Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-97
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The Commission upon its own motion, or upon the petition of the
Attorney General, or of the Conservation Attorney, or of the
Director of Conservation, on behalf of the state, or of any
operator, producer, or taker of oil from any common source of
supply, to be affected by any such order, rule or regulation, filed
with the Commission, shall have jurisdiction to make any and all
orders, rules and regulations authorized and/or provided for in
Sections 1 to 13 of this act, inclusive, provided that said orders,
rules, and regulations shall be made only after a hearing before the
Commission, of which the Commission shall have given at least ten
(10) days' notice, by one publication of such notice in some
newspaper of general circulation published in Oklahoma County,
Oklahoma, at which hearing the Attorney General, or the Conservation
Attorney or the Director of Conservation upon behalf of the state,
any operator or taker or producer of oil from any common source of
supply, or any other person interested in such common source or
sources of supply to be affected by the order, rule or regulation
sought, shall have an opportunity to offer evidence and to be heard
in support of or in opposition to such motion or petition for such
order, rule, or regulation. Such notice of hearing shall be signed
by at least a majority of the members of the Commission and shall
specify (a) the time and place of hearing, (b) briefly the general
nature of the order or orders, rule or rules, regulation or
regulations sought in the proceeding before the Commission, and (c)
the name or names or general description of the common source or
sources of supply that may be affected by any such rule, order, or
regulation, unless by such motion or petition filed the order or
orders, rule or rules, regulation or regulations sought are intended
to apply and affect the entire state.
With respect to any motion or petition filed under the
provisions of this act, the service of notice thereof and any
hearing thereon, and any order, rule or regulation, made thereon,
the Commission shall have the power of a court of record, and shall
have the further powers and authority with respect thereto
enumerated and provided in Section 98 of this title; provided, that
the Commission upon the date set or fixed in the notice of hearing
in any proceeding commenced under the provisions of this section, or
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at the time of such hearing therein, or of making any order or
orders, rule or rules, regulation or regulations therein, may by its
order provide that said proceeding shall be continued upon the
docket of the Commission for further hearing or hearings therein,
and for the issuance and/or promulgation of further order or orders,
rule or rules, or regulation or regulations by the Commission
therein, modifying, supplementing, repealing or vacating any
previous order, rule or regulation of the Commission therein as it
shall determine; and if the Commission shall, in any such order,
rule or regulation continuing any such case upon its docket for
further hearings and orders therein, fix the time and place of such
hearing or hearings, no further notice thereof shall be required;
but if the Commission shall not, in its orders continuing upon its
docket any such proceeding for further hearings and orders therein,
fix the time and place of such hearing or hearings, then no further
hearing therein shall be had until notice thereof shall have been
given for the same length of time and in the same manner provided in
this act for notice of the initial hearing in said proceeding.
The Commission upon its own motion, or upon the petition of the
Attorney General, or of the Conservation Attorney, or of the
Director of Conservation, on behalf of the state, or of any
operator, producer, or taker of oil from any common source of
supply, to be affected by any such order, rule or regulation, filed
with the Commission, shall have jurisdiction to make any and all
orders, rules and regulations authorized and/or provided for in
Sections 1 to 13 of this act, inclusive, provided that said orders,
rules, and regulations shall be made only after a hearing before the
Commission, of which the Commission shall have given at least ten
(10) days' notice, by one publication of such notice in some
newspaper of general circulation published in Oklahoma County,
Oklahoma, at which hearing the Attorney General, or the Conservation
Attorney or the Director of Conservation upon behalf of the state,
any operator or taker or producer of oil from any common source of
supply, or any other person interested in such common source or
sources of supply to be affected by the order, rule or regulation
sought, shall have an opportunity to offer evidence and to be heard
in support of or in opposition to such motion or petition for such
order, rule, or regulation. Such notice of hearing shall be signed
by at least a majority of the members of the Commission and shall
specify (a) the time and place of hearing, (b) briefly the general
nature of the order or orders, rule or rules, regulation or
regulations sought in the proceeding before the Commission, and (c)
the name or names or general description of the common source or
sources of supply that may be affected by any such rule, order, or
regulation, unless by such motion or petition filed the order or
orders, rule or rules, regulation or regulations sought are intended
to apply and affect the entire state.
With respect to any motion or petition filed under the
provisions of this act, the service of notice thereof and any
hearing thereon, and any order, rule or regulation, made thereon,
the Commission shall have the power of a court of record, and shall
have the further powers and authority with respect thereto
enumerated and provided in Section 98 of this title; provided, that
the Commission upon the date set or fixed in the notice of hearing
in any proceeding commenced under the provisions of this section, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 83
at the time of such hearing therein, or of making any order or
orders, rule or rules, regulation or regulations therein, may by its
order provide that said proceeding shall be continued upon the
docket of the Commission for further hearing or hearings therein,
and for the issuance and/or promulgation of further order or orders,
rule or rules, or regulation or regulations by the Commission
therein, modifying, supplementing, repealing or vacating any
previous order, rule or regulation of the Commission therein as it
shall determine; and if the Commission shall, in any such order,
rule or regulation continuing any such case upon its docket for
further hearings and orders therein, fix the time and place of such
hearing or hearings, no further notice thereof shall be required;
but if the Commission shall not, in its orders continuing upon its
docket any such proceeding for further hearings and orders therein,
fix the time and place of such hearing or hearings, then no further
hearing therein shall be had until notice thereof shall have been
given for the same length of time and in the same manner provided in
this act for notice of the initial hearing in said proceeding.
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