Bill Text: PA HB1605 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for applicability of Whistleblower Law.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-02 - Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY [HB1605 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1605-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1990
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1605 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, GEORGE, MURT, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, GALLOWAY, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KULA, McGEEHAN, MIRABITO, MULLERY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PAYTON, QUINN, K. SMITH, STABACK, SWANGER AND WAGNER, JUNE 2, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 2, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223),
entitled "An act relating to the development of oil and gas
and coal; imposing duties and powers on the Department of
Environmental Resources; imposing notification requirements
to protect landowners; and providing for definitions, for
various requirements to regulate the drilling and operation
of oil and gas wells, for gas storage reservoirs, for various
reporting requirements, including certain requirements
concerning the operation of coal mines, for well permits, for
well registration, for distance requirements, for well casing
requirements, for safety device requirements, for storage
reservoir obligations, for well bonding requirements, for a
Well Plugging Restricted Revenue Account to enforce oil and
gas well plugging requirements, for the creation of an Oil
and Gas Technical Advisory Board, for oil and gas well
inspections, for enforcement and for penalties," providing
for applicability of Whistleblower Law.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223),
known as the Oil and Gas Act, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 512. Applicability of Whistleblower Law.
An employee of a well operator or any other employee who
renders a service or product to a well or well site that has
received a well permit pursuant to section 201 shall be deemed
to be an employee under the act of December 12, 1986 (P.L.1559,
No.169), known as the Whistleblower Law. Well operators covered
by this act or employers who render a service or product to a
well or well site that has received a permit pursuant to section
201 shall be deemed to be an employer under the Whistleblower
Law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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