Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 29 — Oil and Gas Royalty Management
§ 1756. Expanded royalty obligations
Statutory text
Any lessee is liable for royalty payments on oil or gas lost or wasted from a lease site when such loss or waste is due to negligence on the part of the operator of the lease, or due to the failure to comply with any rule or regulation, order or citation issued under this chapter or any mineral leasing law.
Legislative history
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Pub. L. 97–451 title III § 308 · 96 Stat. 2447
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1756
(Pub. L. 97–451, title III, § 308, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2462.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–451, title III, § 308, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2462.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 308. expanded royalty obligations Any lessee is liable for royalty payments on oil or gas lost or wasted from a lease site when such loss or waste is due to negligence on the part of the operator of the lease, or due to the failure to comply with any rule or regulation, order or citation issued under this Act or any mineral leasing law.
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