STATE OF NEW YORK
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5424--B
Cal. No. 254
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, SILVER, FARRELL, LIFTON, GOTTFRIED,
WEISENBERG, COLTON, BRENNAN, GLICK, CYMBROWITZ, O'DONNELL, JAFFEE,
KAVANAGH, ZEBROWSKI, ABINANTI, OTIS, ENGLEBRIGHT, DINOWITZ, MARKEY,
PAULIN, MILLMAN, JACOBS, COOK, MILLER, ROBINSON, GALEF, BRAUNSTEIN,
SCARBOROUGH, CLARK, PERRY, ROBERTS, HOOPER, KELLNER, CAHILL, ROSEN-
THAL, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROZIC, BRINDISI, ORTIZ, SKARTADOS, STECK,
SEPULVEDA, WEPRIN, FAHY, GUNTHER, RUSSELL, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. AUBRY, BUCHWALD, CRESPO, HEVESI, LAVINE, LENTOL,
MAGNARELLI, NOLAN, RIVERA, RYAN, SCHIMEL, SIMANOWITZ, THIELE, TITONE,
WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee -- advanced to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the
order of third reading
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7 deemed repealed 36 months after such effective date.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.
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