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19-6-806. Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Fund.
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19-6-806. Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Fund.
The Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Fund shall consist of those special revenues as specified in § 19-6-301(230), proceeds from the transfer of a well, well-site equipment, or hydrocarbons from the well as established by § 15-72-217(b)(2), grants, gifts, and any other revenues as may be authorized by law, there to be used by the Oil and Gas Commission to provide security in the event an oil and/or gas well operator fails to perform plugging responsibilities under § 15-72-217 or fails to correct well conditions that create an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, or threaten significant environmental harm or damage to property.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-6-806
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19-6-806. Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Fund.
The Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Fund shall consist of those special revenues as specified in § 19-6-301(230), proceeds from the transfer of a well, well-site equipment, or hydrocarbons from the well as established by § 15-72-217(b)(2), grants, gifts, and any other revenues as may be authorized by law, there to be used by the Oil and Gas Commission to provide security in the event an oil and/or gas well operator fails to perform plugging responsibilities under § 15-72-217 or fails to correct well conditions that create an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, or threaten significant environmental harm or damage to property.
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15-72-217. Plugging dry or abandoned well by lessee or operator.
(a) All lessees or operators drilling or operating for crude oil or natural gas within the State of Arkansas shall immediately, in a practical and workmanlike manner under the supervision of the oil or gas inspector, as provided in this section, plug all dry holes or abandoned oil or gas wells in accordance with Oil and Gas Commission plugging rules.
(b)(1) If after notice and a hearing the commission finds that a well drilled for the exploration, development, storage, or production of oil or gas, or as injection, salt water disposal, salt water source, brine injection or disposal has been abandoned, as defined by the commission, or is leaking salt water, oil, gas, or other deleterious substances into any fresh water formation or onto the surface of the land in the vicinity of the well, or creates an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, the commission shall issue an order that the well be properly plugged, replugged, or repaired to remedy the situation.
(2)(A) If the well operator fails to obey the order within the time set by the order, the commission may:
(i) Authorize a person to enter upon the land on which the well is located and plug, replug, or repair the well, as may be reasonably required to remedy the condition; or
(ii)(a) Transfer the well, the well-site equipment, or any hydrocarbons from the well that are stored on the well site.
(b) “Well-site equipment” includes without limitation an associated tank battery and production facility equipment.
(B) Any proceeds received from the transfer of a well, well-site equipment, or hydrocarbons from the well under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be deposited in the Abandoned and Orphaned Well Plugging Fund.
(3
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-217
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19-6-301. Special revenues enumerated.
The special revenues of the state, its agencies, departments, institutions, commissions, and boards, as provided by law and as required by law to be deposited into the State Treasury, shall consist of the following, as described by their commonly known titles:
(1) The remainder of motor vehicle operator and chauffeur licenses and penalties, as confirmed and enacted by § 12-8-301 et seq., known as the “Division of Arkansas State Police Communications Equipment Leasing Act”, which are not required for debt service requirements that are authorized to be deposited into the State Treasury under §§ 12-8-307 — 12-8-310;
(2) Motor vehicle registration and license fees, as enacted by Acts 1929, No. 65, §§ 26-55-101, 27-14-305, 27-14-601, 27-15-1501 [repealed], 27-64-104, 27-65-101, 27-65-107, 27-65-110, 27-65-112, 27-65-131 — 27-65-133, 27-67-101, 27-67-102, 27-67-201, 27-67-206 — 27-67-208, 27-67-211, 27-67-214, and 27-67-218, and all laws amendatory thereto, Acts 1965, No. 87, § 27-15-4001, Acts 1959, No. 122, § 27-15-2101 [repealed], Acts 1959, No. 189, § 27-15-2003 [repealed], and Acts 1969, No. 36, §§ 27-15-401 — 27-15-406 [repealed];
(3) Distillate special motor fuels taxes and liquefied gas special motor fuels taxes and license and permit fees, as enacted by § 26-56-101 et seq., known as the “Special Motor Fuels Tax Law”, and all laws amendatory thereto, including the:
(A) Eight and one-half cent (8.5¢) tax on distillate special motor fuels levied by § 26-56-201(a)(1)(A)(i) and the one cent (1¢) tax on distillate special motor fuels levied by § 26-56-201(a)(1)(A)(ii);
(B) Seven and one-half cent (7.5¢) tax on liquefied gas special motor fuels levied by § 26-56-301(a);
(C) Additional one cent (1¢) tax on distillate speci
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-6-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 19-6-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.