West Virginia Senate Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-10 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to encourage and facilitate the efficient and economic development of oil and gas resources by providing that a lawful use of mineral property that has been consented to by a majority of the ownership interests in the property is permissible, is not waste, and is not a trespass. The bill provides that cotenants are not liable for damages for the use of their mineral property when an accounting is provided and the pro rata share of revenues and costs are distributed to each cotenant or reserved for unlocatable cotenants. The bill also prevents waste by authorizing the development of horizontal drilling of multiple adjacent leases held by the same operator. Finally, the bill provides that the provisions of §37-7-2 are severable.

Encouraging and facilitating efficient and economic development of oil and gas resources

Sen. Craig Blair [R]

Sen. Jeffrey Mullins [R]

Sen. Mitch Carmichael [R]

Sen. Sue Cline [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-10	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-10	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-02-10	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-10	Senate	Filed for introduction

SB43 (Similar To) 2017-02-08 - To Energy, Industry and Mining

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	7	2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=244&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb244%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=244