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Senator · Senate District 42
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3765
Title of bill
An act to amend the general obligations law, in relation to contracts relating or referring to hydraulic fracturing
Purpose of bill
To require that no contract relating or referring to hydraulic fracturing shall prohibit the disclosure, by any party, of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends the general obligations law by adding a new section 5-336 which defines the terms "hydraulic fracturing," "hydro-fracturing" and "hydro-fracking" and stipulates that no contract relating or referring to hydraulic fracturing, hydro-fracturing, and hydro-fracking shall prohibit the disclosure, by any party, of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing or diminish payment to any contracting patty as a result of the inclusion of a provision disclosing the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
Section 2. Effective date
Justification
Those landowners who enter into contracts relating or referring to hydraulic fracturing should not have to risk breaching their contract by disclosing the chemicals involved in the process.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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