AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES

1. Page 1, introduced, line 31, after interest

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, less escrow account fees,

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circuit court or a court of equivalent jurisdiction outside the Commonwealth

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court of competent jurisdiction

3. Page 1, introduced, line 36, after among

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all

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in the tract in question

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The amount to be paid to the conflicting claimants shall be determined based on the percentage of ownership interest of the conflicting claimants as shown in the operator's supplemental filing made part of the pooling order that established the escrow account, the operator's records of deposits attributable to those tracts for which funds are being requested, and the records of the escrow account for the coalbed methane gas drilling unit.