PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2171 | PRINTER'S NO. 2213 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. | 1443 | Session of 2014 |
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, JUNE 20, 2014
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, JUNE 26, 2014
AN ACT
1Amending the act of October 8, 2012 (P.L.1194, No.147), entitled
2"An act providing for indigenous mineral resource
3development; and imposing powers and duties on the Department
4of General Services and the State System of Higher
5Education," further providing for definitions.
6The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7hereby enacts as follows:
8Section 1. The definitions of "State-owned land" and "State
9system land" in section 2 of the act of October 8, 2012
10(P.L.1194, No.147), known as the Indigenous Mineral Resources
11Development Act, are amended to read:
12Section 2. Definitions.
13The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
14have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
15context clearly indicates otherwise:
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17"State-owned land." [Land] Surface and subsurface land and
18any rights therein owned by the Commonwealth. The term does not
19include State system land or land owned and administered by the
20Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the
1Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission or the Pennsylvania Game
2Commission. <-The term shall also include coal, oil, natural gas,
3coal bed methane, limestone and other mineral rights owned by
4the Commonwealth, regardless of whether the rights have been
5severed from the surface estate.
6"State system land." [Land] Surface and subsurface land and
7any rights therein owned by the State System of Higher Education
8or controlled by the State System of Higher Education pursuant
9to a memorandum of understanding approved by the Department of
10General Services. <-The term shall also include coal, oil, natural
11gas, coal bed methane, limestone and other mineral rights owned
12by the State system, regardless of whether the rights have been
13severed from the surface estate.
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15Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.