PRINTER'S NO. 118
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
141
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY YAW, VOGEL, VULAKOVICH, WARD, BAKER, BREWSTER AND
HUGHES, JANUARY 20, 2017
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 20, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, providing for lease extended by
production.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3213.1. Lease extended by production.
(a) Prohibition.--Any portion of land subject to a lease
that is combined with other lands or leases to form a unit shall
be subject to operations and production on and in the unit. The
operations and production shall continue a lease in force and
effect during or after the primary term according to the lease
provisions only as to that portion of the leased land that is
included in the unit. Any land covered by a lease and not
included in the unit shall not be subject to operations or
production on or in the unit. The lease may be kept in force in
any manner provided in the lease agreement for leased land not
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