Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 15, 2018 |
held for consideration in environmental conservation |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jan 17, 2017 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A1966
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CROUCH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Angelo J. Morinello
2017-A1966 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A1966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1966 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to bids for oil and gas production leases on state lands THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 23-1101 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 707 of the laws of 1974 and as renumbered by chapter 722 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 4. Any such oil, gas, or oil and gas lease or leases made and granted pursuant to this section shall be awarded [to the highest responsible bidder], after advertisement for sealed bids, TO THE BEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AS THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES AFTER CONSIDERING BIDS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BOTH A LEASE PAYMENT AMOUNT AND A ROYALTY PAYMENT AMOUNT. Such advertisements for bids shall be published in the official newspaper or newspapers, if any, or otherwise in a newspaper or newspapers designated for such purpose. Such advertisement shall contain a statement of the time and place where all bids received pursuant to such notice will be publicly opened and read. All bids received shall be publicly opened and read at the time and place specified. At least thirty days shall elapse between the first publication of such advertisement and the date speci- fied for the opening and reading of bids. Bids shall be submitted on forms provided by the department, which forms shall indicate the method or methods for computing compensation to the state for the lease, INCLUDING A SEPARATE COMPONENT FOR LEASE PAYMENTS AND ROYALTY PAYMENTS, and shall contain such other directions as may be appropriate to secure comparability of bids submitted for any given lease. The department, in its discretion, shall determine the highest bid after taking into consideration the anticipated compensation to be returned to the state under any such lease by way of royalty payments, delayed lease rental EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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