An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for distribution of fee.

Senate Bill 102 amends Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas law regarding the distribution of fees collected from unconventional natural gas wells. The bill prohibits the state commission from distributing these fees to municipalities that maintain zoning or other ordinances that unreasonably limit or prohibit future development of unconventional natural gas wells. An ordinance is presumed unreasonable if it conflicts with or exceeds existing state development standards for such wells. If litigation challenges a municipality's ordinance on these grounds, its fee revenue will be placed into a restricted account until the legal dispute concludes.