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Chapter 55 — Oil And Gas
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55-101. Natural gas for residents of platted land outside city; laying and maintenance of pipes.
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55-102. Control and management of oil and gas wells; unlawful acts, penalties; flaring, venting or use of gas permitted, when.
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55-112. Transportation of gas; standards for.
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55-114. Penalty for violation of K.S.A.
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55-142.
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55-143. Conservation fee fund; authorized expenditures; accounting procedures; reduction of fees and assessments, when.
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55-144 through 55-149.
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55-150. Definitions.
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55-151. Application of intent to drill wells, required information; notification of surface owner; f…
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55-152. Rules and regulations; recommendations of advisory committee; annual review of drilling methods.
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55-153. Advisory committee on regulation of oil and gas activities.
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55-154. Certification of compliance with statutes and rules and regulations.
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55-155. Licensure of operators and contractors; requirements; fees; transfers of operator responsibility; notification of surface owner.
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55-156. Protection of water prior to abandoning of well; penalty for noncompliance.
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55-157. Cementing in surface casing and additional pipe prior to testing, completion or abandonment of well; penalty for noncompliance.
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55-158. Submission of bond logs and surveys; penalties.
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55-159. Notification of commission prior to setting surface casing or plugging; inspections; penalty.
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55-160. Notification of commission prior to reentering plugged well; inspections.
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55-161. Investigation of abandoned wells; integrity tests; costs.
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55-162. Finding reasonable cause to believe that person has violated act or rules and regulations; h…
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55-164. Administrative penalties; procedure; costs and attorney fees; disposition of moneys.
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55-165. Maintenance of information on wells.
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55-168. Insufficient moneys in abandoned oil and gas well fund; liabilities imposed on the conservation fee fund.
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55-169. Kansas surface owner notice act; citation of act.
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55-169a. Definitions.
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55-169b. Authorization for rules and regulations.
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55-170. Reserved.
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55-171. Permit required for the storage or disposal of salt water, oil or refuse in surface ponds.
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55-172. Salt water, oil or refuse from wells; prevention of escape.
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55-173. Notice prior to abandonment and plugging of wells; notification of surface owner.
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55-174. Penalty for failure to notify of intent to drill.
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55-175. Appointment of agents by the commission.
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55-176. Commission's costs assessed against operators and agents; disposition of moneys.
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55-177. Removal of structures and abutments from lands after abandoning wells; exception.
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55-178. Abandoned wells; complaint concerning pollution or water loss; commission investigation.
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55-179. Responsibility for remedial actions related to abandoned wells; hearings; orders; plugging.
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55-180. Investigation of pollution by the commission; abandoned well plugging; costs; reimbursement authorized.
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55-181. Administration and enforcement of rules, regulations and orders.
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55-182. Agents of commission; right of ingress and egress; restoration of premises.
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55-183. Rules and regulations; publication; fees, taxes and other charges required to be fixed by rules and regulations.
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55-184. Act supplemental to existing laws.
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55-186. Spill notification requirements.
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55-187 through 55-190.
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55-191. Definitions.
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55-192. Abandoned oil and gas well fund established; well plugging assurance fund abolished.
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55-194. Annual report.
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55-195 through 55-1,100.
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55-201. Duty of lessee to have forfeited lease released; publication notice; affidavit to be recorded; notice to landowner; remedies.
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55-202. Action to obtain release; damages, costs and attorney's fees; attachment.
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55-203, 55-204.
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55-205. Record of lease as notice for definite term; extension upon contingency, affidavit.
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55-206. Demand for release before bringing action; evidence.
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55-207. Lien of contractor on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline for labor and material; filing of statement.
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55-208. Lien of subcontractor or materialman on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline.
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55-209. Lien statement for labor or materials; filing and record in district court.
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55-210. Enforcement of liens.
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55-211. Lease of school grounds for drilling for oil and gas.
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55-211a.
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55-211b. Validation of prior leases.
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55-212. Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment, labor and materials; definitions.
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55-213. Extent of lien.
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55-214. Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment; filing of statement; service of notice; removal of equipment to another county.
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55-215. Time for actions to foreclose and enforce lien.
