CHARLESTON — The House Finance Committee quickly and without debate passed HB 2673, a bill to reduce the tax burden on low-producing oil and gas wells and provide […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
A sampling of bills introduced Feb. 7
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Feb. 7. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 544, to raise State Police salaries […]
House bill to protect royalty owners from partition suits changed to remove protections
CHARLESTON — The House energy Committee approved a bill on Thursday sponsored by its leaders and intended to protect mineral owners from losing their property in partition suits. […]
Split Senate approves water pollutant rule, granting industry more time to study proposed standards
CHARLESTON — The Senate passed along party lines on Thursday a water quality rule that has been the subject of a months-long tug of war between environmental and […]
A sampling of bills introduced Feb. 6
CHARLESTON — Here is a sampling of bills introduced Feb. 6. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 538, to authorize the design-build program to […]
House approves bill to use unclaimed mineral owner revenue to cap orphan gas wells
CHARLESTON – One of the bills aimed at raising money to cap orphan oil and gas wells cleared the House of Delegates Wednesday and heads to the […]
Controversy over immigration bill divides committee, leads to abrupt ending of Homeland Security meeting
CHARLESTON – Once again, controversy during the House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security committee meeting ground the meeting to an abrupt halt. Last week, it was a […]
A sampling of bills introduced Feb. 5
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Feb. 5. Topping the list is a Senate bill to use some severance tax money for road repairs. […]
House Energy OKs bill to bring natural gas to communities with short supplies; utilities could offer incentives to drillers
CHARLESTON —The House Energy Committee approved a bill intended to help keep natural gas supplies flowing to communities served by old vertical wells that are producing little […]
Senate Judiciary approves resolution for constitutional amendment to prohibit courts from interfering in impeachment proceedings
CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee resumed and completed on Tuesday its work on a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit any state court from interfering in any future […]
