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2008 SESSION

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SB 586 Gas and Oil Act; notification of interested parties.  

Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Gas and Oil Act; notification of interested parties.  Requires the Board to publish hearing agendas on permits for gas or oil operations in local newspapers at least 10 days prior to the hearing. Currently, the Board provides this public notice at least 20 days prior to the hearing. Interested parties are still notified by certified mail as a condition of the application process. However, interested parties that cannot be identified or located after reasonable effort may now be notified by publication in a newspaper widely circulated in the locality where the well is proposed to be located.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087044300  pdf | impact statement
• 01/21/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 083266300-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB586ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087044300
• 01/09/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/21/08  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 083266300-S1
• 01/22/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/08  Senate: Read second time
• 01/23/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/23/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 083266300-S1
• 01/23/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB586S1
• 01/24/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/08  House: Read first time
• 02/12/08  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/27/08  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/08  House: Read second time
• 02/29/08  House: Read third time
• 02/29/08  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/04/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB586ER)
• 03/04/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/10/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)