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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
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Chapter 4. MINERAL RESOURCES AND CAVES |
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Article 2. MINING AND DRILLING |
| Part 1. OIL WELL REWARD |
| § 12-4-20. Amount of reward; eligibility for reward |
| § 12-4-21. Manner of distribution of reward |
| § 12-4-22. Authorization for Governor to make payments from surplus or contingent funds |
| Part 2. DEEP DRILLING FOR OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS |
| § 12-4-40. Short title |
| § 12-4-41. Legislative findings and declaration of policy |
| § 12-4-42. Definitions |
| § 12-4-43. Powers of board as to deep drilling |
| § 12-4-44. Authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations |
| § 12-4-45. Powers of board as to establishment of drilling and operation units; applicability of state antitrust laws to private agreements approved by board |
| § 12-4-46. Drilling permits |
| § 12-4-47. Bonds or undertaking by persons conducting drilling operations |
| § 12-4-48. Actions by director to enforce part; civil penalties; effect of Code section on cause of action by royalty owners, lienholders, or other claimants |
| § 12-4-49. Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." |
| § 12-4-50. Obedience to subpoena required; self-incrimination not a defense; use of evidence in criminal prosecutions |
| § 12-4-51. Effect of part on other laws |
| § 12-4-52. Effect of part on authority and functions of other state officers and agencies |
| § 12-4-53. Prohibited acts |
| Part 3. SURFACE MINING |
| § 12-4-70. Short title |
| § 12-4-71. Legislative purpose; duty of Environmental Protection Division to administer part |
| § 12-4-72. Definitions |
| § 12-4-73. Powers and duties of division as to surface mining generally; division may decline to assert jurisdiction |
| § 12-4-74. Promulgation of rules and regulations by Board of Natural Resources |
| § 12-4-75. Permits for surface mining operations; submission of mining land use plan and amendment to plan; bonding of applicants |
| § 12-4-76. Substitution of mined areas |
| § 12-4-77. Renewal or replacement of revoked permit; mining on unauthorized site |
| § 12-4-78. Appeal to superior court |
| § 12-4-79. Injunctive relief |
| § 12-4-80. Removal of minerals, ores, and other solid matter as prima-facie evidence of surface mining |
| § 12-4-81. Judgment pursuant to order |
| § 12-4-82. Applicability of part |
| § 12-4-83. Civil penalty; procedure for imposing penalties; hearing; judicial review; disposition of recovered penalties |
| § 12-4-84. Criminal penalty |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 12 Chapter 4 Article 2 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Powers of department and Board of Natural Resources regarding underground storage of gas, § 46-4-60. Powers of State Properties Commission regarding contracts and leases for exploration, drilling, and mining, of mineral resources, § 50-16-43.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Oil and gas and deep drilling, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Chapter 391-3-13.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Production on one tract as extending term on other tract where one mineral lease conveys oil or gas rights in separate tracts for as long as oil or gas is produced, 35 ALR4th 1167.
Duty of oil or gas lessee to restore surface of leased premises upon termination of operations, 62 ALR4th 1153.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Oil and gas and deep drilling, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Chapter 391-3-13.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Production on one tract as extending term on other tract where one mineral lease conveys oil or gas rights in separate tracts for as long as oil or gas is produced, 35 ALR4th 1167.
Duty of oil or gas lessee to restore surface of leased premises upon termination of operations, 62 ALR4th 1153.