NE Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund statute (57-923)

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enactment: Laws 1999, LB 293, § 1.
fee cap usd per well year: 200
fund name: Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund is created
fund use: The fund shall be used by the commission for the purpose of plugging and abandoning oil or gas wells and completing the required surface restoration if the bonded operator is unable to fulfill such operator's financial obligation.
inactivity threshold years: 2
title: 57-923. Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund

fund name: Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust Fund is created
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · page heading + section 57-923 sentence 1 · source ne-statute-57-923-src-r3 · visit vi-ne-05-r3
inactive well fee cap: The fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars per well per year and shall not be imposed unless an oil or gas well has been inactive for two years or longer.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · section 57-923 sentences 2-3 · source ne-statute-57-923-src-r3 · visit vi-ne-05-r3
fund use: The fund shall be used by the commission for the purpose of plugging and abandoning oil or gas wells and completing the required surface restoration if the bonded operator is unable to fulfill such operator's financial obligation.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · section 57-923 sentence 5 · source ne-statute-57-923-src-r3 · visit vi-ne-05-r3
enactment: Laws 1999, LB 293, § 1.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?print=true&statute=57-923 · Source line · source ne-statute-57-923-src-r3 · visit vi-ne-05-r3

Collected 2026-10-04 by agent p09-NE. Still missing: current fee schedule, fund balance, annual collections, implementing rule citation.