PRINTER'S NO. 32
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
53
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, YUDICHAK, FONTANA, HUGHES AND RAFFERTY,
JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, providing for gas mineral rights
lease agreement disclosure and indemnification.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3272 of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3272. [(Reserved).] Gas mineral rights lease agreement
disclosure and indemnification.
(a) Duty to provide disclosure.--
(1) Prior to the execution of a gas mineral rights lease
agreement, the gas drilling company shall disclose to the
landowner that the landowner may be liable to other
landowners for damages that result from the gas drilling.
(2) The disclosure shall be on a separate piece of
paper, in ten-point all capital type and shall include a
statement that the landowner should consult an attorney
before signing any document relating to a gas mineral rights
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lease agreement.
(3) The disclosure shall be signed by the landowner
prior to or simultaneously with the execution of the
agreement.
(b) Departmental approval required.--The department shall
approve the form and content of the disclosure statement
required under subsection (a).
(c) Indemnification provision required.--A gas mineral
rights lease agreement shall contain an indemnification
provision that holds the landowner harmless from any and all
liability, liens, claims and environmental liability arising out
of the drilling company's operations under the terms of the
lease.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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