STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 589	By:	Bingman

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Corporation Commission; amending 17 O.S. 2001, Section 53.1, which relates to removal of trash from well sites; modifying statutory language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     17 O.S. 2001, Section 53.1, is amended to read as follows:
Section 53.1  A.  The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations to require all operators of oil and gas wells or leases upon which oil and gas wells are located to remove all surface trash and debris, occasioned by their operations, from the vicinity of their operations and to keep such premises free and clear of such trash and debris.
B.  For the purposes of this act, "surface trash and debris" means all discarded material directly connected with the drilling or producing of or exploration for hydrocarbons including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, junk or scrap.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-379	MJM	1/19/2011 2:56:27 PM