Bill Text: GA SR12 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: General Assembly; authorize to provide a general law for payment of rewards; first commercial oil and natural gas wells CA
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-17 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SR12 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR12-Introduced.html
Bill Title: General Assembly; authorize to provide a general law for payment of rewards; first commercial oil and natural gas wells CA
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-17 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SR12 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR12-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 12
By:
Senators Pearson of the 51st, Rogers of the 21st, Williams of the 19th, Tolleson
of the 20th, Mullis of the 53rd and others
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to
provide by general law for the payment of rewards to the first person or firm or
combination thereof which puts down and brings in the first commercial oil well
in this state and to the first person or firm or combination thereof which puts
down and brings in the first commercial natural gas well in this state; to
provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
The
Constitution of Georgia is amended in Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI by
revising subparagraph (b) as follows:
"(b)(1)
All laws heretofore adopted under Article III, Section VIII, Paragraph XII of
the Constitution of 1976 in force and effect on June 30, 1983, shall continue in
force and effect and may be amended if such amendments are consistent with the
authority granted to the General Assembly by such provisions of said
Constitution;
provided, however, that the provisions of subparagraph (3) of said provision of
the Constitution of 1976 shall be superseded by subparagraph (2) of this
subparagraph.
(2)
The General Assembly may provide by general law for the payment of rewards to
the first person or firm or combination thereof which puts down and brings in
the first commercial oil well in this state and to the first person or firm or
combination thereof which puts down and brings in the first commercial natural
gas well in this state. The amount of any such rewards, the minimal amounts of
daily production required to qualify as commercial wells, and the authority for
determining whether such wells are producing such minimal amounts of daily
production shall be as established by general law. Such law shall provide for
the distribution of the amount of the reward between the persons or firms which
drill or cause to be drilled said wells and the contractors who furnish such
equipment, among such workers and employees actually engaged in the job, and to
the mineral, gas, or property owners where the wells are drilled. Said law
shall provide for the method of payments by the
Governor."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly
to provide by general law for the payment of rewards to the first person or firm
or combination thereof which puts down and brings in the first commercial oil
well in this state and to the first person or firm or combination thereof which
puts down and brings in the first commercial natural gas well in this
state?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.