SF0003 • 2013

State oil and gas supervisor-qualifications.

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; amending the qualifications necessary for a person to be appointed supervisor of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Minerals
Last action: 2013-02-12
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 2/11/2013

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2013-02-12 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2013-02-11 Governor
Governor Signed SEA0003
2013-02-07 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0003
2013-02-07 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0003
2013-02-07 LSO
Assigned Number SEA0003
2013-02-07 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2013-02-06 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2013-02-05 House
H Passed CoW
2013-01-30 House
H Placed on General File
2013-01-30 House
H09 Recommended Do Pass
2013-01-24 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09
2013-01-14 House
H Received for Introduction
2013-01-14 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2013-01-11 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2013-01-10 Senate
S Passed CoW
2013-01-09 Senate
S Placed on General File
2013-01-09 Senate
S09 Recommended Do Pass
2013-01-08 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09
2013-01-08 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2012-11-28 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
SF0003
Drafter:

MDO

LSO No.:
13LSO-0132
Effective Date:

Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0003

Chapter No.:
CH0004

Prime Sponsor:
Joint
Minerals, Business and Economic Development Interim Committee

Catch Title:
State oil and gas supervisor-qualifications.

Subject:
Oil and Gas

Summary/Major
Elements:

Currently, it is a statutory prerequisite that the Oil
and Gas Conservation Commission Supervisor be a qualified and registered professional
petroleum engineer or petroleum geologist.

This act modifies the requirement for the Supervisor by
deleting the phrase registered professional and inserting a requirement of at
least ten years experience as a petroleum engineer or petroleum geologist.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0003

ENROLLED ACT NO. 3, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2013 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; amending the qualifications necessary for a person to be appointed supervisor of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 30
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5
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108 is amended to read:

30
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5
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108.

State oil and gas supervisor; appointment; duties; authority of commission to appoint other employees; payment of traveling and living expenses.

To enable the commission to carry out its duties and powers under the laws of this state with respect to conservation of oil and gas, and to enforce the rules and regulations so prescribed, the commission shall appoint one (1) chief administrator who shall be a qualified
and registered professional

petroleum engineer or petroleum geologist
with at least ten (10) years of experience in his respective field of expertise

who shall be designated and known as the "State Oil and Gas Supervisor." Such supervisor shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission and shall receive a salary, to be fixed by the commission. The state oil and gas supervisor shall be charged with such duties as are delegated by the commission, and in addition thereto he shall investigate charges and complaints of violation of the laws of this state with respect to conservation of oil and gas, and any order, rules and regulation of the commission made in connection therewith, and report concerning all such violations to the commission. The commission may at any time, when it finds that the public interest will be served thereby appoint such other employees as are found to be necessary, to assist the commission and the state oil and gas supervisor in the
discharge of their respective duties. All employees or assistants authorized by this act shall be paid their necessary traveling and living expenses when traveling on official business, at such rates and within such limits as may be fixed by the commission, subject to existing law.

Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk