Date: 05/01/2013

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB13-1322

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Postpone House Bill 13-1322 indefinitely. The motiPASS



01:22 PM -- House Bill 13-1322

Representative Young, sponsor, presented House Bill 13-1322. The bill authorizes the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to promulgate rules to allocate recovered gas that would otherwise be lost as waste, as the term is defined in current law. The bill adds definitions of "lease gas" and "recovered gas." Representative Young asked for the bill to be postponed indefinitely with the hopes of spending more time researching this topic and sponsoring another bill related to this issue next session.

01:25 PM

Committee discussion on the bill ensued.

01:32 PM

Andy White, DNR, said that the DNR looks forward to working with Representative Young and stakeholders to craft a bill that will gain full support during next year's session. Representative Young said that he plans to work with DNR to craft such a bill for next session. Committee discussion on the bill ensued.
BILL:HB13-1322
TIME: 01:34:18 PM
MOVED:Fischer
MOTION:Postpone House Bill 13-1322 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1.
SECONDED:Coram
VOTE
Buck
Yes
Coram
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Lebsock
Yes
McLachlan
Yes
McNulty
Yes
Mitsch Bush
Yes
Rankin
Yes
Rosenthal
No
Saine
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




01:36 PM

The committee adjourned.