Senate and House Republicans and the Governor's Office have reached an apparent agreement on Marcellus Shale legislation which includes a uniform, but county-adopted drilling impact fee and a set of more than a dozen additional environmental protection measures.
Click Here for a staff summary of what is being called the House Bill 1950 Conference Committee Report. House Bill 1950 is now on the Senate Calendar. To adopt the compromise language the Senate will have to formally insist on its amendments, the Senate and House would form a six member Conference Committee, that Committee must meet and adopt the proposal which then goes to the full House and Senate for adoption.
The tentative schedule seems to be having the Senate and the House vote this week before going into budget hearings.
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