HB4091 HFAT Anderson 1-20

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Delegate Anderson moves to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Com. Sub. for H.B.4091 – “A Bill to amend and reenact §22-6A-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting for certain wells under the Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act upon payment of applicable expedited fees; allowing expedited oil and gas well permit modifications under the same Act upon the payment of applicable expedited fees; permitting one half of any residual fees to be deposited in the Oil and Gas Operating Permit and Processing Fund; permitting one half of any residual fees to be deposited in the Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund; providing for the daily pro rata refund of the horizontal well expedited fee if the permit is not approved between day 45 and day 60 after the submission of a permit application; providing for the daily pro rata refund of the modification fees between day 20 and day 30 after the submission of a permit modification application; providing for a maximum cap amount of $1 million for all residual fees from this article to be deposited in the Oil and Gas Operating Permit and Processing Fund; and providing that any balance in the Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund at the end of a fiscal year remain in the special revenue account and not be remitted to the General Revenue Fund.”

Adopted

Rejected