WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 777

disobeys a subpoena or refuses to testify, the court may punish
[him] THE PERSON for contempt.

6-110.

Any person adversely affected by any rule, regulation,
determination, or order of the Department may within 15 days
after its effective date apply to the Department in writing for a
rehearing. The application shall be acted upon within 15 days
after its filing. The rehearing, if granted, shall be held
promptly.

6-111.

(a)   [Any] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 6-104.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE,
ANY person aggrieved by any action of the Department may apply to
the circuit court of the county in which the person resides or
the well is located for review of its decision. Any other
interested party may intervene. The Department may become a party
to the appeal. The case shall be docketed at once but may not
take precedence over any other civil cause, action, or proceeding
on the docket. The court shall hear the proceedings de novo,
determine all matters of law and fact without a jury, and render
its decision approving, setting aside, or modifying the
Department's action.

(b)  Any party aggrieved by the final decision of the court
may appeal to the Court of Special Appeals.

6-112.

Upon application of the Department, verified by oath or
affirmation, the circuit court of the county where the well is
located, sitting in equity, may by injunction enforce compliance
with, or restrain the violation of any order, notice, rule or
regulation made under the provisions of this subtitle or restrain
the violation or attempted violation of any of the provisions of
this subtitle.

6-113.

(a) A person who is the owner or operator of any gas well
may not willfully take gas from the well unless the gas is
metered by a standard metering system. The cleaning or blowing of
a well is not construed as a "taking" within the meaning of this
section. If any person or operator producing gas from any well
violates the terms of this section, [his] THE PERSON'S OR
OPERATOR'S interest in the lease under which the well is being
produced shall be void and subject to cancellation at the suit of
the owners of the royalty interest in the leased premises on
which the violation occurs.

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