Bill Text: NY S06325 | 2009-2010 | 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 commercially paying quantities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-09 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S06325 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06325-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6325
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   December 4, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       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 COMMERCIALLY 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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