OIL AND GAS WELLS -- GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
47-317. Oil and gas conservation commission created -- Powers -- Attorney general. (a) There is hereby created an oil and gas conservation commission of the state of Idaho which shall consist of the state board of land commissioners.
(b) The commission shall have and is hereby given jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to enforce the provisions of this act, and shall have power and authority to make and enforce rules, regulations and orders, and do whatever may reasonably be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Any delegation of authority to any other state officer, board or commission to administer any and all other laws of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas, or either of them is hereby rescinded and withdrawn and such authority is hereby unqualifiedly conferred upon the commission, as herein provided. Any person, or the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may apply for a hearing before the commission, or the commission may initiate proceedings, upon any question relating to the administration of this act, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the commission to hear and determine the same and enter its rule, regulation or order with respect thereto.
(c) The commission may sue and be sued in its administration of this act in any state or federal district court in the state of Idaho having jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter.
(d) The attorney general shall act as the legal advisor of the commission and represent the commission in all court proceedings and in all proceedings before it, and in any proceeding to which the commission may be a party before any department of the federal government.
OIL AND GAS WELLS -- GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
47-317. Oil and gas conservation commission created -- Powers -- Attorney general. (a) There is hereby created an oil and gas conservation commission of the state of Idaho which shall consist of the state board of land commissioners.
(b) The commission shall have and is hereby given jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to enforce the provisions of this act, and shall have power and authority to make and enforce rules, regulations and orders, and do whatever may reasonably be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Any delegation of authority to any other state officer, board or commission to administer any and all other laws of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas, or either of them is hereby rescinded and withdrawn and such authority is hereby unqualifiedly conferred upon the commission, as herein provided. Any person, or the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may apply for a hearing before the commission, or the commission may initiate proceedings, upon any question relating to the administration of this act, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the commission to hear and determine the same and enter its rule, regulation or order with respect thereto.
(c) The commission may sue and be sued in its administration of this act in any state or federal district court in the state of Idaho having jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter.
(d) The attorney general shall act as the legal advisor of the commission and represent the commission in all court proceedings and in all proceedings before it, and in any proceeding to which the commission may be a party before any department of the federal government.
OIL AND GAS WELLS -- GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
47-317. Oil and gas conservation commission created -- Powers -- Attorney general. (a) There is hereby created an oil and gas conservation commission of the state of Idaho which shall consist of the state board of land commissioners.
(b) The commission shall have and is hereby given jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to enforce the provisions of this act, and shall have power and authority to make and enforce rules, regulations and orders, and do whatever may reasonably be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Any delegation of authority to any other state officer, board or commission to administer any and all other laws of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas, or either of them is hereby rescinded and withdrawn and such authority is hereby unqualifiedly conferred upon the commission, as herein provided. Any person, or the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may apply for a hearing before the commission, or the commission may initiate proceedings, upon any question relating to the administration of this act, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the commission to hear and determine the same and enter its rule, regulation or order with respect thereto.
(c) The commission may sue and be sued in its administration of this act in any state or federal district court in the state of Idaho having jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter.
(d) The attorney general shall act as the legal advisor of the commission and represent the commission in all court proceedings and in all proceedings before it, and in any proceeding to which the commission may be a party before any department of the federal government.
