The commission may not require an applicant to obtain a
drilling permit to qualify for the establishment of a standard
unit.
Section 2. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 58
Pa.C.S. Ch. 34.
(2) The act of July 25, 1961 (P.L.825, No.359), known as
the Oil and Gas Conservation Law, is repealed.
Section 3. The addition of 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 34 is a
continuation of the act of July 25, 1961 (P.L.825, No.359),
known as the Oil and Gas Conservation Law. The following apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 34,
all activities initiated under the Oil and Gas Conservation
Law shall continue and remain in full force and effect and
may be completed under 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 34. Orders,
regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the
Oil and Gas Conservation Law and which are in effect on the
effective date of section 2(2) of this act shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified
under 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 34. Contracts, obligations and
collective bargaining agreements entered into under the Oil
and Gas Conservation Law are not affected nor impaired by the
repeal of the Oil and Gas Conservation Law.
(2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), any difference
in language between 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 34 and the Oil and Gas
Conservation Law is intended only to conform to the style of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to
change or affect the legislative intent, judicial
construction or administration and implementation of the Oil
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