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SB 0189 - Oil and Gas Operations Amendments

Tracking Level: Watch
Sponsor: David Hinkins (R)
Last Action: 3/9/2017 - Senate/ filed in Senate file for bills not passed
Senate Committee:
House Committee: Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation
The bill says that political subdivisions (that includes cities and counties) cannot prohibit oil and gas operations within their jurisdiction, and the regulations they may place on them must be “commercially reasonable.” Anybody got a good definition of what that means?  Is this going to be a new standard picked up by others for regulating land uses?  

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