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HB0008 • 2015
Landowner indemnification.
AN ACT relating to environmental quality; specifying that a surface owner is an innocent owner if the source of the contamination is a pipeline as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Agriculture
Energy
Land
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Bill History
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2015-02-19
LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
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2015-02-17
Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0001
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2015-02-12
Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0001
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2015-02-12
House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0001
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2015-02-11
LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0001
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2015-02-11
Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
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2015-02-10
Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
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2015-02-09
Senate
S COW:Passed
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2015-02-06
Senate
S Placed on General File
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2015-02-06
Senate
Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
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2015-02-04
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
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2015-01-23
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2015-01-23
House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
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2015-01-22
House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
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2015-01-21
House
H COW:Passed
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2015-01-20
House
H Placed on General File
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2015-01-20
House
Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
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2015-01-13
House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
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2015-01-13
House
H Received for Introduction
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2014-12-10
LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Summary for LSO115 Bill No.: HB0008 Effective Date: 7/1/2015 LSO No.: 15LSO-0046 Enrolled Act No.: HEA 1 Chapter No.: 2 Prime Sponsor: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee Catch Title: Landowner indemnification. Subject: Environmental quality Summary/Major Elements: Existing law specifies that certain persons are defined as “innocent owners” for purposes related to contamination on that person ' s property. This bill provides that a surface owner is an innocent owner if the source of the contamination was a pipeline running under or across the land of the surface owner and the surface owner was not involved in the installation, operation or maintenance of the pipeline. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
Current Bill Text
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ORIGINAL House Bill No . HB0008 ENROLLED ACT NO. 1 , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2015 General Session AN ACT relating to environmental quality; specifying that a surface owner is an innocent owner if the source of the contamination is a pipeline as specified; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1 . W.S. 35 ‑ 11 ‑ 1801(a) (v), (vi) and by creating a new paragraph (vii) is amended to read: 35 ‑ 11 ‑ 1801 . Definition of innocent owner. (a) "Innocent owner" means a person who did not cause or contribute to the source of contamination and who is one (1) of the following: (v) A unit of state or local government which acquired ownership or control through bankruptcy, tax delinquency, abandonment or other circumstances in which the government acquires title by virtue of its function as sovereign, unless the state or local government contributed to the contamination; or (vi) A bona fide prospective purchaser ; . or (vii) A surface owner if the source of the contamination was a pipeline running under or across the land of the surface owner and the surface owner was not involved in the installation, operation or maintenance of the pipeline. Section 2 . This act is effective July 1, 2015 . (END) Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED: _________ DATE APPROVED: _________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the House . Chief Clerk 1