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HB 395                                                                                            
The Finance Committee has considered:                                                               
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 395                                                                              
    "An Act relating to shallow natural gas leasing and the regulation                              
    of shallow natural gas operations."                                                             
                                                                                                    

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and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 395(FIN)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to the recovery of shallow natural gas, to the                                 
    regulation of shallow natural gas or coal bed methane operations,                               
    and to oil and gas leasing operations involving activities not                                  
    governed under the Alaska Land Act; contingently redesignating                                  
    shallow natural gas as nonconventional gas, and relating to the                                 
    regulation of that gas under that contingency; and providing for an                             
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representatives Harris and Williams, Co-                                   
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                              
                                                                                                    
Do pass (6):  Chenault, Stoltze, Fate, Foster, Harris, Williams                                     
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (1):  Joule                                                                       
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 395(FIN):                                                
                                                                                                    
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                              
                                                                                                    
HB 395 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                     
calendar.