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<title>HB 2015</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2015&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Finance, PEND COMM) - Eliminating the ad valorem tax for barren coal properties</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2021</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2021&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Requiring the Mine Foreman Examiner review the employment history and certify that the applicant for the position of underground assistant mine foreman has met the requirements</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2045</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2045&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2055</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2055&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Banking and Insurance, PEND COMM) - Increasing the amount of mine subsidence insurance reinsured by the board of risk management</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2073</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2073&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Requiring that permanent and temporary battery charging stations in mines be ventilated directly to the return on a separate split of air</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2114</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2114&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Relating to revocation of current and future horizontal well permits</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2138</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2138&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Permitting mineral owners and producers to negotiate a new lease under certain conditions</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2143</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2143&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Requiring liners in all new surface coal-waste impoundments and requiring regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2144</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2144&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Requiring reclaimed strip mines to be populated by plants that are beneficial to the local bee population</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2183</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2183&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Requiring all final actions by the Department of Environmental Protection regarding coal mine permits to be completed within six months</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2208</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2208&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Prohibiting underground injection of coal slurry in new permits or modifications and renewals</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2214</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2214&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Intrastate Coal and Use Act</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2222</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2222&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Relating to determining the appropriate penalty to impose against operators who fail to provide immediate notice upon the occurrence of a mining accident</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2263</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2263&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Permitting surface owners to receive a two percent royalty for minerals extracted</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2264</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2264&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Disclosing to surface owners the impact the mineral extraction will have on the surface owner</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2286</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2286&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Government Organization, PEND COMM) - Allowing the Division of Energy to develop an energy related public relations campaign focused on educating the Washington, D.C. area and the federal government about West Virginia coal</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2313</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2313&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Permitting surface owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property when the mineral interest becomes subject to a tax lien</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2352</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2352&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Governor 4/25/13, PEND GOV) - Clarifying that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not assume a mine operator's obligations or liabilities under the Water Pollution Control Act</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2419</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2419&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Relating to dual liner requirements</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2429</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2429&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Relating to the creation and implementation of drug-free workplaces in coal mines</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2535</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2535&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Creating the "Intrastate Coal and Use Act" and the "Intrastate Oil and Natural Gas and Use Act"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2597</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2597&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Creating the Intrastate Coal and Use Act</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2826</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2826&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Relating to the state's jurisdiction over reclaimed sites of bond-forfeited surface mining operations</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2862</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2862&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Relating to informal conferences on surface mining permit applications</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2907</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2907&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Relating to property crimes committed against coal mines and other industrial facilities</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2947</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2947&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Permitting surface owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property in certain circumstances</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 2954</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=2954&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(On 2nd reading to Finance, PEND COMM) - Requiring that members of the Mine Safety Technology Task Force are paid the same compensation as members of the Legislature</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 3034</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=3034&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, PEND COMM) - Requiring underground mines fire boss examinations include examining the air quantity</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 3043</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=3043&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(House received Senate message, PASS ) - Including methane monitoring equipment as eligible safety equipment for tax credit purposes</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 3068</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=3068&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Finance, PEND COMM) - Expanding the property appraisal provisions to include qualified capital additions to coal production facilities</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 3071</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=3071&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Relating to civil penalties and civil administrative penalties for violations of the Water Pollution Control Act</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HB 3072</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=3072&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(On 2nd reading to Finance, PEND COMM) - West Virginia coal employment enhancement act</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 56</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=56&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Energy, Industry and Mining, PEND COMM) - Creating Intrastate Coal and Use Act</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 95</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=95&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Energy, Industry and Mining, PEND COMM) - Creating business and occupation tax credit to electric power generators using certain WV mined coal</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 119</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=119&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Energy, Industry and Mining, PEND COMM) - Relating to surface owner's right to purchase mineral estate</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 424</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=424&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Energy, Industry and Mining, PEND COMM) - Terminating state's jurisdiction over certain surface mining operation sites</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 462</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=462&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Governor 4/25/13 - House Journal, PEND GOV) - Extending time for informal conferences on surface mining permit applications</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 472</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=472&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Energy, Industry and Mining, PEND COMM) - Implementing state-specific selenium criteria plan</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 488</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=488&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Relating to damage to health or safety systems of certain facilities</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 563</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=563&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To House Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Excluding platinum, gold, silver and palladium from definition of "scrap metal"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 595</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=595&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Government Organization, PEND COMM) - Permitting surface owners to purchase delinquent mineral interests</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>SB 627</title>
<link>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?input=627&amp;year=2013&amp;sessiontype=RS&amp;btype=bill</link>
<description>(To Judiciary, PEND COMM) - Requiring certain post-mining land use reclamation utilize Clements State Tree Nursery</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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