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IN HB1321
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Eric Koch
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 36-1-3-8 to prohibit local government units from regulating or prohibiting oil and gas exploration, development, or production activities within their jurisdictions.
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Blocks local units from directly regulating oil and gas activities through ordinances, resolutions, zoning regulations, or property restrictions, including prohibitions on wells, horizontal drilling, or hydraulic fracturing.
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Prevents local units from indirectly regulating oil and gas activities by imposing fees, charges, or regulations affecting health, environment, or land use that would limit these operations.
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Voids and invalidates any local ordinance, resolution, zoning regulation, or action that directly or indirectly regulates, limits, or prohibits oil and gas activities or has the effect of doing so.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Oil and natural gas regulation. Amends the statute concerning home rule for units of local government to specify that such units do not have the power to regulate or prohibit oil and gas exploration, development, or production activities, including activities involving horizontal drilling or hydraulic fracturing.
Last Action
Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
1/22/2015