Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
House Action
By a vote of 107 to 76, the House has sent HB 1950 to the State Senate for further consideration. The bill authorizes Counties to impose by ordinance an impact fee of $160,000 over a 10 year period and makes multiple changes to the regulation of oil and gas exploration. More details to follow in this week’s edition of Marcellus Minutes.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
House Action
House stops debate on Impact Fee bill at 11 pm on 11.15...debate resumes on 11.16 at 11 am
Senate Action
The Senate has defeated all attempts to amend SB 1100 on the floor and passed it by a vote of 29 to 20. The bill will head to the House next where the Speaker will refer it to a standing committee for further consideration.
House Action
The House has supported the ruling of the chair that severance tax amendments to HB 1950 are out of order.
House Action
House Speaker Sam Smith has ruled that all severance tax amendments filed to the impact fee bill, HB 1950, are out of order. Vitali is challenging the ruling.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Senate Action
The Senate Appropriations Committee further amended SB 1100 today with another amendment sponsored by Senator Scarnati. Senator Scarnati explained that the impact fee would constitute the equivalent of a 3% severance tax. The amendment also contains a production factor. Further, the amendment contains environmental safeguards and local control language that the Senator said had the support of local government groups.
The amendment and bill passed on mostly partisan lines with Senator Wozniak voting with the Republicans.
House Action
The Republicans & Democrats are heading to caucus at 2:00 and are expected to return to the floor at 5:00 pm.
Marcellus Minutes
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