2017 SB 307 Oil & Gas Act Powers & Penalties
- CVNM Position:
- Support
- Priority:
- CVNM Priority Vote
- Year:
- 2017
- Sponsors:
-
Richard C. Martinez
- Topics:
- Air Quality
Effective Government
Water - Legislative Info:
- SB 307 on nmlegis.gov »
Description
SB 307 would have re-established administrative and civil penalty authority for the Oil Conservation Division (OCD) to pursue violations of the Oil and Gas Act that result in discharge of contaminants. This authority was lost in the Marbob Energy Corp. v. N.M. Oil Conservation Comm. case. The court determined that legislature needed to give the authority to OCD to collect these penalties, and that OCD could not grant the authority to itself. This bill would have addressed a clear need in OCD’s regulatory enforcement scheme.
Outcome
SB 307 died in the Senate Finance Committee.
How Legislators Voted on SB 307
- = Pro Conservation Vote
- = Anti Conservation Vote
- A = Absent
- E = Excused
- R = Recused
- W = Abstain
| Legislator | Party | District | Office | Conservation Vote |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baca, Gregory A. (R) | R | 29 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Candelaria, Jacob R. (D) | D | 26 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Cervantes, Joseph (D) | D | 31 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Griggs, Ron (R) | R | 34 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. (D) | D | 15 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Lopez, Linda M. (D) | D | 11 | Senator | E | 2017 |
| Martinez, Richard C. (D) | D | 5 | Senator | 2017 | |
| McSorley, Cisco (D) | D | 16 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Moores, Mark (R) | R | 21 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Payne, William H. (R) | R | 20 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Soules, William P. (D) | D | 37 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" (D) | D | 39 | Senator | 2017 | |
| Wirth, Peter (D) | D | 25 | Senator | E | 2017 |
| Woods, Pat (R) | R | 7 | Senator | 2017 |