§ 68-1003. Tax on oil recovered or from unknown sources.

A.  It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Tax Commission to collect, in addition to the gross production tax, twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) of the gross value of all oil reported to the Tax Commission as recovered from streams, lakes, ponds, ravines and other natural depressions to which oil shall have escaped or therein was found and twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) of the gross value of all oil which is reported to the Tax Commission and which report does not disclose the actual source of the oil.  The Tax Commission shall hold the proceeds thereof for twelve (12) months in its depository account with the State Treasurer, during which time the rightful owner or owners of the royalty interest therein, upon proper application and satisfactory proof made to the Tax Commission, shall be paid their proper interest or interests out of the depository account.  Otherwise, the Tax Commission shall, after the lapse of one (1) year from the collection of any such sum, distribute the same as provided by law for the distribution of gross production taxes.

B.  For purposes of this section, “actual source” shall be the well or wells and particular leasehold from which the oil was produced.

C.  The operators of salt water disposal facilities shall be required to pay to the Tax Commission the fee of twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) as required by this section on the amount of oil recovered in excess of two percent (2%) of the volume of water handled.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 365, § 2, emerg. eff. June 22, 1963.  Renumbered from § 10-1003 by Laws 1965, c. 215, § 2.  Amended by Laws 1989, c. 279, § 10, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 30, § 4, emerg. eff. March 30, 1992; Laws 2001, c. 249, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001.