Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1149, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/08/2018 05:56 PM       .                                
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       Senator Farmer moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1130 and 1131
    4  insert:
    5         Section 13. Subsection (8) is added to section 403.859,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         403.859 Prohibited acts.—The following acts and the causing
    8  thereof are prohibited and are violations of this act:
    9         (8) The injection of fluids into a geologic formation that
   10  is above or below or a part of the Floridan Aquifer system or
   11  the Biscayne Aquifer when such injection is for the purpose of
   12  propagating fractures in or dissolving rock formations to
   13  increase production at an oil or gas well by improving the flow
   14  of hydrocarbons from the formation into the wellbore. However,
   15  this subsection does not apply when such injection is performed
   16  only for one or more of the following purposes:
   17         (a) Routine well cleanout work or maintenance.
   18         (b) Routine treatment for the purpose of removal of rock
   19  formation damage due to drilling or other well construction
   20  activity.
   21         (c) Any bottom hole pressure survey.
   22         (d) Any routine activity that does not affect the integrity
   23  of the well or the rock formation.
   24         (e) The removal of scale or precipitate from well
   25  preparations, casing, or tubing.
   26         (f) A gravel pack treatment that does not exceed the
   27  formation fracture gradient.
   28         Section 14. Subsection (1) of section 403.860, Florida
   29  Statutes, is amended to read:
   30         403.860 Penalties and remedies.—
   31         (1) A fine, not to exceed $5,000 for each day in which a
   32  violation occurs, may be imposed by a court of competent
   33  jurisdiction on any person who violates s. 403.859(1), (2), (4),
   34  (5), or (6), or (8).
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Between lines 81 and 82
   39  insert:
   40         amending s. 403.859, F.S.; prohibiting certain
   41         hydraulic fracturing in specified geologic formations;
   42         providing exceptions; amending s. 403.860, F.S.;
   43         providing a penalty for such unlawful hydraulic
   44         fracturing;