Bill Text: NY A02746 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - held for consideration in environmental conservation [A02746 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02746-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2746
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to amend the county law, in relation to leases for the explora-
         tion and drilling for and extraction  of  natural  gas  and  liquefied
         natural gas
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 215 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    3    4-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FOUR OF
    4  THIS SECTION, A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR OTHER  COUNTY  LEGISLATIVE  BODY
    5  MAY  LEASE,  UPON  SUCH  TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE BOARD OR BODY SHALL
    6  DETERMINE, COUNTY LAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE EXPLORATION,  DEVELOPMENT
    7  AND  PRODUCTION  OF NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS, AS SUCH TERMS
    8  ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 23-1705 OF THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,
    9  FOR  NOT  MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AND, IF ANY SUCH GAS IS PRODUCED UPON THE
   10  COUNTY LAND PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF SUCH FIVE YEAR LEASE,  THE  LEASE
   11  SHALL BE EXTENDED FOR AS LONG AS NATURAL GAS OR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS IS
   12  PRODUCED IN PAYING QUANTITIES.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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