Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production
Section 259.020 - Council membership.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015, 2 histories
259.020. Council membership. — The member entities in section 259.010 shall be represented on the council by the executive head of each respective entity, except that:
(1) The Missouri University of Science and Technology shall be represented by a professor of petroleum engineering employed at the university;
(2) The Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association shall be represented by a designated member of the association; and
(3) The public members shall be appointed to the council by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Both public members shall have an interest in and knowledge of the oil and gas industry, and both shall be residents of Missouri.
­­The executive head of any member state agency, the professor of petroleum engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the member from the Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association may from time to time authorize any member of the state agency's staff, another professor of petroleum engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology or another member of the Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association, respectively, to represent it on the council and to fully exercise any of the powers and duties of the member representative.

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(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 2, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1176, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251 merged with H.B. 1647, A.L. 2015 H.B. 92)

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development

Chapter 259 - Oil and Gas Production

Section 259.010 - Council established.

Section 259.020 - Council membership.

Section 259.030 - Council officers.

Section 259.040 - Expenses of members.

Section 259.050 - Definitions.

Section 259.052 - Oil and gas resources fund created, use of moneys.

Section 259.060 - Waste prohibited.

Section 259.070 - Powers and duties of council — rulemaking, procedure.

Section 259.080 - Permits — fee structure proposal.

Section 259.090 - Production — controls and allocations authorized.

Section 259.100 - Spacing of wells, exception, noncommercial gas wells.

Section 259.110 - Production pooling authorized.

Section 259.120 - Unit or cooperative development and operation agreements, hearings — petition, contents — findings, effect of — order, contents — unit expenses, how charged — enlarged units, how treated.

Section 259.130 - Lien for drilling expenses.

Section 259.140 - Council hearings — notice — procedure.

Section 259.150 - Questions of fact submitted to public service commission — costs.

Section 259.160 - Rehearing.

Section 259.170 - Appeal to circuit court — time for filing — procedure.

Section 259.180 - Prohibited acts — knowledge — certificate of clearance.

Section 259.190 - Contraband, seizure and sale — proceeds and bond forfeitures paid into oil and gas remedial fund, purpose.

Section 259.200 - Penalties.

Section 259.210 - Threatened violations — injunction.

Section 259.220 - Taxation of mineral rights.

Section 259.230 - Political subdivisions authorized to execute oil and gas leases on public lands — proceeds to general revenue.