§ 30:81 — Policy and purpose

§81. Policy and purpose
A. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) A present and future benefit to the environment, public health, safety, and welfare
would be to clean up, close, and restore oilfield sites.
(2) State laws and regulations must comprehensively address those situations where
proper and timely cleanup, closure, and restoration of orphaned oilfield sites must be assured.
B. It is in the public interest and within the police power of this state to establish an
oilfield site restoration fund to provide for the proper and timely cleanup, closure, and
restoration of oilfield sites, to be administered by the Department of Conservation and
Energy.
C. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to alter or impair any rights and
responsibilities established by contract between private parties.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 404, §2; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2024, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.