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Ark. Code Ann. § 15-72-323 (2020)

Notice of public hearings

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If public hearings are required, notice of public hearings before the Oil and Gas Commission as provided for in this subchapter shall be given as follows:

  1. An applicant shall give notice of the public hearing to be held upon an application by one (1) publication at least ten (10) days before the date of the public hearing, but not more than thirty (30) days before the public hearing, in a legal newspaper having a general circulation in the county, or in each county, if there are more than one (1), in which the lands embraced within the application are situated, except that, as to any public hearing pertaining to a matter of general application throughout the State of Arkansas, the notice shall be published in a legal newspaper having statewide circulation; and
  2. The cost of publication shall be paid for by the applicant.

History. Acts 1939, No. 105, § 15; 1971, No. 351, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 53-115; Acts 2015, No. 906, § 3.

Amendments. The 2015 amendment substituted “If public hearings are required” for “In addition to other notice required by any rule or order of the commission” in the introductory language; in (1), substituted “An applicant” for “When an application is filed with the commission pursuant to this subchapter, the commission,” substituted “before the date of the public hearing” for “prior to the date of the hearing,” and substituted “before the public hearing” for “prior thereto”; and, in (2), deleted “taxed as a cost of the public hearing and shall be” after “shall be” and deleted “therein” from the end.

Case Notes

Cited: Fife v. Thompson, 288 Ark. 620, 708 S.W.2d 611 (1986); Atlanta Exploration, Inc. v. Ethyl Corp., 301 Ark. 331, 784 S.W.2d 150 (1990).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1990–1990 · leading case: Atlanta Expl., Inc. v. Ethyl Corp., 784 S.W.2d 150 (Ark. 1990).
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Atlanta Expl., Inc. v. Ethyl Corp., 784 S.W.2d 150 (Ark. 1990). · cites it 2× “The Commission’s notice met the twenty-day notice requirement set out in § 15-76-307(b), and it also otherwise is in keeping with Ark. Code Ann. § 15-72-323 (1987), another related statutory provision, that requires a public hearing notice to be published at least one time in a…”
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