Virginia Senate Bill 1398 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-02-02 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership. Provides that, in order to establish a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas, a claimant who is not the surface owner must submit the document by which the interest in coalbed methane gas was severed from the surface estate and identify with specificity the writing that conveys such interest. Pursuant to statutory and case law, the Gas and Oil Board may not find a conflicting claim to the ownership to coalbed methane gas pursuant if the claimant fails to show a severance of mineral interests other than coal. Affirmative determinations by the Board to find a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas and to place the royalties attributable to such claims into an escrow account shall be considered a case decision under the Administrative Process Act. Upon the request of a claimant, the Board or a hearing officer appointed by the Board shall also review any pooling order entered prior to July 1, 2011, to ensure that previous claims have met the same threshold requirements.

Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership.

Sen. Phillip Puckett [D]

2011-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 7-N) (Y: 7 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-02		Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 7-N)
2011-01-18		Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2011-01-18		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 11104060D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	1	361.22	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1398
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1398+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+S01V0056+SB1398