West Virginia House Bill 2098 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-11 - To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
Pending: House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit oil and gas drillers from "daylighting" the roads and sites they build by cutting down timber in wide swaths of both sides of the road or site. An exception can be made by rule by the Office of Oil and Gas if the exception is based on scientific studies. Also the bill increases the compensation a surface owner receives from the driller for using the surface owner's land for well road and well sites if the driller places the road or site in places the surface owner did not want unless it was necessary for the driller to place the road and site where it was placed.

Prohibiting oil and gas operators from daylighting

Sen. Bill Hamilton [R]	Sen. Orphy Klempa [D]	Del. Mary Poling [D]	Del. Stan Shaver [D]
Del. Robert Tabb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-11		To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
2009-02-11		Introduced in House
2009-02-11		To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2009-02-11		Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	6	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
22	7	3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2098&year=2009&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill