Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-931: Operator's fee - Disposition - Production report and

forms.

A. All operators of coal mining operations shall pay to the

Department of Mines a fee of seven and one-half cents ($0.075) per

ton of coal produced.

B. All operators of noncoal mining operations shall pay to the

Department of Mines a fee of one and one-fourth cents ($0.0125) per

ton of mineral produced. For the purposes of this section,

"mineral" shall be defined as provided in paragraph 4 of Section 723

of this title.

C. The fees imposed by this section shall be paid no later than

thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning

the first calendar quarter after June 30, 1982.

D. The Department shall develop and promulgate a report form,

which shall be as similar as possible to the form required of

operators by federal law, and which shall state the amount of coal

or mineral produced during the calendar quarter, the method of coal

or mineral removal, and the type of coal or mineral. The operator

shall swear to the accuracy of the report before a notary public,

who shall duly notarize the report.

E. All fees collected by the Department of Mines pursuant to

this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, who shall

credit one cent ($0.01) per ton of fees collected on coal produced

on or after July 1, 1988, and one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per ton

of fees collected on minerals produced on or after July 1, 1988, to

the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund, with the

balance of the fees collected to be deposited in the Department of

Mines Revolving Fund.