55-1611. Same; authorizing ordinance, requirements.

55-1611

Chapter 55.--OIL AND GAS
Article 16.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      55-1611.   Same; authorizing ordinance, requirements.Whenever the governing body of any city authorizes the developmentof minerals within the corporate limits of the city, it may adopt an ordinancedividing the city into drilling units for the production of those minerals.The ordinance shall require any persons having the right to produce mineralsin a drilling unit to pool their rights for the production of such minerals.

      History:   L. 1983, ch. 55, § 2; July 1.