Kansas Statutes 79-4224. Mineral severance tax; inspection of records by director, when; subpoena power, contempt
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-4224
- Director: means the director of taxation. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
- Gas: means natural gas, and all other raw, unrefined gas or gases, all constituent parts of any such gas or gases and refined products derived from any such gas or gases, including, but not limited to, methane, ethane, propane, butane and helium, taken from below the surface of the earth or water in this state, regardless of whether from a gas well or from a well also productive of oil or any other product. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
- Oil: means petroleum, or other crude oil, condensate, casinghead gasoline, or other mineral oil which is severed or withdrawn from below the surface of the soil or water in this state. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
- Operator: means the person primarily responsible for the management and operation of coal, oil or gas productions from a lease, production unit or mine. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
- Person: means any natural person, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
- Producer: means any person owning, controlling, managing or leasing any coal, oil or gas property or oil or gas well or coal or salt mine, and any person who serves in any manner any coal, oil or gas in this state, and shall include any person owning any direct and beneficial interest in any coal, oil or gas produced, whether severed by such person or some other person on their behalf, either by lease, contract or otherwise, including a royalty owner. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
The director shall have the power to require any operator, producer or person purchasing any coal, oil or gas severed from the earth or water to furnish any additional information deemed to be necessary for the purpose of computing the amount of the tax, and for such purpose to examine the meter and other charts, books, records and all files of such person, and for such purpose the director shall have the power to issue subpoenas and examine witnesses under oath, and if any witness shall fail or refuse to appear at the request of the director, or refuses access to books, records and files, the district court of the proper county, or the judge thereof, on application of the director, shall compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.