PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3005
PRINTER'S NO. 3254
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2528
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY STRUZZI, JAMES, PICKETT, CAUSER, SMITH, BERNSTINE,
SAYLOR, OBERLANDER, NEILSON, ROWE AND ARMANINI,
APRIL 20, 2022
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 15, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, providing for well plugging
contracts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3271.1. Well plugging contracts.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law:
(1) The department shall allow any Pennsylvania company
to bid for a contract that the department plans to award for
plugging oil or gas wells, regardless of the size of the
company.
(2) The department shall award a contract for plugging
oil or gas wells to an eligible Pennsylvania company before
considering the bid of a company which is not a Pennsylvania
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company.
(3) If no eligible Pennsylvania company bids for the
contract, the department may consider bids from a company
that is not a Pennsylvania company.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"Pennsylvania company" means a business entity which:
(1) Has its main offices or headquarters located within
this Commonwealth.
(2) Conducts at least 50% of its business activities
within this Commonwealth.
(1) HAS ITS MAIN OFFICES OR HEADQUARTERS LOCATED WITHIN
THIS COMMONWEALTH AND CONDUCTS AT LEAST 50% OF ITS BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH; OR
(2) WILL BID FOR STATE CONTRACTS FOR PLUGGING OIL OR GAS
WELLS AND SUBCONTRACT THE WORK TO SUBCONTRACTORS SELECTED
THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS THAT GIVES PRIORITY TO
SUBCONTRACTORS THAT SATISFY THE CRITERIA SPECIFIED UNDER
PARAGRAPH (1) WHEN POSSIBLE.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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