Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Aug 16, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6651
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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
2019-S6651 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §23-0505, En Con L
2019-S6651 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6651 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting waterless fracking PURPOSE: This bill will prohibit waterless fracking. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 defines relevant terms. Section 2 outlines that no person shall be granted a well permit pursu- ant to section 23-0501 to perform any method of waterless fracking. Section 3 outlines that this prohibition will not affect any prohibition on hydraulic fracking made by executive order. Section 4 establishes the effective date.
2019-S6651 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6651 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E August 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting waterless fracking THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 23-0505 to read as follows: § 23-0505. PROHIBITION ON WATERLESS FRACKING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: A. "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" SHALL MEAN A PROCESS USED TO CREATE FRAC- TURES THAT EXTEND FROM A BOREHOLE INTO ROCK FORMATIONS TO INCREASE OR RESTORE THE RATE AT WHICH OIL OR GAS MAY BE PRODUCED FROM A WELL; AND B. "WATERLESS FRACKING" SHALL MEAN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WITHOUT THE USE OF WATER. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROHIBITION ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING MADE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, BY ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR BY ANY OTHER MANNER, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO PERSON GRANTED A WELL PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-0501 OF THIS TITLE SHALL PERFORM ANY METHOD OF WATERLESS FRACKING. 3. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO NULLIFY, LIMIT, DIMINISH, ALTER, MODIFY OR AFFECT IN ANY WAY ANY PROHIBITION ON HYDRAU- LIC FRACTURING MADE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, BY ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR BY ANY OTHER MANNER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13641-01-9
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