Introduced Version
House Bill 2874 History
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H. B. 2874
(By Delegates Eldridge, Barill, Campbell, Tomblin,
Young, Moye and Manypenny)
[Introduced March 8, 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 up to
three hundred million cubic feet of free gas per year; and
providing that the lessor and an owner may agree to a larger
amount.
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; free gas.
_____A natural gas lessor who drills a natural gas producing well
shall provide up to three hundred million cubic feet of free gas
per year to the owner of the surface on whose property the well is drilled. However, the lessor and the surface owner may agree to an
amount in excess of three hundred million cubic feet.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a natural gas
lessor to provide a surface owner on whose property a natural gas
producing well is drilled up to three hundred million cubic feet of
free gas per year. The bill also provides that the lessor and
surface owner may agree to a larger amount.
This section is new; therefore, it has been completely
underscored.