The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ Oil and Gas Appellate Referees. Any person filling the position of Oil and Gas Appellate Referee shall be a duly licensed attorney in the State of Oklahoma and shall be familiar with the statutes and rules governing oil and gas operations in Oklahoma. The Oil and Gas Appellate Referees shall hear all exceptions and appeals from recommendations of an Administrative Law Judge for cases on the conservation docket, except for exceptions and appeals from Administrative Law Judge recommendations of conservation docket cases which the Commission determines it will hear en banc without intermediate review. The Oil and Gas Appellate Referees shall file a report and make recommendations to the Commission for the disposition of such exceptions and appeals. The Commission shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary to implement this section.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 315, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 328, § 7, eff. July 1, 1995.