Legislature(2021 - 2022)BARNES 124

03/22/2021 01:00 PM House RESOURCES

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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= HB 115 AQUATIC FARMING & HATCHERY SITE LEASES TELECONFERENCED
Moved HB 115 Out of Committee
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 81 OIL/GAS LEASE:DNR MODIFY NET PROFIT SHARE TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 81(RES) Out of Committee
        HB 81-OIL/GAS LEASE:DNR MODIFY NET PROFIT SHARE                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:07:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR PATKOTAK announced  that the final order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO.  81, "An Act  authorizing the  commissioner of                                                               
natural resources to  modify a net profit share  lease."  [Before                                                               
the committee was  the proposed committee substitute  (CS) for HB
81, Version 32-GH1706\B, Nauman,  3/16/21, as amended, adopted as                                                               
the working  document during the  meeting of the  House Resources                                                               
Standing Committee on 3/17/21.]                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS moved  to  adopt  the proposed  committee                                                               
substitute for  HB 81, Version  32-GH1706\I, Nauman,  3/22/21, as                                                               
the working  document.  There  being no objection, Version  I was                                                               
before the committee.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:07:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Grace  Ervine,  Staff,  Representative  Josiah  Patkotak,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  provided an overview  of the proposed  CS for                                                               
HB 81,  Version I,  on behalf  of Representative  Patkotak, prime                                                               
sponsor.  She reminded the  committee that the prior proposed CS,                                                               
Version  B, conformed  the bill  from the  Department of  Law and                                                               
Department   of  Natural   Resources   drafting   style  to   the                                                               
Legislative Legal  Services drafting style.   She paraphrased the                                                               
changes   in  Version   I,  which   read  as   follows  [original                                                               
punctuation provided]:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2 Lines 16  19                                                                                                        
          -  Clarifies language  in  subsection D  regarding                                                                    
     circumstances in which  capital expenditures are needed                                                                    
     to extend the  economic life of an oil or  gas field or                                                                    
     pool                                                                                                                       
          - Specifies that subsection D  only applies to net                                                                    
     profit share lease modifications                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2 Line 31                                                                                                             
          -  Conforming change  related to  changes made  to                                                                    
     subsection D                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 3 Lines 11  18                                                                                                        
          - Adds  further clarification to  modifications in                                                                    
     which  capital expenditures  are needed,  ensuring that                                                                    
     lessees   are  actually   making  the   needed  capital                                                                    
     expenditures                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4 Line 18                                                                                                             
          -  Conforming change  related to  changes made  to                                                                    
     subsection D                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:09:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RYAN FITZPATRICK,  Commercial Analyst,  Division of Oil  and Gas,                                                               
Department  of Natural  Resources,  referred to  comments he  had                                                               
made at the close of last session and thanked the committee                                                                     
members for their consideration and work on HB 81.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:10:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS  moved to  report  CSHB  81, Version  32-                                                               
GH1706\I,  Nauman,  3/22/21,  out of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no  objection,  CSHB  81(RES)  was  reported  out  of  the  House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee.                                                                                                   

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
HB 81 CS 32-GH1706 Version I.pdf HRES 3/22/2021 1:00:00 PM
HB 81
HB 81 Changes in HRES CS Version I 3.22.2021.pdf HRES 3/22/2021 1:00:00 PM
HB 81