Section 1001.1 - Property exempt from ad valorem taxation - Rules and regulations for determinationThe Oklahoma Tax Commission shall adopt rules and regulations which establish guidelines for the determination of property exempt from ad valorem taxation pursuant to the provisions of subsections G and H of Section 1001 of this title. Said guidelines shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. "Producing leases" means wells or leases or production units which have had production during any of the previous three (3) calendar years which is subject to the gross production tax levied by Section 1001 of this title and which have not been abandoned or required to be plugged as required by law on or before January 1 of the year for which the assessment or valuation is made;2. "Payment of gross production tax" means payment of the tax levied by Section 1001 of this title on production during any of the three (3) calendar years immediately prior to January 1 of the year for which the assessment or valuation is made; and3. Property exempt from ad valorem tax pursuant to the provisions of subsections G and H of Section 1001 of this title shall include, but is not limited to, lease production tanks, lease production meters, and disposal systems, including all materials and equipment of disposal systems and the lines transporting the waste materials, serving one or more wells, which are not for commercial purposes. Provided, the exemption shall include the wellbore and non-recoverable down-hole material, including casing, actually used in the commercial disposal of waste materials produced with such oil or gas. Such exempt property shall remain exempt as long as the property is essential to the production of oil and gas in commercial quantities. The county assessor shall be notified when such property becomes nonexempt.Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 1001.1
Amended by Laws 2019 , c. 168, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2019.Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 401, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2013.Added by Laws 1985, SB 31, c. 345, § 16, emerg. eff. 7/30/1985. Amended by Laws 1991, SB 346, c. 342, § 11, emerg. eff. 6/15/1991; Renumbered from 68 O.S. § 1101.1 by Laws 1991, SB 346, c. 342, § 27, emerg. eff. 6/15/1991; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 841, c. 311, § 2, emerg. eff. 7/1/1994; Amended by Laws 1998 , HB 3304, c. 106, § 1, eff. 11/1/1998.