Introduced Version
House Bill 2998 History
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H. B. 2998
(By Delegates Eldridge, Tomblin, Campbell,
Young, Lynch, Hartman, Longstreth
and Barill)
[Introduced March 20, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §36-3-8a, relating to
requiring natural gas lessors to provide surface owners on
whose properties natural gas producing wells are drilled the
ability to purchase gas from those wells.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §36-3-8a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 3. FORM AND EFFECT OF DEEDS AND CONTRACTS.
§36-3-8a. Natural gas leases; surface owner may purchase gas.
_____A natural gas lessor who drills a natural gas producing well
shall permit the owner of the surface on whose property the well is
drilled to purchase gas from that well. The lessor shall also
provide the surface owner access to the well.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require natural gas
lessors to provide surface owners on whose properties gas producing
wells are drilled the ability to purchase gas from the wells.
This section is new; therefore, it has been completely
underscored.