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Bill Title: Amends existing law relating to oil and gas to provide additional provisions relating to the public interest; to provide legislative intent to occupy the field of the regulation of oil and gas exploration and production, to provide an exception and to provide provisions limiting local restrictions relating to oil and gas; to revise provisions relating to the authority of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; to provide that certain uses of low temperature geothermal resources are not subject to the provisions of a certain Idaho Code chapter and to grant the director of the Department of Water Resources the authority to initiate a contested case upon certain conditions; to further define terms; and to provide that certain uses of ground water classified as a geothermal resource or material medium are not subject to the provisions of a certain Idaho Code chapter, and to grant the director of the Department of Water Resources the authority to initiate a contested case upon certain conditions.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-23 - Governor signed Session Law Chapter 111 Effective: 03/23/12 [H0464 Detail]

Download: Idaho-2012-H0464-Introduced.pdf

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