A. The Tax Commission may release to any person the volume of production, during any specified available period of time, of any substance taxable pursuant to the provisions of this article from any lease lawfully plugged, pursuant to the laws of this state after certification of the plugging by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
B. The Tax Commission may release the lease name, legal description, Oklahoma Tax Commission assigned production unit number for any lease or unit in this state and the Oklahoma Tax Commission assigned purchaser or producer reporting number and purchaser or producer name to any person.
C. The Tax Commission may release the volume of production, producing formation and well classification, active or inactive, on a lease by lease basis to any person.
D. The Tax Commission shall release information provided in the Reclaimer's and Transporters Monthly Tax Report of Lease Production Stored and Sold, OTC Form 323A-7-81, or any form succeeding this form, to any person.
E. The Tax Commission shall release the following information to any person executing an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, declaring that they are an interest owner in the well, lease or unit for which the information is requested:
1. The gross, exempt and net volumes and values of production, tax reimbursements, additional values and taxes remitted thereon, during any available period of time of any substance taxable pursuant to the provisions of this article or the Petroleum Excise Tax of this state.
2. The lease name, legal description, industry or company well or lease unique number, Oklahoma Tax Commission assigned production unit number for any lease or unit in this state and the Oklahoma Tax Commission assigned purchaser or producer reporting number and purchaser or producer name.
3. The producing formation and well classification, active or inactive, on a lease by lease basis and if available, on a well by well basis, and British Thermal Unit content, NGPA classification, gas code, gravity, tier, category and oil class.
F. It is specifically provided that:
1. The Tax Commission shall establish a schedule of costs for the furnishing of the information in accordance with the provisions of subsections A and B of this section and shall collect such costs;
2. No civil or criminal liability shall attach to any member of the Tax Commission, or to any agents, servants, or employees of the Tax Commission for any error or omission in the preparation and publication of the requested information;
3. No costs shall be charged to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Oil and Gas Conservation Division or Energy Conservation Services Division or to the Oklahoma Geological Survey for examination of the files and records of the Tax Commission; and
4. All funds collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid to the State Treasury and deposited to the credit of the Tax Commission Revolving Fund.
G. In addition to the information which may be released pursuant to subsections A, B and C of this section, a duly authorized agent of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Oil and Gas Conservation Division or Energy Conservation Services Division or of the Oklahoma Geological Survey may examine necessary records and files of the Tax Commission relating to the gross production tax for the purpose of estimating or forecasting reserves or production of oil or gas. Such examination shall be limited to information of volume of production, producing formation and well classification, active or inactive, on a lease by lease basis.
H. A duly authorized agent of the Commissioners of the Land Office may examine necessary records and files of the Tax Commission relating to the gross production tax for the purpose of determining the amount of erroneous payment of gross production tax made to the Oklahoma Tax Commission after January 1, 1978.
I. The provisions of this section shall be exceptions to the provisions of Sections 205 and 205.1 of this title and those sections shall be strictly construed against the disclosure of any other information contained in the records and files of the Tax Commission except as otherwise provided by law.
J. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided for in Section 205 of this title.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 100, § 1. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 76, § 1; Laws 1983, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 223, § 40, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 281, § 20, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 310, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 224, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 30, § 13, emerg. eff. March 30, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 392, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1992; Laws 2013, c. 277, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.