Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-931
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Operator's fee - Disposition - Production report and
Official statutory text
forms.
A. All operators of coal mining operations shall pay to the
Department of Mines a fee of seven and one-half cents ($0.075) per
ton of coal produced.
B. All operators of noncoal mining operations shall pay to the
Department of Mines a fee of one and one-fourth cents ($0.0125) per
ton of mineral produced. For the purposes of this section,
"mineral" shall be defined as provided in paragraph 4 of Section 723
of this title.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 45. Mines and Mining Page 152
C. The fees imposed by this section shall be paid no later than
thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning
the first calendar quarter after June 30, 1982.
D. The Department shall develop and promulgate a report form,
which shall be as similar as possible to the form required of
operators by federal law, and which shall state the amount of coal
or mineral produced during the calendar quarter, the method of coal
or mineral removal, and the type of coal or mineral. The operator
shall swear to the accuracy of the report before a notary public,
who shall duly notarize the report.
E. All fees collected by the Department of Mines pursuant to
this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, who shall
credit one cent ($0.01) per ton of fees collected on coal produced
on or after July 1, 1988, and one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per ton
of fees collected on minerals produced on or after July 1, 1988, to
the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund, with the
balance of the fees collected to be deposited in the Department of
Mines Revolving Fund.
A. All operators of coal mining operations shall pay to the
Department of Mines a fee of seven and one-half cents ($0.075) per
ton of coal produced.
B. All operators of noncoal mining operations shall pay to the
Department of Mines a fee of one and one-fourth cents ($0.0125) per
ton of mineral produced. For the purposes of this section,
"mineral" shall be defined as provided in paragraph 4 of Section 723
of this title.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 45. Mines and Mining Page 152
C. The fees imposed by this section shall be paid no later than
thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning
the first calendar quarter after June 30, 1982.
D. The Department shall develop and promulgate a report form,
which shall be as similar as possible to the form required of
operators by federal law, and which shall state the amount of coal
or mineral produced during the calendar quarter, the method of coal
or mineral removal, and the type of coal or mineral. The operator
shall swear to the accuracy of the report before a notary public,
who shall duly notarize the report.
E. All fees collected by the Department of Mines pursuant to
this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, who shall
credit one cent ($0.01) per ton of fees collected on coal produced
on or after July 1, 1988, and one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per ton
of fees collected on minerals produced on or after July 1, 1988, to
the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund, with the
balance of the fees collected to be deposited in the Department of
Mines Revolving Fund.
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