HB97 Alabama 2022 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Barbara Drummond RepresentativeDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2022
- Title
- Oil and Gas Board, underground gas storage facilities, regulation, gas further defined to include abandonment of underground storage facilities, performance bonds, fees by board, Secs. 9-17-150, 9-17-151 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, the State Oil and Gas Board regulates underground storage facilities for natural gas and certain other hydrocarbons not defined as oil.
This bill would amend the definition of gas for the purpose of the regulation of underground storage facilities by the board to include carbon oxides, ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen, and noble gases.
This bill would also specify the authority of the board to regulate underground storage facilities, including requiring a bond to insure the performance of any duties relating to an underground storage facility.
This bill would also authorize the board to adopt rules providing fees to defray the expenses of the board in regulating underground storage operations.
- Subjects
- Oil and Gas Board, State
Bill Actions
Drummond motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote
Drummond motion to Substitute SB36 FOR HB97 adopted Voice Vote
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 148
Drummond Amendment Offered
Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Adopt Roll Call 148
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature