Maryland Senate Bill 980 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-13 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing the Natural Gas and Oil Interest Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; requiring that a specified owner of a natural gas or oil interest make a specified demonstration in order to receive compensation from the Fund; etc.

Environment - Natural Gas and Oil Interest Restitution Fund

Sen. George Edwards [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-13	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2017-03-07	Senate	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0980?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0980f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0980.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0980_ehe.pdf