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451-1994-III-3-2-610 - Part 610 Unified Surface and Subsurface Oil or Gas Ownership (324.61001...324.61004)
Section 324.61001 - Definitions. - Sec. 61001. As used in this part: (a) "Department" means...
Section 324.61002 - Inventory and Categorization of Land; Contract. - Sec. 61002. (1) Within 4 years after the effective date...
Section 324.61003 - Divestiture of Severed Oil and Gas Rights; Reuniting Oil and Gas Rights With Surface Rights; Deed Restriction; Reversion of Subsurface Rights. - Sec. 61003. (1) The department shall implement procedures in compliance...
Section 324.61004 - Divestiture of Severed Oil and Gas Rights; Basis; Priority; Plan for Attaching Monetary Value; Offer to Sell or Transfer Severed Rights to Surface Owner; Notice; Duration of Designated Price; Petition; Disposition of Money Receive... - Sec. 61004. (1) The department may divest itself of severed...
451-1994-III-3-2-615 - Part 615 Supervisor of Wells (324.61501...324.61527)
Section 324.61501 - Definitions. - Sec. 61501. Unless the context requires a different meaning, the...
Section 324.61502 - Construction of Part. - Sec. 61502. It has long been the declared policy of...
Section 324.61503 - Supervisor of Wells; Assistants; Commission as Appeal Board; Hearing; Compensation and Expenses; Office. - Sec. 61503. (1) The supervisor of wells shall designate suitable...
Section 324.61503a - Gas Lease; Duties of Lessee; Monthly Revenue Statements and Payments; Initiation; Deferment. - Sec. 61503a. (1) Beginning 12 months after the effective date...
Section 324.61503b - Postproduction Costs. - Sec. 61503b. (1) A person who enters into a gas...
Section 324.61503c - Violation of MCL 324.61503a or MCL 324.61503b; Penalty; Injunction or Damages; Separate Offenses; Recovery of Postproduction Costs and Attorney Fees; Notice. - Sec. 61503c. (1) Notwithstanding section 61522, a person who knowingly...
Section 324.61504 - Waste Prohibited. - Sec. 61504. A person shall not commit waste in the...
Section 324.61505 - Supervisor of Wells; Jurisdiction; Authority; Enforcement of Part. - Sec. 61505. The supervisor has jurisdiction and authority over the...
Section 324.61505a - Drilling Permit for Well Beneath Lake Bottomlands for Exploration or Production of Oil or Gas; Condition. - Sec. 61505a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or...
Section 324.61506 - Supervisor of Wells; Powers and Duties Generally. - Sec. 61506. The supervisor shall prevent the waste prohibited by...
Section 324.61506a - Notice of Violation. - Sec. 61506a. Upon completion of an inspection under this part,...
Section 324.61506b - Conditions Prohibiting Issuance of Permit or Authorization to Drill Oil or Gas Well; Waiver; Exception. - Sec. 61506b. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and...
Section 324.61506c - Toll-Free Telephone Number; Maintenance; Use. - Sec. 61506c. The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone number...
Section 324.61507 - Prevention of Waste; Procedure; Hearing; Rules; Orders. - Sec. 61507. Upon the initiative of the supervisor or upon...
Section 324.61508 - Rules of Order or Procedure in Hearings or Other Proceedings; Entering in Book; Copy of Rule or Order as Evidence; Availability of Writings to Public. - Sec. 61508. (1) The supervisor shall prescribe rules of order...
Section 324.61509 - Hearings; Subpoena; Witnesses and Production of Books; Incriminating Testimony. - Sec. 61509. The supervisor may compel by subpoena the attendance...
Section 324.61510 - Failure to Comply With Subpoena; Refusal to Testify; Attachment; Contempt; Fees and Mileage of Witnesses. - Sec. 61510. (1) If a person fails or refuses to...
Section 324.61511 - False Swearing as Perjury; Penalty. - Sec. 61511. If a person who is required to give...
Section 324.61512 - Allocation or Distribution of Allowable Production in Well, Field, or Pool; Basis. - Sec. 61512. If, to prevent waste, the supervisor limits the...
Section 324.61513 - Proration or Distribution of Allowable Production Among Wells; Basis; Drilling Unit; Unnecessary Wells; Pooling of Properties; Location of Well; Exceptions; Minimum Allowable Production; Allowable Production Pursuant to Rules or O... - Sec. 61513. (1) When, to prevent waste, the total allowable...
Section 324.61513a - Pooling of Properties Not Required. - Sec. 61513a. The supervisor shall not require the pooling of...
Section 324.61514 - Certificates of Clearance or Tenders; Issuance. - Sec. 61514. The supervisor may issue certificates of clearance or...
Section 324.61515 - Handling or Disposition of Illegal Oil or Gas; Penalty. - Sec. 61515. A person shall not sell, purchase, acquire, transport,...
Section 324.61516 - Rule or Order; Public Hearings Required; Emergency Rules or Orders Without Public Hearing; Requirements for Public Hearings Held Pertaining to Pooling of Properties. - Sec. 61516. (1) A rule or order shall not be...
