Bill Text: NY A02524 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A02524 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02524-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2524

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO, LEMONDES,
          MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MORINELLO, TAGUE -- read once  and  referred  to
          the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        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 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.
                                                                   LBD06450-01-3