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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, GEORGE, MURT, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, GALLOWAY, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KULA, McGEEHAN, MIRABITO, MULLERY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PAYTON, QUINN, K. SMITH, STABACK, SWANGER AND WAGNER, JUNE 2, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 2, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), |
2 | entitled "An act relating to the development of oil and gas |
3 | and coal; imposing duties and powers on the Department of |
4 | Environmental Resources; imposing notification requirements |
5 | to protect landowners; and providing for definitions, for |
6 | various requirements to regulate the drilling and operation |
7 | of oil and gas wells, for gas storage reservoirs, for various |
8 | reporting requirements, including certain requirements |
9 | concerning the operation of coal mines, for well permits, for |
10 | well registration, for distance requirements, for well casing |
11 | requirements, for safety device requirements, for storage |
12 | reservoir obligations, for well bonding requirements, for a |
13 | Well Plugging Restricted Revenue Account to enforce oil and |
14 | gas well plugging requirements, for the creation of an Oil |
15 | and Gas Technical Advisory Board, for oil and gas well |
16 | inspections, for enforcement and for penalties," providing |
17 | for applicability of Whistleblower Law. |
18 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
19 | hereby enacts as follows: |
20 | Section 1. The act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), |
21 | known as the Oil and Gas Act, is amended by adding a section to |
22 | read: |
23 | Section 512. Applicability of Whistleblower Law. |
24 | An employee of a well operator or any other employee who |
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1 | renders a service or product to a well or well site that has |
2 | received a well permit pursuant to section 201 shall be deemed |
3 | to be an employee under the act of December 12, 1986 (P.L.1559, |
4 | No.169), known as the Whistleblower Law. Well operators covered |
5 | by this act or employers who render a service or product to a |
6 | well or well site that has received a permit pursuant to section |
7 | 201 shall be deemed to be an employer under the Whistleblower |
8 | Law. |
9 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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