55-706. Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings; powers; findings and recommendations. - Kansas Statutes

55-706

Chapter 55.--OIL AND GAS Article 7.--PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL GAS

      55-706.   Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation ofcertain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings;powers; findings and recommendations.(a) Proceedings may be instituted before the commission upon petition ofany interested party, or by the attorney general on behalf of the state, oron the motion of the commission, upon any question relating to theenforcement of this act or the promulgation, revocation, amendment,renewal, interpretation, extension, or the enforcement of any rule,regulation or order, or the determination of any right thereunder, in themanner provided in K.S.A. 55-605,andamendments thereto.

      (b)   The state corporation commission is hereby authorized to designateor appoint its director of petroleum conservation or its assistant directorof petroleum conservation or one of its attorneys as an examiner or refereeto make investigations and conduct hearings that are required of thecommission by this act. Such investigationsand hearings shall be made and conducted in the same manner as by thecommission. Such examiners and referees shall have the power to administeroaths and to subpoena witnesses. The commission may provide for a record tobe made of any hearing or investigation. Such examiners and referees shallsubmit their findings and recommendations in writing to the commission.

      History:   L. 1935, ch. 213, § 6; L. 1945, ch. 233, § 8; L. 1957,ch. 317, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 203, § 2; July 1.