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1996 SESSION
SB 476 Gas and Oil Act.
Introduced by: William C. Wampler, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Gas and Oil Act. Alters permit and pooling order requirements for oil and gas wells. The minimum distance between gas exploration wells is decreased. A new provision is added that a gas or oil owner who does not exercise his right to choose a method of participating in the operation of a well under a pooling order shall be deemed to have leased his interest to the operator. The requirement of obtaining a permit modification for any new activity not previously approved for a well site is changed so that a permit modification is necessary only for a new zone completion. The bill adds reworking initially productive zones and plugging a well to the list of activities for which new permits will be issued. Those to whom notice of an application for a permit for a gas or oil operation is due are allowed to waive the right to object to the permit. Permit holders are given the ability to renew two-year permits for an additional two years. The bill also provides that: (i) notice of permit applications for oil and gas operations must be given to nearby gas storage field operators and (ii) gas storage field operators must, in order to object to the permit for an oil or gas well, prove that the proposed well will adversely affect the operation of the field.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 961641757 pdf
- 01/31/96 Senate: Printed as engrossed 961641757-E pdf
- 02/28/96 House: Committee substitute printed 965586757-H1 pdf
- 03/18/96 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB476ER) pdf
- 04/18/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 961641757
- 01/22/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/29/96 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/amd. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/96 Senate: Const. reading disp. (40-Y 0-N), passed by for the day
- 01/30/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/96 Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/96 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/31/96 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/31/96 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/31/96 Senate: Printed as engrossed 961641757-E
- 02/01/96 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/02/96 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/96 House: Read first time
- 02/05/96 House: Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
- 02/16/96 House: Reported from Militia and Police (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/96 House: Referred to Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources
- 02/28/96 House: Reported from M. & M. R. with sub. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/96 House: Committee substitute printed 965586757-H1
- 02/29/96 House: Read second time
- 03/01/96 House: Read third time
- 03/01/96 House: Committee substitute agreed to 965586757-H1
- 03/01/96 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 965586757-H1
- 03/01/96 House: Passed House with substitute (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/96 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/96 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/96 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/96 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/18/96 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB476ER)
- 03/20/96 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/21/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/09/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 854 (effective 7/1/96)
- 04/18/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854)