Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 53-1-41 - Restraining orders, injunctions against board(a) No temporary restraining order or injunction of any kind shall be granted against the board, or against any agent, employee or representative of said board restraining the board, or any of its agents, employees or representatives, from enforcing any statute of this state relating to conservation of oil and gas, or any of the provisions of Sections 53-1-1 through 53-1-47, inclusive, and Sections 53-3-1 through 53-3-21, inclusive, or any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, except after due notice to said board, and to all other defendants, and after a hearing at which it shall be clearly shown to the court that the act done or threatened is without sanction of law, or that the provision of law, or the rule, regulation or order complained of, is invalid, and that, if enforced against the complainant, will cause an irreparable injury. With respect to any order or decree granting temporary injunctive relief, the nature and extent of the probable invalidity of the statute, or of any provision of the aforesaid sections, or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder involved in such suit, must be recited in the order or decree granting the temporary relief, as well as a clear statement of the probable damage relied upon by the court as justifying temporary injunctive relief.(b) No temporary injunction, or temporary restraining order of any kind against the board, or its agents, employees or representatives, shall become effective until the complainant shall execute a bond in such amount and upon such conditions as the court may direct.Codes, 1942, § 6132-25; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 12c, d; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 2c, d; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 21; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 21; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 21, eff. 3/11/1991.