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Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act
Article 1. Administration.
Sec. 31.05.005. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission created. - (a) There is created as an independent quasi-judicial agency of...
Sec. 31.05.007. Term of office; vacancy; removal. - (a) The term of office of each member is six...
Sec. 31.05.009. Qualifications of members. - Members shall be qualified as follows: (1) one member shall...
Sec. 31.05.011. Quorum. - Two members of the commission constitute a quorum for the...
Sec. 31.05.013. Oath of office. - Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of office, shall...
Sec. 31.05.015. Compensation of members of the commission. - Members of the commission are in the exempt service and...
Sec. 31.05.017. Principal office; seal. - (a) The commission shall establish a principal office and branch...
Sec. 31.05.021. Legal counsel. - (a) The Department of Law shall provide full-time legal counsel...
Sec. 31.05.023. Commission staff. - (a) The commission shall employ such staff as it considers...
Sec. 31.05.025. Conflict of interest. - (a) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and...
Sec. 31.05.026. Relationship to Department of Natural Resources. - (a) The Department of Natural Resources shall have standing before...
Sec. 31.05.027. Land subject to commission's authority. - The authority of the commission applies to all land in...
Sec. 31.05.030. Powers and duties of commission. - (a) The commission has jurisdiction and authority over all persons...
Sec. 31.05.032. Certification of gas storage capacity. - (a) An owner of a gas storage facility that seeks...
Sec. 31.05.035. Confidential reports. - (a) For all wells for which a permit to drill...
Sec. 31.05.040. Regulations and orders. - (a) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure...
Sec. 31.05.050. Notice. - (a) A notice required by this chapter shall be given...
Sec. 31.05.060. Action by commission. - (a) The commission may act upon its own motion, or...
Sec. 31.05.070. Attendance and testimony of witnesses. - (a) The commission may summon witnesses, administer oaths, and require...
Sec. 31.05.080. Reconsiderations. - (a) Within 20 days after written notice of the entry...
Sec. 31.05.085. Expenses of investigation or hearing. - (a) During a hearing or investigation held under this chapter,...
Article 2. Regulation of Operations.
Sec. 31.05.090. Permits to drill wells. - (a) A person shall apply for and receive a permit...
Sec. 31.05.093. Regulated well regulatory cost charge. - (a) Every person that on the first day of a...
Sec. 31.05.095. Waste prohibited. - The waste of oil and gas in the state is...
Sec. 31.05.100. Establishment of drilling units for pools. - (a) For the prevention of waste, to protect and enforce...
Sec. 31.05.110. Unitization and unitized operation of pools and integration of interests by agreement. - (a) To prevent, or to assist in preventing waste, to...
Sec. 31.05.120. Use of gas from well to manufacture carbon products without permit is prima facie waste. - The use of gas from a well producing gas only,...
Article 3. General Provisions.
Sec. 31.05.150. Penalties. - (a) In addition to the penalties in (b) - (e)...
Sec. 31.05.160. Injunctive relief. - (a) Whenever it appears that a person is violating or...
Sec. 31.05.170. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires (1) “and”...
Chapter 15. Common Purchasers of Oil
Sec. 31.15.010. Hearing on question of discrimination. - (a) Upon the complaint of a person having an interest...
Sec. 31.15.020. Determination of common purchaser. - (a) Where a purchaser is purchasing from a field and...
Sec. 31.15.030. Responsibility of common purchaser. - (a) A common purchaser purchasing in this state shall purchase...
Sec. 31.15.040. Penalty. - A person violating an order issued under this chapter shall...
Sec. 31.15.050. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “commission” means the Regulatory Commission of...
Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation
Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.
Sec. 31.25.005. Purpose. - The corporation shall, for the benefit of the state, to...
Sec. 31.25.007. Expedited review and action by state agencies or entities. - A state agency or entity conducting a review or taking...
Sec. 31.25.010. Structure. - The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is a public corporation and...
Sec. 31.25.020. Governing body. - (a) The corporation shall be governed by a board of...
Sec. 31.25.030. Meetings of board. - (a) The board shall elect a chair, secretary, and treasurer...
Sec. 31.25.035. Minutes of meetings. - The board shall keep minutes of each meeting and send...
Sec. 31.25.040. Administration of affairs; program directors. - (a) The board shall manage the assets and business of...
Sec. 31.25.045. Executive director. - The corporation shall employ an executive director who may not...
Sec. 31.25.050. Legal counsel. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the...
Sec. 31.25.060. Employment of personnel. - The board may appoint other officers and engage professional and...
Sec. 31.25.065. Personnel exempt from State Personnel Act. - The personnel of the corporation are exempt from AS 39.25.
Sec. 31.25.080. Powers and duties. - (a) In addition to other powers granted in this chapter,...
Sec. 31.25.090. Confidentiality; interagency cooperation. - (a) The corporation shall have access to information of departments,...
Sec. 31.25.100. In-state natural gas pipeline fund. - The in-state natural gas pipeline fund is established in the...
Sec. 31.25.110. Alaska liquefied natural gas project fund. - The Alaska liquefied natural gas project fund is established in...
Sec. 31.25.120. Creation of subsidiaries. - The corporation may create subsidiary corporations for the purpose of...
Sec. 31.25.130. Administrative procedure; regulations. - (a) Except for AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act),...
Sec. 31.25.140. Exemption from the State Procurement Code; application of the Executive Budget Act; corporation finances. - (a) The corporation and its subsidiaries are exempt from the...
Article 2. Bonds and Notes.
Sec. 31.25.160. Bonds and notes. - (a) The corporation may, by resolution, issue bonds and bond...
Sec. 31.25.170. Independent financial advisor. - In negotiating the sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes...
Sec. 31.25.180. Validity of pledge. - The pledge of assets or revenue of the corporation to...
Sec. 31.25.190. Capital reserve funds. - (a) The corporation may not establish a capital reserve fund...
Sec. 31.25.200. Remedies. - A holder of obligations or coupons attached to them issued...
Sec. 31.25.210. Negotiable instruments. - All obligations and interest coupons attached to them are negotiable...
Sec. 31.25.220. Obligations eligible for investment. - Obligations issued under this chapter are securities in which all...
Sec. 31.25.230. Refunding obligations. - (a) The corporation may provide for the issuance of refunding...
Sec. 31.25.240. Credit of state not pledged. - (a) Obligations issued under this chapter do not constitute a...
Sec. 31.25.250. Limitation on personal liability. - A member of the board or other officer of the...
Sec. 31.25.260. Tax exemption. - (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter...
Sec. 31.25.270. Annual report; final report. - (a) The corporation shall prepare and transmit annually a report...
Sec. 31.25.390. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates a different...
Chapter 30. Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 31.30.010. Damages for wrongful extraction of oil or gas. - (a) If oil or gas has been or is extracted...