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55-216. Certain leases unrecorded prior to January 1, 1952, void.
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55-217. Certain assignments executed prior to January 1, 1925, not to be recorded.
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55-218. Expunging certain purported assignments from records.
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55-219. Receiver for minority mineral interest in action where location of defendant-owner unknown.
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55-220. Contents of petition; hearing; notice; dismissal as to certain defendants; appointment of receiver.
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55-221. Duties of receiver for minority mineral interest; duties of court.
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55-222. Severability.
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55-223. Implied covenant to explore and develop minerals established; burden upon lessee.
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55-224. Presumption of breach of covenant, when.
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55-225. Presumption overcome by proof of compliance.
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55-226. Remedies for breach; authority of court.
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55-227. Action for breach not permissible, when.
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55-228. Waiver of presumption prohibited.
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55-229. Substantive rights and remedies saved; presumption cumulative.
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55-422. Petroleum products inspection law; definitions.
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55-423. Standards for petroleum products established by the secretary.
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55-424. Duties of secretary; entry upon premises; samples collected; stop-sale order.
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55-425. Standards for tests; test methods and equipment.
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55-426. Fees, amount.
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55-427. Monthly report of sales and payment of fees; interest and penalty when delinquent; petroleum inspection fee fund.
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55-429.
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55-433.
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55-434. Penalties.
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55-435. Invalidity of part.
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55-436. Administration and enforcement; jurisdiction of secretary of agriculture over inspections.
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55-437. Transfer of powers, duties and functions.
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55-438. Transfer of officers and employees; retention of benefits and rights; service deemed continuous.
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55-439. Resolution of conflicts by governor; succession to property and records.
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55-440. Civil and criminal actions saved.
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55-441. Transfer of appropriations; assumption of liability for compensation of transferred officers and employees.
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55-442. Rules and regulations.
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55-443. Penalties; appeal procedure.
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55-444. Rights of the secretary.
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55-445. Injunction, restraining order.
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55-447. Servicing or repairing a dispensing device; exceptions.
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55-501. Pipelines declared common carriers.
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55-502. Receptacles; duty to receive and transport oil; certificate.
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55-503. Charges for transportation.
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55-504. Supervision and control by state commission; rules; rates in excess of statutory provisions, when.
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55-505.
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55-506. Transportation of liquid fuels over highways; purpose.
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55-507. Liquid-fuel carrier's license; certificates for vehicles.
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55-508. Liquid-fuel carrier's license; application, fee, certificates; suspension or revocation; notice and hearing.
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55-509.
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55-510.
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55-511. Exhibit of certificate of license and bill of sale, bill of lading or manifest; required statement thereon.
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55-512. Marking of vehicles; determinations of weight, measure or volume of tanks; rules and regulations.
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55-513.
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55-515. Deputies, inspectors, agents and employees; powers and duties; stopping of vehicles; prosecution.
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55-516. Violations; vehicles and fuels declared nuisances and contraband; confiscation; liens.
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55-517. Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcement officers; fees.
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55-518. Proceeds of sales to state highway fund.
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55-520, 55-521.
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55-522.
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55-525. Motor fuels defined.
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55-526.
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55-527. Limitation of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel; contingent on EPA waiver.
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55-601. Waste prohibited.
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55-602. Waste defined; rules and regulations; person defined.
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55-602a.
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55-603. Production regulated; prevention of unreasonable discrimination.
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55-604. Powers of commission; proration of production; approval of plan or distribution.
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55-604a. Severability of act.
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55-605. Enforcement of act; jurisdiction of commission over proceedings and hearings; notice; emerge…
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55-606. Rehearing; judicial review.
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55-607. Penalty for violations of K.S.A.
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55-608. Injunction and other remedies.
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55-609. Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A.
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55-609a. Invalidity of K.S.A.
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55-609b. Invalidity of K.S.A.
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55-609c.
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55-610. Buying or selling of illegally produced crude oil or petroleum unlawful.
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55-611. Penalties for violation of K.S.A.
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55-612, 55-613.
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55-701. Waste of natural gas prohibited.
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55-702. Definitions.
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55-703. Regulation of production of natural gas by commission; considerations in determination of pr…
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55-703a. Well spacing and orderly development.
