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HB0172 • 2017

Severance tax-exemption.

AN ACT relating to mine product taxes; providing an exemption from severance tax on new production of crude oil and natural gas as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Energy Taxes
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Miller
Last action
2017-02-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2017-02-03 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2017-02-03 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2017-01-20 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue

  4. 2017-01-19 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2017-01-18 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0308
Introduced
1.8

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0172

Severance tax-exemption.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Miller and Greear and Senator(s) Bebout

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to mine product taxes; providing an exemption from severance tax on new production of crude oil and natural gas as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 39
‑
14
‑
205 by creating
a
new subsection (m)
is
amended to read:

39
‑
14
‑
205
.

Exemptions.

(m)

Crude oil and natural gas produced from
new
wells
drilled between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2022
is exempt from the severance taxes imposed by W.S. 39
‑
14
‑
204(a)(ii
i) and (iv) for the first forty
‑
eight (48) months
from the date the production is reported pursuant to W.S. 39
‑
14
‑
207(a)(i) or
until the price received by the producer for the new production is equal to or exceeds
sixty
‑
five dollars ($6
5.00)
per barrel of oil or four
dollars ($
4
.00) per MCF of natural gas for the preceding six (6) month period of time
.

Section 2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

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