All purchasers of oil or gas, or other minerals subject to the tax levied by this article shall recognize the Tax Commission's order to withhold payment for all production wherein the required producers' reports are delinquent or the gross production tax and penalty, payable by any producer or royalty owner are unreported, unpaid or delinquent, until such reports are received or the tax and penalty paid; and on failure of the producer or royalty owner to file reports and/or pay such tax and penalty, the purchaser of such production shall, on order of the Tax Commission, (1) withhold payment for all production until notified by the Tax Commission that all reports have been received, (2) pay such tax and penalty, and its receipt therefor shall be accepted by such producer or royalty owner in lieu of cash in settlement for such production. This shall also apply in any case where a subsequent purchaser, or purchaser of subsequent oil, gas or casinghead gas or other minerals shall be so notified, and shall also apply when the interest against which such tax and penalty shall have accrued may have been transferred subsequent to the accrual of said tax and penalty.
Laws 1963, c. 365, § 2, emerg. eff. June 22, 1963. Renumbered from § 10-1007 by Laws 1965, c. 215, § 2. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 341, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 1968; Laws 1992, c. 30, § 6, emerg. eff. March 30, 1992.