished on
				request.)
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 20 - Sale and Operation of Hard Rock Mining and Other Mineral leases › Section 385:20-1-22 - Special reports

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission may require special reports pertaining to
				operation of a State hard rock mining or other mineral lease. Upon request, the
				lessee must promptly submit the required reports.
Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1303,
				eff 6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
This Chapter establishes procedures for acquiring a surface
				lease on School Land either for agricultural or commercial purposes as
				authorized by 64 O.S. §§
								1023
				and
				1056
				et seq. or acquiring an easement across trust lands.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1306, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In addition to terms defined in 64 O.S. §§
								1023
				and
				1056
				et seq. the following words or terms when used in this Chapter shall have the
				following meaning unless the context indicates otherwise:
"Commercial lands"
means those trust lands which
				may have a greater value or use which enables it to earn more income per year
				than if used strictly for agricultural purposes.
"Commission", "Commissioners", "CLO" or "Land
				Office"
means the Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of
				Oklahoma.
"Fair market value"
means the price which the
				property would bring if offered for sale in the open market by a seller willing
				but not obligated to sell and a buyer willing but not obligated to buy, both
				being fully informed of all purposes for which property is best adapted or
				could be used.
"Fair market rental value"
means the annual price
				in cash a willing but not obligated tenant would pay, and a willing but not
				obligated landlord would charge for the same or similar lands for the highest
				and best legal use of the property, agricultural or commercial.
"Improvements"
means buildings or other permanent
				or temporary structures or developments located on or attached to the
				land.
"Preference right lease"
means the right of the
				lessee holding a lease designated with a preference right that the
				Commissioners elect to sell during the lease term to purchase the land at the
				highest bid under a two-tiered bidding system.
"Secretary"
means the Secretary of the
				Commissioners of the Land Office and includes the Assistant Secretary.
"State"
means Oklahoma.
"Two-tier bidding system"
means a public auction
				procedure under which a first tier of bidding open to the general public is
				conducted to establish the highest initial bid. A second tier of bidding is
				then held in which the preference right lessee can match the bid of the party
				holding the highest initial bid and any subsequent raises by the initial
				highest bidder until no higher bid is made or the preference rights lessee
				refuses to match a raise in bid.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1306, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-3 - Surface lease policy

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All trust lands are subject to lease and the Commissioners of
				the Land Office are in charge of leasing the lands to maximize the income to
				the Trust beneficiaries while taking necessary care to conserve and preserve
				the trust estate, reserving the right to refuse any or all
				bids.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-4 - Leases in writing

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All leases of lands for agricultural or commercial purposes
				shall be in writing and shall be upon such terms and conditions and at such
				rental as may be determined by the Commissioners. All such leases shall be upon
				the form furnished by the Commissioners. All leases shall contain the proper
				legal designation, including section, township, range and
				county.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1306, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-5 - Awarding or renewal of surface lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Agricultural lease terms.
All surface leases for agricultural purposes will be appraised for market value
			 annual rental and offered at public bid for terms not to exceed five (5) years
			 at not less than the appraised market value.
(b)
Short term commercial
			 leases.
The granting of a commercial lease for three (3) years or less
			 must be at not less than fair market value but does not have to be publicly
			 bid.
(c)
No renewal
			 rights.
All rights under an agricultural lease expire when the lease
			 term expires and no renewal right exists.
(d)
Lessee in default.
The
			 Commissioners may refuse any bid for a surface lease where the party bidding is
			 in default of any monies due or in violation of any provision of a prior or
			 current lease contract.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1306, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-6 - Oral leases not recognized [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-7 - Term of surface lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The term of all surface leases will be in compliance with 64
				O.S. §
								1023,
				and where applicable, at the sole discretion of the
				Commissioners.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1754,
				eff 5-12-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1306, eff
				6-25-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-8 - Special conservation leases

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The State shall have the right to designate certain tracts that
				are in need of extensive conservation work as special conservation leases. A
				complete plan of conservation work shall be developed. Any such Plan would
				contain projects needed, completion dates of each practice, and estimated
				costs.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-9 - Transfer of title upon death of lessee

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The heir(s) or devisee(s) of a deceased lessee shall succeed to
				the interest and have all rights of the lessee under the lease
				contract.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-10 - Canceled or forfeited lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
When a lease is forfeited, canceled or judicially terminated
				for nonpayment of rent or violation of contract, the Commissioners may offer
				the lease to the highest bidder under sealed bid or at public auction. The
				Commissioners retain the right to collect remaining lease rental less any
				amounts resulting from mitigation or sale of lessee owned
				improvements.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 385 - Department of the Commissioners of the Land Office › Chapter 25 - Surface Leasing for Agricultural and Commercial Purposes › Section 385:25-1-11 - Nonresident lease for agricultural or grazing purposes [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 16 Ok Reg 1451,
				eff 5-27-99