Florida Senate - 2019                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7064
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Agriculture
       
       
       
       
       
       575-02367-19                                          20197064pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fracking; amending s. 377.19, F.S.;
    3         defining the term “fracking”; creating s. 377.2405,
    4         F.S.; prohibiting fracking in this state; providing
    5         that permits for drilling or operating a well do not
    6         authorize fracking; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Present subsections (5) through (32) of section
   11  377.19, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6)
   12  through (33), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to
   13  that section, and present subsection (5) of that section is
   14  amended, to read:
   15         377.19 Definitions.—As used in ss. 377.06, 377.07, and
   16  377.10-377.40, the term:
   17         (5) “Fracking” means all stages of a well intervention
   18  performed by injecting large volumes of fluids at a high rate
   19  into a rock formation at pressures that exceed the fracture
   20  gradient of the rock formation in order to propagate hydraulic
   21  fractures. The term does not include other well intervention
   22  techniques, including conventional well stimulation or
   23  conventional workover procedures; techniques used for routine
   24  well cleanout work, well maintenance, or removal of formation
   25  damage due to drilling or production; or conventional acidizing
   26  techniques used to enhance, maintain, or restore the natural
   27  permeability of the formation.
   28         (6)(5) “Gas” means all natural gas, including casinghead
   29  gas, and all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in subsection
   30  (16) (15).
   31         Section 2. Section 377.2405, Florida Statutes, is created
   32  to read:
   33         377.2405 Fracking.—Fracking is prohibited in this state. A
   34  permit for drilling or operating a well does not authorize
   35  fracking.
   36         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.