S06325 Summary:

BILL NOS06325
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09727
 
SPONSORLIBOUS
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S215, County L
 
Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in commercially paying quantities.
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S06325 Actions:

BILL NOS06325
 
12/04/2009REFERRED TO RULES
01/06/2010REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
06/09/2010REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
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S06325 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S06325 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6325
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    December 4, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to leases for  the  explora-
          tion  and  drilling  for  and  extraction of natural gas and liquefied
          natural gas
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  215 of the county law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
     3    4-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions three and four  of
     4  this  section,  a  board of supervisors or other county legislative body
     5  may lease, upon such terms and conditions as the  board  or  body  shall
     6  determine,  county land for the purposes of the exploration, development
     7  and production of natural gas and liquefied natural gas, as  such  terms
     8  are  defined  in  section 23-1705 of the environmental conservation law,
     9  for not more than five years and, if any such gas is produced  upon  the

    10  county  land  prior to the expiration of such five year lease, the lease
    11  shall be extended for as long as natural gas or liquefied natural gas is
    12  produced in commercially paying quantities.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15131-01-9
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