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55-704. Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.
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55-705.
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55-705b. Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure.
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55-706. Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to…
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55-707. Judicial review of commission's actions.
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55-708. Penalties for violations.
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55-709. Injunction and other remedies.
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55-710. Receivership upon violation of act.
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55-711. Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A.
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55-712. Enforcement of act; agents.
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55-713. Invalidity of part.
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55-801. Representative may be appointed to agree upon compact with petroleum-producing states; objectives of compact.
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55-802. When compact binding.
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55-803. "Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" ratified.
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55-804. Text of such compact.
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55-862. Further extension of compact to conserve oil and gas to September 1, 1979; amendment of compact; notice, withdrawal.
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55-863. Same; text of compact set out in K.S.A.
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55-864. Substance of agreement executed by governor.
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55-865. Official representative of Kansas; appointment, oath, expenses.
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55-866. Withdrawal from compact; notice.
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55-901. Disposal of salt water; rules and regulations; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.
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55-903. Reporting violations to the commission; prosecution.
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55-904. Disposal of salt water; penalties for violations.
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55-1001, 55-1002.
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55-1003. Disposal of oil-field or gas-field brines and mineralized waters; plans and specifications;…
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55-1004. Unlawful to dispose of certain waste in oil-field disposal wells at excessive pressures; penalties.
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55-1005. Disposal wells for salt brines and other oil field wastes; minimum depth; penalty.
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55-1007. Authority to enjoin party from maintaining a disposal well.
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55-1101. Containers; definitions.
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55-1102. Unlawful acts.
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55-1103. Unlawful to fill or refill unmarked containers if notified by owner.
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55-1104. Evidence of unlawful use.
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55-1105. Penalty for violation of act.
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55-1201. Definitions.
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55-1202. Public interest and welfare.
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55-1203. Appropriation of certain property.
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55-1204. Underground storage of natural gas; certificate of commission; notice and hearing; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.
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55-1205. Eminent domain procedure.
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55-1207. Leasing of state-owned lands for underground storage of natural gas; conditions.
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55-1208. Abandonment of underground natural gas storage facility; notification; hearings by corporation commission.
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55-1209. Plat map of location of underground natural gas facility required.
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55-1210. Property rights to injected natural gas established.
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55-1301. Additional powers and duties of the state corporation commission.
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55-1302. Definitions.
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55-1303. Requisites of application; hearings.
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55-1304. Matters to be found by the commission precedent to issuance of unitization order; hearings.
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55-1305. Commission orders.
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55-1306. Unit operations.
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55-1307. Enlargement of area and creation of new units.
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55-1308. Existing rights, rights in unleased land, and royalties and lease burdens.
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55-1309. Employment of consultant to advise commission.
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55-1310. Procedures on unit operation plans; application of laws; notices; hearings, place of; publication of notice of applications and hearings; cost.
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55-1311. Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade.
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55-1312. Rendition for taxation of property used by unit; assessment and taxation.
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55-1313. Certificates to be recorded.
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55-1314. Act supplemental.
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55-1315. Invalidity of part.
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55-1316. Definition of "pool"; legislative intent.
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55-1317. Unitization without KCC order, when.
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55-1401. Citation of act.
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55-1402. Definitions.
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55-1403. Applicability of act to natural gas purchase contracts.
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55-1404. Effect of indefinite price escalator clauses of certain natural gas purchase contracts on price of natural gas.
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55-1405. Limited effect of indefinite escalator clauses; price calculated monthly; exceptions.
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55-1406. Effect of indefinite price escalator clauses on gas produced from new wells or reservoirs a…
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55-1407. Recovery of production and conservation fees and taxes.
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55-1408. Voluntary renegotiation of price provisions.
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55-1409. Enforcement of act by commission; rules and regulations.
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55-1410. Judicial review of commission's actions.
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55-1411. Price limitations to terminate December 31, 1984; reports by commission; end-use allocation by commission, when.
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55-1412. Credit of gross profits of emergency or spot sales of natural gas in interstate commerce to customers; duties of commission.
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55-1413. Certain natural gas distributors to apportion the savings accrued from the operation of this act to its customers.
