Bill Text: NY A01884 | 2019-2020 | 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 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A01884 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01884-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1884
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CROUCH, MORINELLO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. HAWLEY -- 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.
                                                                   LBD02758-01-9