82-11-134. Permit fees. In addition to the privilege and license tax, before commencing the drilling of an oil or gas well or stratigraphic test well or core hole, a person shall secure from the board a drilling permit and shall pay to the board therefor the following amounts:
(1) for each well whose estimated depth is 3,500 feet or less, $25;
(2) from 3,501 feet to 7,000 feet, $75;
(3) 7,000 feet and deeper, $150.
History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 238, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 234, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 47, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 160, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 315, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 253, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 413, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 254, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 60-145(4).
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas
Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation
Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation
82-11-102. Oil or gas wells not public utilities
82-11-103. Lands subject to law
82-11-104. Construction -- no conflict with board of land commissioners' authority
82-11-105. through 82-11-109 reserved
82-11-110. Oil and gas education and research account
82-11-111. Powers and duties of board
82-11-112. Intergovernmental cooperation
82-11-117. Confidentiality of records
82-11-118. Fees for processing applications
82-11-119. and 82-11-120 reserved
82-11-121. Oil and gas waste prohibited
82-11-122. Notice of intention to drill or conduct seismic operations -- notice to surface owner
82-11-123. Requirements for oil and gas operations
82-11-124. Requirements relating to waste prevention
82-11-125. Availability of cores or chips, cuttings, and bottom-hole temperatures to board
82-11-126. Availability of facilities to bureau of mines
82-11-127. Prohibited activity -- Makoshika state park
82-11-128. through 82-11-130 reserved
82-11-131. Privilege and license tax
82-11-135. Money earmarked for board expenses
82-11-136. Expenditure of funds from bonds for plugging wells
82-11-137. Class II injection well operating fee
82-11-138. Rulemaking -- microbial conversion wells
82-11-139. and 82-11-140 reserved
82-11-141. Administrative procedure
82-11-142. Subpoena power -- civil actions
82-11-145. Injunction or restraining order
82-11-151. Emergencies -- notice and hearing
82-11-152. through 82-11-160 reserved
82-11-161. Oil and gas production damage mitigation account -- statutory appropriation
82-11-163. Landowner's bond on noncommercial well
82-11-165. through 82-11-170 reserved
82-11-173. Legislative findings -- purpose
82-11-174. Offset permitting -- geographic requirements
82-11-175. Coal bed methane wells -- requirements
82-11-176. through 82-11-179 reserved
82-11-180. Preservation of property rights
82-11-181. Geologic storage reservoir administrative fee -- account established
82-11-182. Liability for carbon dioxide during injection
82-11-184. Conversion of enhanced recovery wells
82-11-185. Makoshika state park requirements
82-11-186. and 82-11-187 reserved
82-11-188. Incidental carbon dioxide storage -- certification