The following bills were given final approval by the Senate and House and are now on the Governor's desk for action--

Tax Code: House Bill 465 MacKenzie (R-Berks) amends the Tax Code was amended with a dozen new provisions, including: extending the Wild Resource Conservation Tax Checkoff until 2018, repeals the never used Coal Waste and Ultraclean Fuels Tax Credit.  A summary and House Fiscal Note are available.  The House amended the bill and returned it to the Senate which concurred in House amendments.  The bill was signed into law as Act 52.

Permit Extensions: House Bill 784 (Evankovich-R-Armstrong) extending permit pending and approved in the Department of Environmental Protection and other agencies through July 2, 2016.  A summary and Senate Fiscal Note are available.  The bill was signed into law as Act 54.

Oil & Gas Royalties: Senate Bill 259 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) further providing for the reporting of royalties from oil and gas wells and combining gas leases for horizontal drilling. A summary and House Fiscal Note are available.  The bill was signed into law as Act 66.

NewsClips:

Corbett Signs Bill Giving Drillers Power To Poll Existing Leases

Landowners Disgruntled With Drillers’ Deductions

Editorial: Everybody Into The Natural Gas Pool

Stormwater: Senate Bill 351 (Erickson-R-Delaware) authorizing municipal authorities to undertake stormwater projects.  A summary and House Fiscal Note are available.  The bill was signed into law as Act 68.

7/15/2013