SB 1263 - Prohibits Gas Drilling in Certain Areas - Pennsylvania Key Vote
Glen Grell voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- July 2, 2012
- Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 30, 2012
- House Bill Passed
- June 30, 2012
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 22, 2012
- Introduced
- Sept. 28, 2011
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Title: Prohibits Gas Drilling in Certain Areas
Signed by Governor Tom Corbett
Title: Prohibits Gas Drilling in Certain Areas
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits natural gas drilling in certain areas and temporarily prohibits certain cities from declaring bankruptcy.
Highlights:
- Prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing well permits for oil and gas operations in the South Newark Basin until all of the following have occurred (Sec. 6):
- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, in consultation with municipalities in the South Newark Basin, completes a study evaluating the implications of oil and gas operations raised by a 2012 U.S. Geological Survey report; and
- Legislation authorizes counties in the South Newark Basin to charge a fee for gas wells within their borders.
- Specifies that the study and county fee authorization requirements described above will expire January 1, 2018 (Sec. 6).
- Requires the bond amount for oil or gas wells to be $2,500 per well or a blanket bond of $25,000 (Sec. 6).
- Prohibits a financially distressed city, with a population of at least 106,000, from filing for bankruptcy until November 30, 2012 (Sec. 6).
Title: Prohibits Gas Drilling in Certain Areas