l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 701

Integration of oil and gas interest; reduce payment percentage required by pooling agreements to nonconsenting owners.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Oil, Gas and Other Minerals Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 53-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SHARE OF PRODUCTION OF A WELL SUBJECT TO A FORCED POOLING AGREEMENT THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE NONCONSENTING OWNER OF AN OIL AND GAS INTEREST; TO AMEND SECTION 53-3-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ANY DOCUMENT EVIDENCING A LEASE RELATING TO PROPOSED DRILLING AND SEARCHING FOR OIL AND GAS TO SPECIFY ON ITS FACE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES LEASED; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO THE OIL AND GAS SUPERVISOR; TO AMEND SECTION 53-3-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INVALIDATE CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A FAILURE TO PAY THE REQUIRED INTEREST OF ROYALTY PROCEEDS TO ROYALTY OWNERS FOR ONE YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 15 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days

Oil, Gas and Other MineralsJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 15 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Oil, Gas and Other Minerals
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Oil, Gas and Other MineralsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives