SB 1733 — oil and gas commission; helium

Fifty-seventhSenate LegislatureEngrossed Finchemoil Firstand Regulargas Sessioncommission; S.B.

1733helium FINCHEMState FLOORof AMENDMENTArizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session SENATE AMENDMENTSBILL TO1733 S.B.AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 27-501, 27-513, 27-514, 27-515, 27-517, 27-523, 27-524 AND 27-527, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

1733AMENDING (ReferenceTITLE to27, printedCHAPTER bill)4, AmendmentARTICLE instruction1, key:ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 27-528;

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

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-2-(b) SenateThe Amendmentsinefficient, toexcessive S.B.or improper use of or the unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy.

1733 (b) The inefficient, excessive or improper use of or the unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy.

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The department of environmental -3-quality Senateshall Amendmentsprovide staff support to S.B.the commission to administer this chapter.

1733 quality shall provide staff support to the commission to administer this chapter.

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When it appears that a person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this article, or a rule, regulation or order made- pursuant5 to- thisS.B. article, and such THE person fails or refuses, on notice by the commissioner, to desist from such THE violation or threat of violation, the commissioner may DO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

1733 made pursuant to this article, and such THE person fails or refuses, on notice by the commissioner, to desist from such THE violation or threat of violation, the commissioner may DO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

Any person who violates any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order of the commission, is subject to a civil -6-penalty Senateof Amendmentsnot tomore S.B.than one thousand dollars AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER for each violation and for each day the violation continues.

1733 penalty of not more than one thousand dollars AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER for each violation and for each day the violation continues.

Any person who, with the intent to evade this article, or any rule, regulation or order of the commission, WHO knowingly makes or causes to be made a false entry in any application, report, record, account- or6 memorandum- requiredS.B. by this article or by any such rule, regulation or order, or who knowingly omits or causes to be omitted from any application, report, record, account or memorandum, full, true and correct entries as required by this article, or by any such rule, regulation or order, or who knowingly removes from this state, or destroys, mutilates, alters or falsifies any such application, record, account or memorandum or knowingly makes any false statement to the commission or any member, officer, or employee of the commission concerning any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

1733 account or memorandum required by this article or by any such rule, regulation or order, or who knowingly omits or causes to be omitted from any application, report, record, account or memorandum, full, true and correct entries as required by this article, or by any such rule, regulation or order, or who knowingly removes from this state, or destroys, mutilates, alters or falsifies any such application, record, account or memorandum or knowingly makes any false statement to the commission or any member, officer, or employee of the commission concerning any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

Application to drill The owner or operator of any property, before commencing the drilling of a well or entering or deepening an abandoned well, shall file -7-with Senatethe Amendmentscommission an application to S.B.drill, on a form prescribed by the commission, containing such information as may be required by the commission.

1733Such with the commission an application toshall drill,be onaccompanied a form prescribed by thea commission,fee containingof suchtwenty-five information- as7 may- beS.B. required by the commission.

Such1733 application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars per well AS ESTABLISHED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION.

All monies so received by the commission shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the state general fund OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION FUND ESTABLISHED [BYT][BY]BY SECTION 27-528.

However, if the facility ever resumes operation the facility shall obtain an aquifer protection permit and the -8-facility Senateshall Amendmentsbe totreated S.B.as a new facility for purposes of section 49-243.

1733- facility8 shall- beS.B. treated as a new facility for purposes of section 49-243.