HOUSE
                       3rd Reading Unamended
       April 21, 2016          HOUSE
       Amended 2nd Reading
                      April 20, 2016Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 16-1073.01 Thomas Morris x4218  HOUSE BILL 16-1430
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Lebsock, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Hodge, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Transportation & Energy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the implementation of a recommendation of the
            oil and gas task force regarding the sharing of oil and
            gas operators' development plans with affected local
            governments.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The Colorado oil and gas conservation commission recently
       promulgated several rules to implement 2 of the recommendations of the
       governor's oil and gas task force. The bill codifies some of the essential
       elements of one of the 2 recommendations, with the following
       modifications: The rules require operators to share their development
       plans with municipalities where the proposed operations will occur; and
       the bill adds counties where the proposed operations will occur.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 34-60-131 as
       follows:
            34-60-131.  Registration for advance planning - definitions.
       (1)  Definitions. As used in this section:
            (a)  "Director" means the director of the commission.
            (b)  "Local government" means a home rule or statutory
       city, town, territorial charter city, county, or city and county.
            (c)  "Oil and gas facility" means equipment or improvements
       used or installed at an oil and gas location for the exploration,
       production, withdrawal, gathering, treatment, or processing of
       oil or natural gas.
            (d)  "Oil and gas location" means a definable area where an
       operator has disturbed or intends to disturb the land surface in
       order to locate an oil and gas facility.
            (2)  Operator registration for advance planning. (a)  Each
       operator shall register with the commission and with each local
       government that has registered with the commission pursuant to
       paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) in whose jurisdiction it has an
       approved drilling unit, a pending or approved permit to drill, or
       an application for a new or amended oil and gas location.
            (b)  To be qualified to receive the information specified in
       this section a local government must register with the
       commission a statement of its intent to be covered by this
       section. A local government that has so registered with the
       commission may file a statement with the commission to revoke
       its registration.
            (c)  An operator registers with a local government by:
            (I)  Complying with the registration process established by
       the local government; or
            (II)  If a local registration process does not exist, by
       delivering a current copy of its commission registration and
       designation-of-agent forms to the local government.
            (d)  A local government that is currently registered with
       the commission pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2)
       may request an operator that has registered with it to provide
       the following information to the local government:
            (I)  Based on an operator's current business plan as of the
       date of the request, a good-faith estimate of the number of wells
       the operator intends to drill in the next five years within the
       local government's jurisdiction;      
            (II)  A map showing the location within the local
       government's jurisdiction of the operator's existing well sites
       and related production facilities; sites for which the operator
       has approved, or has submitted applications for, drilling and
       spacing orders; and sites the operator has identified for
       development on its current drilling schedule for which it has
       not yet submitted an application for commission permits; and
            (III)  An operator shall provide the well estimates
       requested pursuant to this section using reasonable business
       judgment based on information known to the operator as of the
       date the estimates are requested. Well estimates are subject to
       change at any time at the operator's sole discretion.
            SECTION 2.  Applicability. This act applies to applications for
       approval of an oil and gas location filed on or after the applicable
       effective date of this act.
            SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.