2005 Idaho Code - 47-317 — OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION CREATED -- POWERS -- ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                  TITLE  47
                               MINES AND MINING
                                  CHAPTER 3
                        OIL AND GAS WELLS -- GEOLOGIC
                     INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
    47-317.  OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION CREATED -- POWERS -- ATTORNEY
GENERAL. (a) There is hereby created an oil and gas conservation commission of
the state of Idaho which shall consist of the state board of land
commissioners.
    (b)  The commission shall have and is hereby given jurisdiction and
authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to
enforce the provisions of this act, and shall have power and authority to make
and enforce rules, regulations and orders, and do whatever may reasonably be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Any delegation of authority
to any other state officer, board or commission to administer any and all
other laws of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas, or
either of them is hereby rescinded and withdrawn and such authority is hereby
unqualifiedly conferred upon the commission, as herein provided. Any person,
or the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may apply for a hearing
before the commission, or the commission may initiate proceedings, upon any
question relating to the administration of this act, and jurisdiction is
hereby conferred upon the commission to hear and determine the same and enter
its rule, regulation or order with respect thereto.
    (c)  The commission may sue and be sued in its administration of this act
in any state or federal district court in the state of Idaho having
jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter.
    (d)  The attorney general shall act as the legal advisor of the commission
and represent the commission in all court proceedings and in all proceedings
before it, and in any proceeding to which the commission may be a party before
any department of the federal government.