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55-1414. Profits of pipelines from certain natural gas sales apportioned to customers.
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55-1415. Invalidity of part.
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55-1416 through 55-1423.
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55-1424. Natural gas purchase contracts; definitions.
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55-1425. Provision preventing certain taxes from inclusion in purchase price prohibited.
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55-1426. Production taxes allowed in purchase price, when; taxes included deemed approved for purpose of purchased gas cost adjustments.
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55-1427. Act not applicable to direct purchases for irrigation purposes.
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55-1501. Definitions.
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55-1502. Equipment dealers; records required; penalties for violations.
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55-1503. Carriers required to permit inspection of cargo; penalties for violations.
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55-1504. Person possessing crude oil; documentation required; penalties for violations.
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55-1505. Tampering with field equipment identification; penalties for violations.
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55-1601. Lapsing and reversion of mineral interests; definition.
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55-1602. Lapse and reversion, when.
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55-1603. Use of mineral interest defined.
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55-1604. Statement of claim, contents; filing, when and where; effect of failure to file.
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55-1605. Notice of lapse by succeeding owner; contents; prima facie evidence, when.
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55-1606. Recordation by register of deeds of statement of claim or proof of notice.
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55-1607. Waiver of law prohibited.
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55-1608, 55-1609.
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55-1610. Development of minerals within city; definitions.
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55-1611. Authorizing ordinance, requirements.
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55-1612. Protective ordinances permitted, when.
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55-1613. Same; act not applicable to certain drilling units.
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55-1614. Interest payments on payments from oil or gas production; definitions.
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55-1615. Same; interest on certain payments required; commencement and amount of payments; exception.
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55-1616. Same; force and effect of waivers.
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55-1617. Jurisdiction of court to settle disputes; attorney fees.
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55-1618. Nonapplicability to certain interest payments.
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55-1619. Rights of payee not limited or impaired.
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55-1620. Oil and gas payments to interest owners; information required to be included.
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55-1621. Contractual obligations or rights not affected.
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55-1622. Oil and gas payments to interest owners; specific listing of information; when.
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55-1622a. Annual notice to royalty interest owners, required contents.
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55-1622b. Failure to provide required information; mediation; civil action.
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55-1623. Oil and gas regulation by commission; penalties, procedures.
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55-1624. FERC-ordered refunds of tax reimbursements; recovery.
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55-1625. Citation of act.
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55-1626. Definitions.
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55-1627. Kansas oil and gas resources board; purpose; membership; officers.
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55-1628. Powers and duties.
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55-1629. Meetings; director.
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55-1630. Assessments on production of oil and gas; oil and gas resources fund.
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55-1631. Assessments for funding activities of board; amount, collection and payment; assessments voluntary and refundable to interest owner.
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55-1632. Refunds, request procedure.
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55-1633. Oil and gas resources fund; interest; use.
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55-1634. National or regional assessment; use of portion of state assessment in lieu of, when.
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55-1635. Effect of act; severability.
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55-1636. Carbon dioxide reduction act.
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55-1637. Definitions; commission powers; liability limitation.
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55-1638. Carbon dioxide injection well and underground storage fund.
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55-1639. Violations, penalties; commission authority.
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55-1640. Commission ingress and egress for investigation and enforcement.
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55-1641. Liability limitation.
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55-1701.
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55-1801. Citation of act.
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55-1802. Definitions.
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55-1803. Creation of council; membership; chairperson and committees; employees; duties.
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55-1804. Assessment on odorized propane; method; payment to council; investment of funds; failure to pay.
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55-1805. Expenditure of moneys collected by council, limitations.
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55-1806. Act does not preempt other propane safety or education programs.
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55-1807. Citation of act; establishment of programs for regulation and licensing; definitions.
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55-1808. Application of act.
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55-1809. Damages; comparative negligence and liability.
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55-1810. Liquefied petroleum gas facilities; application and plan; review by state fire marshal.
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55-1811.
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55-1811a. Liquefied petroleum gas advisory board abolished.
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55-1812. Licensure; training, inspection and safety regulation; fees; exemption; violations; penalties.
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55-1813. State fire marshal liquefied petroleum gas fee fund; creation.
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