Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 05, 2012 |
held for consideration in environmental conservation |
Feb 03, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A9200
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GRAF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joseph Saladino
Michael Montesano
Andrew Raia
Nancy Calhoun
2011-A9200 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A9200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9200 I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GRAF, SALADINO, MONTESANO, RAIA, CALHOUN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to establishing a set-aside for power generated through the process of hydraulic fracturing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 23-0505 to read as follows: S 23-0505. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESERVE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS A PROC- ESS USED TO CREATE FRACTURES IN ROCK BY MAN-MADE FRACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR THE PURPOSES OF STIMULATING NATURAL GAS OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION. 2. FOR ALL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PERMITS ISSUED UNDER THIS TITLE, TEN PERCENT OF NATURAL GAS OR WELL OIL PRODUCED AS THE RESULT OF SUCH PROC- ESS SHALL BE DIVERTED TO THE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESERVE, ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. THE CONTRIBUTION OF GAS OR WELL OIL MANDATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE AT NO COST TO THE STATE AND SHALL NOT BE REIMBURSED EXCEPT IN THE INCIDENTAL EXPENSES INCURRED IN TRANS- PORTATION OF SUCH GAS OR OIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. 3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A RESERVE TO RECEIVE AND STORE NATURAL GAS AND WELL OIL PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. SUCH RESERVE SHALL BE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE VARIOUS POWER AUTHOR- ITIES OF THE STATE. THE COMMISSIONER, IN HIS OR HER SOLE DISCRETION, SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE CONTENTS OF SUCH RESERVE PROVIDED: A. THE NATURAL GAS OR WELL OIL DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY BY POWER AUTHORITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY; AND B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IMPLEMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESERVE AND SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE CONTENTS OF SUCH IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER. 4. ALL CONTRACTS AND PERMITS ISSUED FOR THE EXTRACTION OF NATURAL GAS AND WELL OIL THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SHALL INCLUDE A CLAUSE THAT EXPLICITLY DETAILS THE OBLIGATION OF THE PRODUCER TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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