Bill Information - History

An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, providing for State lands unconventional gas well fee; in development, further providing for protection of water supplies and for containment for unconventional wells; providing for green completions; further providing for well reporting requirements, for air containment emissions and for enforcement orders; imposing a tax on the extraction of natural gas; providing for natural gas severance registration certificate, for duties of the Department of Revenue, for tax assessments and tax liens; imposing penalties; providing for service of process, for rulemaking, for cooperation with other governments and for bonds; establishing the Natural Gas Severance Tax Account, the Local Government Services Account and the Oil and Gas Environmental Disaster Recovery Account; and making an appropriation.