Bill Text: NY S04236 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Suspends the issuance of permits for drilling wells for natural gas extraction in certain areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-10 - PRINT NUMBER 4236B [S04236 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04236-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4236--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    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    S 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    7  deemed repealed 36 months after such effective date.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.
                                                                  LBD09142-07-4