Mississippi Senate Bill 2317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Regulate The Seismological Exploration For Oil, Gas Or Other Minerals; To Define Terms; To Direct The Oil And Gas Board To Promulgate Rules Governing Seismographic Exploration; To Require Seismographic Operators To Register; To Require A Permit For Each Seismic Operation; To Require The Posting Of A Security Bond To Guarantee Performance And For Reparation Of Damages; To Require That Surface Owners Be Notified Before Seismic Operations Are Conducted; To Prohibit Fraudulent Applications And Reports; To Prohibit Test-hole Blasting Within A Certain Distance Of Buildings Or Water Wells; To Provide The Penalty For Violations; And For Related Purposes.

Seismic operations; provide permit process and protections for surface owners.

Sen. Phillip Gandy [R]

Sen. Haskins Montgomery [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred To Energy

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2317.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2317IN.htm