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SF0083 • 2014

Oil and gas operations-bonding requirement.

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; increasing minimum surety bond or other guaranty required for entry upon land for oil and gas operations; setting a minimum blanket bond amount for entry upon land for oil and gas operations; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Energy
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Anderson, J.D. (SD02)
Last action
2014-03-11
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/10/2014

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Amendments

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SF0083H2001

2nd reading • MILLER

Failed

Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by MILLER

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SF0083H3001

3rd reading • WALTERS

Withdrawn

Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by WALTERS

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SF0083SW001

Committee of the Whole • COOPER

Failed

Plain English: Failed Committee of the Whole by COOPER

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Bill History

  1. 2014-03-11 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2014-03-10 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0053

  3. 2014-03-05 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0053

  4. 2014-03-05 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0053

  5. 2014-03-04 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0053

  6. 2014-03-04 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2014-03-03 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2014-03-03 House

    Amendment Failed

  9. 2014-02-28 House

    H Passed CoW

  10. 2014-02-26 House

    H Placed on General File

  11. 2014-02-26 House

    H09 Recommended Do Pass

  12. 2014-02-24 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H09

  13. 2014-02-24 House

    H Received for Introduction

  14. 2014-02-24 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  15. 2014-02-21 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  16. 2014-02-20 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  17. 2014-02-20 Senate

    Amendment Failed

  18. 2014-02-17 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  19. 2014-02-17 Senate

    S09 Recommended Do Pass

  20. 2014-02-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S09

  21. 2014-02-11 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  22. 2014-02-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

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

Bill No.:
SF0083
Drafter:

MDO

LSO No.:
14LSO-0375
Effective Date:

Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0053

Chapter No.:
CH0116

Prime Sponsor:
Senator Anderson, J.D. (SD02)

Catch Title:
Oil and gas operations-bonding requirement.

Subject:
Increasing
bonding amount for oil and gas operator drilling on split estate.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Wyoming law provides that an oil and gas operator who
wants to drill a well on a split estate (a parcel of land where the surface
estate and the mineral estate are not owned exclusively by the same party)
shall attempt good faith negotiations to obtain an executed surface use
agreement providing for compensation to the surface owner for damages to the
land and improvements from oil and gas operations.

If the surface owner and the oil and gas operator cannot
reach an agreement after good faith negotiations, the operator may post a per
well site bond or a bond covering all of the oil and gas operations by the
operator on the surface owners land.

This act increases the minimum amount for a per well site
bond from $2,000.00 to $10,000.00.

The amount for a blanket bond is increased to not less
than $10,000.00 per well site on the surface owners land.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0083

ENROLLED ACT NO. 53, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; increasing minimum surety bond or other guaranty required for entry upon land for oil and gas operations; setting a minimum blanket bond amount
for entry upon land for oil and gas operations
; specifying applicability; 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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404(b) is amended to read:

30
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404.

Surety bond or guaranty; approval; objections; release of surety bond or guaranty.

(b)

The surety bond or other guaranty shall be in an amount of not less than
two thousand dollars ($2,000.00)
ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)
per well site on the land unless the operations involve seismic activities. If the operations involve seismic activities, the surety bond shall be as provided in W.S. 30
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104(d)(v)(A). As used in this subsection, seismic activities do not include waves or vibrations originating outside the property in question. At the request of the oil and gas operator, after attempted consultation with the surface owner the commission may establish a blanket bond or other guaranty in an amount covering oil and gas operations on the surface owner's land as identified by an oil and gas operator in the written notice required under W.S. 30
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402(e)
, provided the blanket bond shall be in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per well site on the surface owner's land
. Neither the minimum amount of the bond or other guaranty specified or referenced in this subsection nor a blanket bond or other guaranty established by the commission is intended to establish any amount for reasonable and foreseeable damages. A permit to conduct geophysical/seismic operations issued under the authority of W.S. 30
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104 shall include a statement that it shall not constitute authorization or permission to trespass on
the surface estate. The commission shall not accept a surety bond for seismic activities for land which the oil and gas operator or seismic activity operator has no right to enter. The operator shall provide evidence of the right to enter derived from one (1) or more mineral interest owners.

Section 2.

This act shall not be applied to increase the minimum surety bond, blanket bond or other guaranty under W.S. 30
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404(b) existing prior to this act, if the requirements for entry upon the land under W.S. 30
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402(c) were met before the effective date of this act.

Section 3.

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

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