Section 324.61517 - Actions Against Department or Commission; Jurisdiction of Ingham County Circuit Court; Injunction or Restraining Order; Actions Pertaining to Pooling of Properties. - Sec. 61517. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the...
Section 324.61518 - Enforcement of Part And Rules; Representation by Attorney General; Complaint; Proceedings; Powers of Supervisor; Exception. - Sec. 61518. (1) The supervisor may proceed at law or...
Section 324.61519 - Failure of Owner or Operator to Obtain Permit or to Construct, Operate, Maintain, Case, Plug, or Repair Well; Notice of Determination; Liability; Claims. - Sec. 61519. If the supervisor determines that the owner or...
Section 324.61520 - Abandoning Well Without Properly Plugging; Violation of Part or Rule; Penalty; Liability of Owner; “Owner” and “Operator” Defined. - Sec. 61520. (1) A person who abandons a well without...
Section 324.61521 - Unlawful Acts; Penalties. - Sec. 61521. (1) A person who, for the purpose of...
Section 324.61522 - Violations of Part, Rule, or Order; Penalties. - Sec. 61522. (1) Unless a penalty is otherwise provided for...
Section 324.61523 - Confiscation of Illegal Oil or Gas, Oil or Gas Products, Conveyances, and Containers; Notice; Seizure; Sale; Intervention. - Sec. 61523. All illegal oil or gas, products derived from...
Section 324.61524 - Fee for Monitoring, Surveillance, Enforcement, and Administration of Part. - Sec. 61524. (1) For the purposes of monitoring, surveillance, enforcement,...
Section 324.61525 - Permit to Drill Well; Application; Bond; Posting; Fee; Issuance; Disposition of Fees; Availability of Information Pertaining to Applications; Information Provided to City, Village, or Township. - Sec. 61525. (1) A person shall not drill or begin...
Section 324.61525a - Annual Well Regulatory Fee; Report. - Sec. 61525a. The owner or operator of a well used...
Section 324.61525b - Oil and Gas Regulatory Fund; Creation; Disposition of Money or Other Assets; Lapse; Expenditures; Annual Report. - Sec. 61525b. (1) The oil and gas regulatory fund is...
Section 324.61526 - Part Cumulative; Conflicting Provisions Repealed; Exception. - Sec. 61526. This part is cumulative of all existing laws...
Section 324.61527 - Applicability of Part. - Sec. 61527. This part does not apply to drill holes...
451-1994-III-3-2-616 - Part 616 Orphan Well Fund (324.61601...324.61607)
Section 324.61601 - Definitions. - Sec. 61601. As used in this part: (a) "Abandoned oil...
Section 324.61602 - Orphan Well Fund; Creation; Disposition of Assets. - Sec. 61602. (1) The orphan well fund is created within...
Section 324.61603 - Expenditures From Fund; Consultation With Operator. - Sec. 61603. (1) The supervisor shall expend money from the...
Section 324.61604 - List to Be Submitted to Legislature; Annual Appropriation From Fund for Listed Projects. - Sec. 61604. (1) By January 1 of each year, the...
Section 324.61605 - Action by Attorney General Against Well Owner or Operator; Recovery of Money Expended. - Sec. 61605. Following the expenditure of money from the fund...
Section 324.61606 - Sale of Equipment. - Sec. 61606. The supervisor may sell the well pipe and...
Section 324.61607 - Report to Legislature of Expenditures. - Sec. 61607. By December 31 of each year, the supervisor...
451-1994-III-3-2-617 - Part 617 Unitization (324.61701...324.61738)
Section 324.61701 - Definitions. - Sec. 61701. As used in this part, unless the context...
Section 324.61702 - Supervisor of Wells; General Duties; Fees. - Sec. 61702. Subject to the limitations of this part, the...
Section 324.61703 - Petition; Filing; Contents. - Sec. 61703. Any interested lessee may file a verified petition...
Section 324.61704 - Notice to Interested Persons; Contents; Notice of Protest; Order. - Sec. 61704. (1) Upon the filing of a petition as...
Section 324.61705 - Order for Unit Operations; Terms and Conditions; Plan for Operations. - Sec. 61705. The order of the supervisor shall be upon...
Section 324.61706 - Effective Date of Order; Finding. - Sec. 61706. An order of the supervisor providing for unit...
Section 324.61707 - Supplemental Hearings and Orders; Ineffective Order; Time. - Sec. 61707. If a finding is not made as set...
Section 324.61708 - Amendment of Orders; Approval; Limitations. - Sec. 61708. An order providing for unit operations may be...
Section 324.61709 - Signed Writings; Admissible as Evidence. - Sec. 61709. Writings containing signatures that are witnessed and acknowledged...
Section 324.61710 - Unit Area Embracing Previously Established Area. - Sec. 61710. The supervisor by order may provide for the...
Section 324.61711 - Unit Area Less Than Whole Pool. - Sec. 61711. An order may provide for a unit area...
Section 324.61712 - Operations Upon Unit Area Considered Operation on Separate Tracts. - Sec. 61712. All operations, including, but not limited to, the...
Section 324.61713 - Lease Obligations; Effect on Unit Operation. - Sec. 61713. Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the...
Section 324.61714 - Order for Unit Operation Not to Affect Title; Property; Acquisition. - Sec. 61714. Except to the extent that the parties specifically...
Section 324.61715 - Unit; Legal Powers; Operator of Unit; Powers. - Sec. 61715. Each unit created under this part, if the...
Section 324.61716 - Operation of Well Without Authority Prohibited. - Sec. 61716. After the effective date of the order of...
Section 324.61717 - Property Rights as Amended or Modified. - Sec. 61717. Property rights, leases, contracts, and all other rights...
Section 324.61718 - Lien for Costs; Responsibility for Costs; Subrogation. - Sec. 61718. Subject to reasonable limitations as set out in...
Section 324.61719 - Lessee's Obligation; Liability. - Sec. 61719. The obligation or liability of each lessee in...
Section 324.61720 - Allocation of Unit Production. - Sec. 61720. The portion of the unit production allocated to...
Section 324.61721 - Division Order or Contract Not Affected by Unit Order. - Sec. 61721. A division order or other contract relating to...
Section 324.61722 - Unit Production or Proceeds Not Income of Unit; Unit as Administrative Agent Only. - Sec. 61722. The unit production, proceeds from the sale of...
Section 324.61723 - Agreements in Restraint of Trade Prohibited. - Sec. 61723. An agreement between or among lessees or other...
Section 324.61724 - Consent to or Participation in Plan or Program of Unitization by Governmental Subdivision or Agency. - Sec. 61724. The department or other proper board or officer...
Section 324.61725 - Rules, Regulations, or Orders; Public Hearings; Notice. - Sec. 61725. Except as provided in section 61704, rules, regulations,...
Section 324.61726 - Hearings; Jurisdictional Requirements of Notice. - Sec. 61726. Jurisdictional requirements of notice of time, place, and...
Section 324.61727 - Service of Notice; Filing Receipts; Filing Undelivered Notices; Filing Affidavit of Service. - Sec. 61727. (1) Service of the notice described in section...
Section 324.61728 - Compliance With MCL 24.201 to 24.328; Persons Authorized to Conduct Hearings and Other Actions. - Sec. 61728. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this part,...
Section 324.61729 - Appellant to Comply With Order, Rule, or Regulation; Bond. - Sec. 61729. During the pendency of the appeal, the appealing...
Section 324.61730 - Judicial Review. - Sec. 61730. The action of the supervisor shall be final...
Section 324.61731 - Subpoena of Witnesses and Documentary Evidence; Incriminating Evidence; Perjury. - Sec. 61731. The supervisor may compel by subpoena the attendance...
Section 324.61732 - Failure or Refusal to Comply With Subpoena; Refusal to Testify or Answer; Penalty. - Sec. 61732. In case of failure or refusal on the...
Section 324.61733 - Fees and Travel Expense of Witnesses. - Sec. 61733. Any witness summoned by subpoena or by written...
Section 324.61734 - Witnesses; False Swearing or Affidavit; Penalty. - Sec. 61734. If any person of whom an oath is...
Section 324.61735 - Enforcement of Part. - Sec. 61735. The supervisor may bring proceedings for the enforcement...
Section 324.61736 - Violation of Part; Penalty. - Sec. 61736. A person who violates this part or any...
Section 324.61737 - Violation of Part; Aiding or Abetting; Penalty. - Sec. 61737. A person aiding or abetting in the violation...
Section 324.61738 - Orders of Supervisor; Recording; Notice. - Sec. 61738. A certified copy of any order of the...
451-1994-III-3-2-619 - Part 619 Drilling in the Pigeon River State Forest (324.61901...324.61904)
Section 324.61901 - Legislative Findings. - Sec. 61901. (1) The legislature finds that it is in...
Section 324.61902 - Pigeon River Country State Forest as Valuable Public Resource; Production of Oil and Gas in Public Interest; Amended Stipulation and Consent Order as Hydrocarbon Development Plan. - Sec. 61902. The Pigeon river country state forest as dedicated...
Section 324.61903 - Hydrocarbon Activities Not in Violation of Law. - Sec. 61903. The hydrocarbon activities within the Pigeon river country...
Section 324.61904 - Implementation of Hydrocarbon Development Plan. - Sec. 61904. In light of the legislative findings in section...
451-1994-III-3-2-621 - Part 621 Interstate Oil and Gas Compact (324.62101...324.62103)
Section 324.62101 - Interstate Compact for Conservation of Oil and Gas; Extension Agreements; Withdrawal. - Sec. 62101. So that the state of Michigan can cooperate...
Section 324.62102 - Interstate Oil and Gas Compact; Agreement. - Sec. 62102. The interstate compact to conserve oil and gas...
Section 324.62103 - Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission; Governor as Representative of State; Powers and Duties; Assistant Representatives. - Sec. 62103. The governor shall be the official representative of...