Thursday, February 19, 2009
Albuquerque Journal North
"A bill that would give landowners a chance to purchase the mineral rights beneath their property in order to forestall oil and gas drilling passed its first committee hurdle Wednesday.
House Bill 219, sponsored by state Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, got a do-pass recommendation from the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee by a vote of 7-0. None of the five Republican members of the committee showed up to consider the bill, according to Egolf.
"This was a major hurdle that we cleared," Egolf said. He said the committee's GOP membership "boycotted" Wednesday's meeting in an effort to prevent a vote, which requires a seven-member quorum of the 13-member committee, and keep the bill bottled up.
Calls to two Republican members of the committee seeking comment weren't returned. The bill now goes to the House Judiciary Committee." More (subscription required) >>>>
Albuquerque Journal North
"A bill that would give landowners a chance to purchase the mineral rights beneath their property in order to forestall oil and gas drilling passed its first committee hurdle Wednesday.
House Bill 219, sponsored by state Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, got a do-pass recommendation from the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee by a vote of 7-0. None of the five Republican members of the committee showed up to consider the bill, according to Egolf.
"This was a major hurdle that we cleared," Egolf said. He said the committee's GOP membership "boycotted" Wednesday's meeting in an effort to prevent a vote, which requires a seven-member quorum of the 13-member committee, and keep the bill bottled up.
Calls to two Republican members of the committee seeking comment weren't returned. The bill now goes to the House Judiciary Committee." More (subscription required) >>>>
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