55-704. Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.
55-704
55-704. Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may benecessary for the prevention of waste as defined by this act, theprotection of all water, oil or gas-bearing strata encountered in any welldrilled in such common source of supply, ascertaining the several factorsentering into the determination of the productive capacity of each well,the total productive capacity of all wells in the common source of supply,the establishment of such other standard or standards as the commission mayfind proper to determine the productive capacity of each well and of allwells in such common source of supply, and as the commission may findnecessary and proper to carry out the spirit and purpose of this act:Provided, however, That notice, as provided in K.S.A. 55-706,shall be served upon or given to the producers and purchasers ofnatural gas and all other persons, firms or corporations interested, of anyhearing or hearings which may be called for the purpose of establishing anyfacts upon which any proposed rule or regulation may be based.
History: L. 1935, ch. 213, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 5; March 24.