Bill Text: NY S01564 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Suspends the issuance of permits for drilling wells for natural gas extraction in certain areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01564 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S01564-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1564 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, DILAN, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER, MONTGOMERY, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SAVINO, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT suspending the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells for natural gas extraction in certain areas; and providing for the repeal of such provision upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. No horizontal natural gas or oil drilling or high-volume 2 hydraulic fracturing shall be conducted in the state, and the department 3 of environmental conservation shall issue no permits for the drilling of 4 a well for extraction of oil or natural gas that would involve the use 5 of horizontal drilling or high-volume hydraulic fracturing. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 7 deemed repealed 36 months after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00681-01-7
