The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee announced Monday the October 9 meeting to consider Senate Bill 138 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) providing oil and gas royalty interest landowners access to records of drilling companies to verify proper payment of royalties (sponsor summary) would be postponed to a later date to be announced by the Committee Majority Chair Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny).

No Committee meetings are scheduled for next week, the last 3 scheduled voting days of session until all bills die on November 30.

The General Assembly has been wrestling with the issues surrounding Act 60 of 1979 which set a guaranteed minimum royalty of not less than 12.5 percent for royalty interest landowners and whether post-production costs should be deducted from that amount.

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Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny) serves as Majority Chair of the House Environmental Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-783-1522 or sending email to: jmaher@pahousegop.com.  Rep. Mike Carroll serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-3589 or sending email to: mcarroll@pahouse.net.

[Posted: Oct. 8, 2018]

10/15/2018