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     14  AN ACT relating to oil and gas; prescribing information to be included
     15    with payments to interest owners from sales of oil and gas.
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     17  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
     18    Section 1.  Any person making a payment for proceeds attributable
     19  to oil or gas production shall include, or shall be calculable from, the
     20  following information with each payment made to a payee: When a pay-
     21  ment is made for proceeds attributable to oil or gas production, the
     22  payment shall be accompanied by, or calculable from, the following
     23  information which shall be submitted the following information, or
     24  the following information shall be calculable from the information
     25  provided with the payment:
     26    (a)  The lease, property, or well name or any lease, property, or well
     27  identification number used to identify the lease, or well;
     28    (b)  the month and year during which the sale occurred for which
     29  payment is being made;
     30    (c)  the total volume of oil, attributable to such payment, measured in
     31  barrels and the total volume of either wet or dry gas, attributable to such
     32  payment, measured in thousand cubic feet;
     33    (d)  the price per barrel of oil or thousand cubic feet of gas sold;
     34    (e)  total amount of state severance and production taxes;
     35    (f)  payee's interest in the sale expressed as a decimal;
     36    (g)  payee's share of the sale before any deductions or adjustments;
     37    (h)  payee's share of the sale after deductions or adjustments;
     38    (i)  an address and telephone number where from which additional
     39  information may be obtained and any questions answered.
     40    Sec. 2.  Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to amend or
     41  otherwise affect any contractual obligations or rights which may otherwise
     42  exist.
     43    Sec. 3.  Upon written request by the payee, submitted to the payor
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      1  by certified mail, the payor shall provide to the payee in writing a specific
      2  listing of the amount and purpose of any other deductions or adjustments,
      3  including volumetric deductions, with explanation of such treatment.
      4  Such A written response shall be provided within 60 days of the receipt
      5  of such certified mail request.
      6    Sec. 4.  The district courts within this state shall have the jurisdiction
      7  to determine damages, interest, court costs, attorneys' fees or allowable
      8  litigation expenses incurred by a party in an action to enforce this act.
      9    Sec. 4.  The district courts within this state shall have the ju-
     10  risdiction to determine damages, interest, court costs, attorney
     11  fees or allowable litigation expenses incurred by a party in an ac-
     12  tion to enforce this act.
     13    Sec. 5 [4] 5.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
     14  January 1, 1998, and its publication in the statute book.