Legislation
- Title
- Offshore Drilling Liability Act
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Barve, Beidle, Carr, Flanagan, Fraser-Hidalgo, Gilchrist, Healey, Holmes, Jalisi, Knotts, Lafferty, Platt, Robinson, and Stein
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626
- Analysis
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Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Attorney General's Review Letter
Synopsis
Expanding the definition of "offshore drilling activity" to mean the exploration, development, production or transportation of oil or gas on or under the outer continental shelf; establishing that an offshore drilling activity is an ultrahazardous and abnormally dangerous activity; establishing that a person that causes a spill of oil or gas while engaged in an offshore drilling activity is strictly liable for certain damages; providing that provisions concerning a certain bond do not apply to a judgment in a certain civil action; etc.
Committees
- Opposite:
- Judicial Proceedings
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12-301.1, 3-2101 through 3-2104 )
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