Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 11. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation

Expenditure Of Funds From Bonds For Plugging Wells

82-11-136. (Temporary) Expenditure of funds from bonds for plugging wells. The board may accept and expend all funds received by it from bonds for properly plugging dry or abandoned wells as authorized in 82-11-123(5).

82-11-136. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Expenditure of funds from bonds for plugging wells. (1) The board may accept and expend all funds received by it from bonds for properly plugging dry or abandoned wells as authorized in 82-11-123(1)(e).

(2) The board may accept and expend all funds received by it from bonds for properly plugging abandoned carbon dioxide injection wells as authorized in 82-11-123(1)(f).

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 265, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 422, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 474, L. 2009.