{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-9-17-132","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 9-17-132","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:\n(1) BOARD. The State Oil and Gas Board created in Section 9-17-3.\n(2) FUND. The Alabama Coalbed Methane Gas Well Plugging Fund established in Section 9-17-133.\n(3) COALBED METHANE GAS WELL. A well capable of producing occluded natural gas from a coalbed or coalbeds.\n(4) PLUGGING FEE. The fee authorized by Section 9-17-137.\n(5) OPERATOR. Any person who notifies the supervisor pursuant to Section 9-17-24 of such person’s desire or proposal to drill a coalbed methane gas well.\n(6) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, representative of any kind or any other group acting as a unit.\n(7) SUPERVISOR. The state oil and gas supervisor.","path":["Title 9 Conservation and Natural Resources.","Chapter 17 Oil and Gas.","Article 5 Coalbed Methane Gas Well Plugging Fund."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=9-17-132","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"0d11d43930f2cdf64d75f6df45374f2271c508405e758a5ccc77f8f4f7dcd231","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-9-17-131","next":"us-al/ala.-code-9-17-133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}