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HB97 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated Apr 1, 2022
HB97 Alabama 2022 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2022
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

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

H

Drummond motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote

H

Drummond motion to Substitute SB36 FOR HB97 adopted Voice Vote

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 148

H

Drummond Amendment Offered

H

Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Bill Text

Votes

HBIR: Drummond motion to Adopt Roll Call 147

February 15, 2022 House Passed
Yes 102
Absent 1

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature