2012 House Bill 6083

Cut tax on gas and oil “fracking”

Introduced in the House

Dec. 6, 2012

Introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-80)

To reduce the 5 percent “severance tax” or royalty paid to the state on oil and gas extracted from state land, to 4 percent for oil and 3 percent for gas if these are produced using “enhanced recovery” technology, presumably including hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”).

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology