HB4098 S JUD AMT #1 3-8

Lazell 7824

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4098—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §22-33-1, §22-33-2, §22-33-3, §22-33-4, §22-33-5, §22-33-6, §22-33-7, §22-33-8, §22-33-9, §22-33-10, §22-33-11, and §22-33-12, all relating to geothermal energy development; providing for a short title; providing for certain legislative findings and declaration of policy; providing for applicability of geothermal resources regulatory program and exceptions; providing for ownership of geothermal resources; defining terms; requiring a permit; establishing the jurisdiction of the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to regulate the geothermal resources regulatory program; providing for powers and duties of the secretary and minimum requirements of the regulatory program; providing for civil penalties; providing for administrative orders and injunctive relief; providing for administrative and judicial review of decisions and orders issued pursuant to the provisions of the program; and directing the secretary to propose a legislative rule to implement the geothermal resources regulatory program.

Adopted

Rejected