S.F. No. 0060

Split estates-procedures for oil and gas operations.

 

Sponsored By:                    Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

 

AN ACT relating to oil and gas operations; establishing requirements prior to commencing oil and gas operations on split estates; providing an exception; requiring notice, good faith negotiation and surface use agreements or financial assurances, as specified; authorizing compensation to surface owners for damages due to oil and gas operations; providing definitions; providing a statute of limitations; specifying applicability of the act; and providing for an effective date.

1/4/2005 Bill Number Assigned

1/10/2005               S Received for Introduction

1/11/2005               S Introduced and Referred to S01

1/19/2005               S01 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Burns, Decaria, Hanes, Ross and Sessions

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/19/2005               S Placed on General File

1/20/2005               S Passed CoW

1/21/2005               S Passed 2nd Reading

1/24/2005               S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Hanes, Hawks, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Sessions, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Nays:  Senator(s) Geis, Hines and Jennings.

Conflicts:  Senator(s) Scott and Townsend.

Ayes 25    Nays 3    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 2

 

1/24/2005               H Received for Introduction

2/4/2005 H Introduced and Referred to H01

2/10/2005               H01 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Bagby, Buchanan, Landon, Lubnau, Olsen, Robinson, Watt and White

Ayes 9    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/10/2005               H Placed on General File

2/15/2005               H Passed CoW

2/16/2005               H Passed 2nd Reading

 

SF0060H3001/FAILED

Page 14-lines 19 through 20     Delete entirely and insert "damage directly caused by oil and gas operations to crops, improvements, loss of agricultural product and income, and damage to present, historic, established and current uses;". WALSH

 

SF0060H3002/ADOPTED

Page 3-line 15                          Delete "who owns".

 

Page 3-line 16                          Delete the line through "estate of" insert "holding any recorded interest in the legal or equitable title, or both, to"; after "land" insert "surface".

Page 3-line 17                          After "," delete balance of line.

Page 3-line 18                          Delete "records of" insert "as filed of record with".

Page 3-line 20                          After "the" insert "land"; delete "estate".

Page 3-line 21                          After "estate" insert ", or any person or governmental entity that owns only an easement, right of way, license, mortgage, lien, mineral interest or nonpossessory interest in the land surface".

Page 15-line 8                          After "shall" delete balance of line.

Page 15-line 9                          Delete entirely.

Page 15-line 10                        Delete "tenant of" insert "sever from"; after "the" insert "land"; delete "estate" insert "the right to receive surface damage payments".  SIMPSON

 

SF0060H3003/FAILED

Page 18-line 4                          Before "This" insert "(a)".

Page 18-After line 7                 Insert:

"(b)  Nothing in this act is intended to limit any potential liability of the surface owner to the mineral estate owner.".  MILLER

 

2/17/2005               H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jones, Landon, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Meuli, Morgan, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Reese, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Warren, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.

Nays:  Representative(s) Jackson, Latta, Lubnau, Miller, Walsh and Wasserburger.

Excused:  Representative(s) Jorgensen

Conflicts:  Representative(s) Cohee

Ayes 52    Nays 6    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 1

 

2/17/2005               S Did Concur

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Decaria, Hanes, Hawks, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Sessions, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Nays:  Senator(s) Geis, Hines, Jennings and Meier.

Excused:  Senator(s) Cooper

Conflicts:  Senator(s) Scott and Townsend.

Ayes 23    Nays 4    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 2

 

2/18/2005               Assigned Number SEA No. 0045

2/18/2005               S President Signed SEA No. 0045

2/22/2005               H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0045

2/24/2005               Governor Signed SEA No. 0045

2/24/2005               Assigned Chapter Number

 

Chapter No. 0081  Session Laws of Wyoming 2005.