H02322017 Regular Session
Amends, repeals and adds to existing law to revise the membership of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, to revise the duties of the commission and the Department of Lands, to provide well spacing and setback requirements, to provide reporting requirements and to provide for the rights and remedies of royalty owners.
OIL AND GAS -- Amends, repeals and adds to existing law to revise the membership of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, to revise the duties of the commission and the Department of Lands, to provide well spacing and setback requirements, to provide reporting requirements and to provide for the rights and remedies of royalty owners.
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Thisbill, TheLandownerBillofRights, amendsTitle47, Chapter3relatingtooilandgas. Itprotectsprivate property owners, state endowment lands, and taxpayers by updating Idaho law in accordance with other Rocky Mountain States by improving processes, transparency, and reporting of oil and gas development.
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Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2017
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Mar 1, 2017
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