Oklahoma § 52-30 - Meters - Reports

§ 52-30. Meters - Reports

No corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership,

partnership or person doing business under the provisions of this

act shall purchase, collect, transport, convey or sell any gas from

any wells in this state except such gas as is run through properly

constructed meters, the daily readings of which shall be carefully

and accurately taken every twenty-four (24) hours, and of which a

true and correct report under oath shall be made every month and

which report of all such business transacted during the next

preceding month shall be filed not later than the fifteenth day of

each and every month with the Corporation Commission and which

report shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public.

Such report shall be based upon such daily meter readings; shall

show the amount of gas run or purchased from each tract of lands;

lease or leasehold estate, the names of the seller or sellers of

such gas and of the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and any person

or persons making or directing, counseling, advising, aiding or

abetting in the making or filing of any false report in the premises

shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof be

punished as provided by law; and to the end that such meters shall

be properly constructed, maintained, repaired and operated, their

installation, use and operation shall at all times be subject to

such rules and regulations as the Corporation Commission may

prescribe.

Added by Laws 1913, c. 99, p. 172, § 10, emerg. eff. March 26, 1913.