Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-243
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Corporation Commission - Authority to make rules and
Official statutory text
regulations.
The Corporation Commission shall have authority to make
regulations for the prevention of waste of natural gas, and for the
protection of all natural gas, fresh water, and oil-bearing strata
encountered in any well drilled for oil or natural gas, and to make
such other rules and regulations, and to employ or appoint such
agents, with the consent of the Governor, as may be necessary to
enforce this act.
The Corporation Commission shall have authority to make
regulations for the prevention of waste of natural gas, and for the
protection of all natural gas, fresh water, and oil-bearing strata
encountered in any well drilled for oil or natural gas, and to make
such other rules and regulations, and to employ or appoint such
agents, with the consent of the Governor, as may be necessary to
enforce this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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