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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2317

Seismic operations; provide permit process and protections for surface owners.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SEISMOLOGICAL EXPLORATION FOR OIL, GAS OR OTHER MINERALS; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO DIRECT THE OIL AND GAS BOARD TO PROMULGATE RULES GOVERNING SEISMOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION; TO REQUIRE SEISMOGRAPHIC OPERATORS TO REGISTER; TO REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR EACH SEISMIC OPERATION; TO REQUIRE THE POSTING OF A SECURITY BOND TO GUARANTEE PERFORMANCE AND FOR REPARATION OF DAMAGES; TO REQUIRE THAT SURFACE OWNERS BE NOTIFIED BEFORE SEISMIC OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED; TO PROHIBIT FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS; TO PROHIBIT TEST-HOLE BLASTING WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF BUILDINGS OR WATER WELLS; TO PROVIDE THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; 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 Senate

1 co-sponsor

Haskins Montgomery

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

EnergyJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published