STATE OF NEW YORK
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4236--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 15, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, DILAN, ESPAIL-
LAT, GIANARIS, GIPSON, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER,
MARTINS, MONTGOMERY, O'BRIEN, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SAVI-
NO, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, TKACZYK -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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7 deemed repealed 36 months after such effective date.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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