Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits horizontal natural gas or oil drilling or high-volume hydraulic fracturing, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Prohibits horizontal natural gas or oil drilling or “high-volume” hydraulic fracturing from being conducted in the state (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the Department of Environmental Conservation from issuing any permits for the drilling of a well for extraction of oil or natural gas that would involve the use of horizontal drilling or “high-volume” hydraulic fracturing (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill expire 36 months after the bill becoming effective (Sec. 2).

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